U22 Indonesia won SEA Games gold medal in final with 7 red cards

Winning 5-2 against U22 Thailand, Indonesian football quenched its "thirst" by winning the first SEA Games Gold medal after a long 32-year wait.

U22 Indonesia won the 32nd SEA Games Men's Football Gold Medal.

U22 Indonesia ended their memorable journey at the 32nd SEA Games with the Gold medal in Men's Football after a dramatic victory over U22 Thailand when 7 red cards were shown.

U22 Indonesia drew 2-2 with U22 Thailand in 90 minutes of intense regulation time, before scoring 3 more goals in extra time to win 5-2 overall.

This victory helped Indonesian football quench its "thirst" by winning its first SEA Games Gold medal after a long 32-year wait.

Notably, in the last championship, Indonesia also surpassed Thailand to step onto the highest podium at the 1991 SEA Games in Myanmar.

As for Thailand, this defeat prevented them from achieving the feat of winning the SEA Games Gold Medal 17 times.

In the final match, U22 Indonesia entered the match confidently and determined to win the championship for the first time in 32 years.

The determination of U22 Indonesia was rewarded with the opening goal 1-0 in the 22nd minute thanks to an own goal by a U22 Thai player after a header by Ramadhan Sananta.

Not stopping there, in the 45+5 minute, from a mistake by goalkeeper Soponwit of U22 Thailand, Ramadhan Santana continued to score, doubling the gap.

In the second half, U22 Thailand, with nothing left to lose, rose up in the hope of scoring a goal to create a comeback.

In the 65th minute, U22 Thailand narrowed the score to 1-2 after Anan's accurate header.

The drama reached its climax when in the 90+8 minute, the referee blew the whistle for Thailand to get a free kick, but the Indonesian coaching staff thought the referee had blown the whistle to end the match and ran onto the field to celebrate. From this free kick, Thailand equalized 2-2, leading to a scuffle outside the field between the players and coaching staff of the two teams.

Entering extra time, U22 Indonesia took the lead 3-2 in the 91st minute after Irfan's delicate and technical lob.

After this goal, the match became extremely tense as members of the two teams fought each other, forcing the referee to issue five consecutive red cards.

By the 102nd minute, Thailand had only 9 men left on the field after Jonathan Khemdee received his second yellow card, meaning he was sent off (Indonesia had 10 men left on the field).

With the advantage of more players, U22 Indonesia successfully took advantage of the opportunity to score a goal to increase the score to 4-2 by Fajar.

In the 118th minute, U22 Thailand was completely helpless with only 8 players left after Teerasak was sent off.

Playing with 2 more players, U22 Indonesia scored another goal to make it 5-2 in the 120th minute by Beckham, to win the overall victory and win the 32nd SEA Games gold medal.

According to Vietnam+

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