Indonesia were crowned champions of Division One of the first FIFA ASEAN Cup on Monday night, 5 October, beating Thailand 4-2 on penalties at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta after a 2-2 draw. John Herdman’s side lifted the inaugural trophy at home, in a stadium where all 67,000 tickets had been sold before kick-off.
It took two late equalisers, a red card and a shoot-out save from Emil Audero to settle it.
Two goals in three minutes
The final stayed goalless deep into normal time. It turned with 10 minutes left, when Thailand defender Nicholas Mickelson was shown a second yellow card and sent off.
Indonesia used the extra man almost at once. Dean Ruben James put them ahead in the 84th minute, and the home crowd had three minutes to enjoy it before Iklas Sanron levelled for 10-man Thailand on 87. The Buriram United winger had also scored against the Philippines on Friday.
Thailand strike first in extra time
A man down, Thailand went in front for the first time in the 111th minute through Peeradol Chamratsamee. With four minutes of extra time left, Elkan Baggott equalised for Indonesia on 116 and the final went to penalties.
Audero settles the shoot-out
Thailand missed two of their kicks. Sarach Yooyen’s penalty hit the post, and Audero saved from Nattapong Sayriya. Indonesia converted theirs to win the shoot-out 4-2.
The title rounds off a week in which the hosts scored freely. They clinched their place in the final on 1 October with a 9-2 win over Bangladesh at the same stadium, needing a big margin to keep Malaysia out of top spot. Mitchell Lee Baker scored four that night, and Indonesia led 6-1 at half-time.
How Thailand and Malaysia got here
Thailand reached Jakarta as Group B winners even after a 2-1 loss to the Philippines in Bandung on 2 October. Bjorn Kristensen scored both goals for the Philippines, in the third and 68th minutes, and Vietnam’s 4-2 comeback win over Pakistan the same night was not enough to overtake the Thais.
Malaysia were the side squeezed out. On the night Indonesia beat Bangladesh, Malaysia beat Singapore 6-0 at Si Jalak Harupat Stadium in Bandung, matching a record margin from 1978. Bérgson Da Silva scored a hat-trick, with Stuart Wilkin, Paulo Josué and Muhamad Syahir Bashah adding the others. It still sent Malaysia to the third-place match rather than the final.
They finished third. Earlier on Monday, at Gelora Bung Karno, Malaysia beat Vietnam 1-0 in the classification match, with Fergus Tierney’s turning shot in the 62nd minute the only goal.
