Indonesia loses to Vietnam

Indonesia loses to Vietnam

The Jakarta Post
Hanoi

Ten-man Indonesia went down to Vietnam 1-0 on Thursday leaving
it with mounting task in its last match in Group A against
defending champion Thailand.

The only scorer in the game at the My Dinh Stadium was Phan
Thanh Binh in the 34th minute. Earlier, Thailand routed Laos 6-0.

Thailand and Vietnam have collected four points each with the
former heading at the top thanks to its better goal difference.

Indonesia, which could only win 1-0 over Laos in the opening
match, is in third with three points. It will be a do-or-die
match for Indonesia against Vietnam on Sunday.

On Thursday, Indonesia had to play with ten men almsot
throughout the second half after Edu Juanda was shown a red card
for his foul on Phan Van Quyen in the 55th minute by referee Lee
Young-chun of South Korea.

Indonesian coach Serghei Dubrovin was too disappointed by the
result that he staved off reporters questions after the match.

Assistant coach Mundary Karya gave the conferrence. He said
that the team was disappointed by "bad refereeing", which
affetced the players' performance.

"The players were disappointed by the refereeing which they
say went against them. They players became out of wits and team
game was affected," Mundary said.

Mundary rued the goal, saying that the players should not have
fallen to a let-up. The Indonesian's defenders distracted by the
ball, leaving Thanh Binh unnoticed inside the penalty box to head
home a cross.

"The team played better in the second half. Unfortunately, the
red card spoilt the game," Mundary said.

Meanwhile, Vietnamese coach Alfred Riedl said he was satisfied
with his players' performance.

In Group B, which is being played in Ho Chi Minh City,
Malaysia and Myanmar qualified for the next stage after
collecting six points each from two wins. Singapore and Cambodia
were eliminated.