The 'craziest' final match in SEA Games history, U.22 Indonesia fights Thailand

The final match of the men's football event of the 32nd SEA Games between U.22 Indonesia and U.22 Thailand was very tense. With great determination, U.22 Indonesia won 4-2 to win the SEA Games gold medal after 32 years of waiting. However, the image of the final match became ugly when the two teams turned the Olympic stadium into a boxing ring, continuously kicking and destroying each other.

The drama was pushed to its climax in the 90+9 minute, when U.22 Indonesia was leading 2-1. When the referee blew the whistle for U.22 Thailand, coach Indra Sjafri and some U.22 Indonesia players thought it was the final whistle and celebrated wildly. However, U.22 Thailand quickly brought the ball into play and in the 90+10 minute, Yodsakorn Burapha rushed down and shot close to the goal to tie the score at 2-2, bringing the match into extra time.

After Yodsakorn scored, the U.22 Thai players ran around the technical area of the U.22 Indonesian team to celebrate. Angry with their opponents, the coaching staff and the U.22 Indonesian players got into a fight with the U.22 Thai team. Dozens of security personnel had to enter the field to intervene to relieve the tension.

U.22 Indonesia leads U.22 Thailand 2-0 after the first half of the 32nd SEA Games final

However, U.22 Thailand rose up in the second half and scored a goal to shorten the score in the 65th minute thanks to Anal Yodsangwal.

In the 90+9 minute, U.22 Thailand was awarded a free kick, but the U.22 Indonesia players thought it was the end of the match. The whole Indonesian team celebrated, but then relaxed their defense. U.22 Thailand took advantage of the opportunity to score a goal to equalize 2-2.

The equalizer by U.22 Thailand made U.22 Indonesia lose their composure, especially when Yodsakorn ran across the technical area of the Indonesian team to celebrate.

The two teams charged at each other.

Security team had to intervene

The referee showed a red card and sent off both players and coaching staff from both sides.

Riot at the Olympic Stadium

Ugly images in the most anticipated final match of SEA Games 32

In extra time, player Irfan Jauhari took advantage of a mistake by a Thai U.22 player to score for Indonesia U.22. Once again, a fight broke out and the referee issued 11 yellow cards and 6 red cards to players and coaches of both teams. Thailand U.22 alone had 2 players sent off, then lost another player due to injury, but because they had no more substitutions, they were left with only 8 players. After 120 minutes, Indonesia U.22 won 5-2, in a match that had too much scandal in the eyes of neutral fans.

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