Jakarta, CNNIIndonesia —
Indonesia National U-17 Team certainly failed to qualify for the Asian U-17 Cup which will take place next year after being called 2023 U-17 Asian Cup Qualification.
This certainty was known after the end of Saudi Arabia’s game against India in the last Group D game of the Asian U-17 Cup qualification on Monday (10/10) early in the morning WIT.
The match was won by Saudi Arabia 2-1 against India at Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium. Saudi Arabia won 2-0 first thanks to a pair of goals from Talal Hajji and India were able to minimize the defeat thanks to Thanglalsoun Gangte’s goal.
This result allowed Saudi Arabia to qualify as Group D winners for the 2023 U-17 Asian Cup. Saudi Arabia’s success was followed by India, who will appear in the final thanks second-best status.
The narrow-scoring defeat suffered by India also automatically prevented Indonesia from qualifying for the U-17 Asian Cup. Bima Sakti’s team couldn’t make a move because they weren’t included in the top six teams that could qualify through the best run of second place.
The Indonesian national U-17 team is exactly one strip below Laos who occupy the sixth position in the ranking of the best runners-up.
Laos qualified with the five other best runners-up, namely South Korea, China, Afghanistan, India and Thailand.
Indonesia’s failure to qualify for the U-17 Asian Cup cannot be separated from the heavy loss to Malaysia at Pakansari Stadium, Cibinong, Bogor on Saturday (9/10). Arkhan Kaka Putra and his friends unexpectedly lost 1-5 against Harimau Muda.
This negative result not only led to the first position taken by Malaysia, which qualified as the winner of Group B. But also conceding many goals in the match against Malaysia had an impact on the inability to the Indonesian U-17 national team to compete. for six tickets by the best runner-up route.
(jal/jal)
