Indonesia overcomes Vietnam in SEAG soccer<\/p>\n
KUALA LUMPUR (Agencies): Indonesia defeated plucky Vietnam 1-0
\nin a highly charged encounter at the Southeast Asian Games soccer
\ncompetition that saw both teams reduced to 10 men for nearly the
\nentire game on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Vietnam lost skipper Nguyen Quoc Trung, while Indonesia had to
\nplay without striker Purwanto from the fourth minute. Both men
\nwere sent off by referee R. Vijay from Singapore after they got
\ninto a scuffle.<\/p>\n
In the 88th minute, Vietnam lost substitute Tran Anh Tuan when
\nhe was flashed the red card for a rough tackle on Indonesia's
\nFirman Utina.<\/p>\n
Indonesia earned its three points through striker Maman, nine
\nminutes before the final whistle.<\/p>\n
Indonesian coach Beny Dollo praised Vietnam for being fast on
\nthe attack.<\/p>\n
\"But after they lost their captain, we had a slight advantage
\nand were able to string our moves,\" he said. \"It was the turning
\npoint of the game.<\/p>\n
Vietnam coach Edson Dido Silva said that his team lost because
\nit failed to convert at least three good chances in the first
\nhalf.<\/p>\n
\"If we had managed to score at least a goal in the first half,
\nthe whole thing would have changed,\" he said. \"Our pattern of
\nplay changed drastically after having two players sent off.\"<\/p>\n
In the women's category, Thailand beat Malaysia 2-1 and
\nMyanmar edged the Philippines 1-0 to qualify for the semifinals.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the day, the second batch of Indonesian athletes
\narrived here for the 21st SEA Games, which open on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The athletes of several sports, including badminton, tennis,
\nbasketball, volleyball, tae kwon do, squash and judo were greeted
\nby school students clad in Malaysian traditional attire at the
\nSultan Abdul Aziz airport.<\/p>\n
Missing in the group were badminton men's doubles player
\nCandra Wijaya and tennis women's singles player Angelique Wijaya.<\/p>\n
\"I don't know where Candra is, but he has told me that he
\nwould catch the second batch or fly with the third batch on
\nFriday,\" teammate Tony Gunawan said.<\/p>\n
Tony speculated that family commitments were the reason for
\nthe late arrival of Candra, his partner in winning the Olympic
\ngold medal.<\/p>\n
\"I guess he is reluctant to leave his wife alone after several
\noutings. He's slated to take part in a super grand prix series in
\nChina right after the SEA Games,\" Tony added.<\/p>\n
Wimbledon junior champion Angelique is still playing at the US
\nOpen, where she reached the third round.<\/p>\n
Back in Jakarta, the Indonesian Tae Kwon Do Association (TI)
\nexpressed disappointment that the National Sports Council (KONI)
\nhad backed away from its promise to provide equipment for TI
\nathletes competing in to Kuala Lumpur Southeast Asia (SEA) Games.<\/p>\n
\"I'm disappointed with KONI. It promised that the athletes'
\nequipment would be provided for the third stage of training,\" TI
\nsecretary-general Adrian Lumowa said in Jakarta on Thursday, as
\nquoted by Antara. (01\/nvn)<\/p>",
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