Jakarta, CNNIIndonesia —
curacao had faced a number of Asian countries before battling Indonesian national team to FIFA match day September 24 and 27. This is Curaçao’s record against Asian countries.
Curaçao will be the opponent of the Indonesian national team in the FIFA day period in September 2022. The match of the Indonesian national team against Curaçao 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).
Before facing Indonesia, Curaçao had faced Asian teams four times. Curaçao’s first experience of testing the power of Asian teams came on October 10, 2017 against Qatar.
Around that 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 Leandro Bacuna in the 36th minute and Elson Hooi in the 70th minute.
Then Curacao’s second encounter against an Asian side came 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. Curaçao’s three 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 Copa del Rey, most notably 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 goal was scored by Pham Duc Huy in the 83rd minute which tied the game 1-1 and the game had to go to penalties.
On penalties, Curaçao beat Vietnam 5-4 to win the 2019 King’s Cup in Thailand.
Meanwhile, Curacao’s last encounter against an Asian country was on October 6, 2021 in a test against Bahrain.
In this match, Curacao lost to the home team with a crushing score of 0-4. Bahrain managed to slaughter Curaçao thanks to a goal from Mohamed Marhoon in the 46th minute, Ali Madan in the 84th minute and two goals from Mahdi Abduljabbar in the 86th minute and 90+2.
Curaçao’s record against Asian teams
Main: 4
Won: 3
Defeat: 1
Enter: 6
Entry: 7
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