Indonesia loses to Vietnam<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post
\nHanoi<\/p>\n
Ten-man Indonesia went down to Vietnam 1-0 on Thursday leaving
\nit with mounting task in its last match in Group A against
\ndefending champion Thailand.<\/p>\n
The only scorer in the game at the My Dinh Stadium was Phan
\nThanh Binh in the 34th minute. Earlier, Thailand routed Laos 6-0.<\/p>\n
Thailand and Vietnam have collected four points each with the
\nformer heading at the top thanks to its better goal difference.<\/p>\n
Indonesia, which could only win 1-0 over Laos in the opening
\nmatch, is in third with three points. It will be a do-or-die
\nmatch for Indonesia against Vietnam on Sunday.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, Indonesia had to play with ten men almsot
\nthroughout the second half after Edu Juanda was shown a red card
\nfor his foul on Phan Van Quyen in the 55th minute by referee Lee
\nYoung-chun of South Korea.<\/p>\n
Indonesian coach Serghei Dubrovin was too disappointed by the
\nresult that he staved off reporters questions after the match.<\/p>\n
Assistant coach Mundary Karya gave the conferrence. He said
\nthat the team was disappointed by "bad refereeing", which
\naffetced the players' performance.<\/p>\n
"The players were disappointed by the refereeing which they
\nsay went against them. They players became out of wits and team
\ngame was affected," Mundary said.<\/p>\n
Mundary rued the goal, saying that the players should not have
\nfallen to a let-up. The Indonesian's defenders distracted by the
\nball, leaving Thanh Binh unnoticed inside the penalty box to head
\nhome a cross.<\/p>\n
"The team played better in the second half. Unfortunately, the
\nred card spoilt the game," Mundary said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Vietnamese coach Alfred Riedl said he was satisfied
\nwith his players' performance.<\/p>\n
In Group B, which is being played in Ho Chi Minh City,
\nMalaysia and Myanmar qualified for the next stage after
\ncollecting six points each from two wins. Singapore and Cambodia
\nwere eliminated.<\/p>",
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