Curaçao fantastic record against Asian countries before fighting Indonesia

Posted On: November 8, 2022

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —

Curacao have faced a number of Asian countries before battling Indonesian national team on FIFA Day September 24 and 27. This is Curaçao’s record against Asian countries.

Curacao will be the opponent of the Indonesian national team in the FIFA day for the period of September 2022. The match between the Indonesian national team and Curacao will be held twice.

The first game will take place at Gelora Bandung Lautan Api Stadium (GBLA), Bandung, on Saturday (24/7). Meanwhile, the second Indonesia vs Curacao fixture will be held at Pakansari Stadium in Bogor on Tuesday (9/27).

Prior to facing Indonesia, Curaçao was recorded to have faced teams from Asia four times. Curaçao’s first experience testing the strength of an Asian team came on October 10, 2017 against Qatar.

Around this time, Curacao managed to defeat hosts Qatar 2-1 in a test match held at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha.

In this game, Qatar took the lead in the 28th minute thanks to Hassan Al Haydos’ goal. Then Curaçao were able to respond with two goals thanks to goals from Leandro Bacuna in the 36th minute and Elson Hooi in the 70th minute.

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Then Curacao’s second encounter against a team from Asian countries was on June 5, 2019 when they met India in the 2019 Copa del Rey.

At that time, Curaçao managed to beat India with a score of 3-1. Three Curacao goals were scored by Rolieny Bonevacia in the 15th minute, Elson Hooi in the 17th minute and Leandro Bacuna in the 33rd minute.

Meanwhile, India’s only goal was scored by Sunil Chhetri in the 31st minute via the penalty spot.

Then, Curacao’s third encounter against a team from Asian countries came in the 2019 King’s Cup when they faced Vietnam in the final.

In the match that took place on June 8, 2019, Curaçao were able to take the lead in the 58th minute thanks to a goal from Jurich Carolina.

Meanwhile, Vietnam’s response was scored by Pham Duc Huy in the 83rd minute which made it 1-1 and the game had to end in a penalty shootout.

On penalties, Curaçao beat Vietnam 5-4 to win the 2019 King’s Cup in Thailand.

While Curacao’s last encounter against Asian countries was on October 6, 2021, in a trial against Bahrain.

In this match, Curacao lost to the home team with a crushing score of 0-4. Bahrain managed to slaughter Curacao thanks to goals from Mohamed Marhoon in the 46th minute, Ali Madan in the 84th minute and two goals from Mahdi Abduljabbar in the 86th and 90+2 minutes.