Losing to the Philippines, Indonesian fans rely on Vietnam

Indonesian fans unexpectedly called U22 Vietnam as their savior after their team lost 0-1 to the Philippines in the opening match of the men's football at the 33rd SEA Games.

Indonesia (right) has almost no chance of advancing after losing to the Philippines - Photo: BOLA

This defeat made U22 Indonesia, the current SEA Games champion, quietly watch U22 Philippines take the top spot in Group C and officially advance to the semi-finals. U22 still has a chance to advance if it wins big against U22 Myanmar in the final round, and waits for U22 Vietnam to defeat Malaysia (or vice versa).

But if U22 Vietnam and Malaysia draw in the final round of Group B, the two teams will advance to the semi-finals. This means that the fate of U22 Indonesia is in the hands of Vietnam and Malaysia.

On Southeast Asian football forums, many Indonesian fans immediately called out Vietnam. Fan Indra wrote: "Vietnam will not accept a draw with Malaysia because they are stronger and do not want to meet Thailand in the semi-finals."

"Vietnam and Malaysia will not shake hands. Malaysia wants to prove itself after the naturalization scandal. Vietnam too, they want to show Southeast Asia that they will win if their opponents do not cheat" - fan Kanajia from Indonesia wrote.

"U22 Vietnam is the reigning Southeast Asian champion, they don't need to shake hands with anyone to advance. Trust me" - a fan named Kijitman commented. "It's difficult but I hope U22 Vietnam and Malaysia will fight with all their might" is a comment from a fan named Rosjan.

In contrast to the opinions of the above positive fans, many Indonesian football fans have harshly criticized their team. Many fans have called for coach Indra Sjafri to leave with the slogan "Indra Sjafri - No Netherlands, no party" (meaning Indonesia is only good at relying on Dutch naturalized players) is a familiar comment from Malaysian and Vietnamese netizens.

Some other fans think that U22 Indonesia should be eliminated from the game like that and should give their place to a more deserving team. "Too bad! Playing like this, they should go home. There are many more deserving teams. Don't expect anything from this team" - fan Saffee wrote.

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