The Indonesian team traveled to the UAE's field in the third match. The pressure on the Indonesian players is very heavy because they have had 2 consecutive defeats against Malaysia and Thailand. The goal of the archipelago team is to get points against the representative of West Asia.
Knowing the strength of the UAE, Coach McMenemy instructed his students to play defensive counter-attacking. This tactic of Indonesia made it difficult for the host UAE to find a way into the goal of goalkeeper Hendrawan. While facing a deadlock, the UAE was lucky when goalkeeper Hendrawan made a serious mistake in the high ball catch, Khalil Ibrahim was present in time to finish close to the opening goal of the match.
The opening goal at the end of the first half helped the UAE play very well when entering the second half. In the 51st minute, Indonesia's defense made a mistake, Khalil Ibrahim passed the ball smoothly in the penalty area for Ali Ahmed Mabkhout to finish delicately to increase the score to 2-0.
In the 63rd minute, the goal came back to the UAE after the away team's defender touched his hand in the penalty area. Mabkhout did not miss the opportunity to increase the gap for the home team.
The spirit of the Indonesian team was defeated after 3 goals conceded. The away team conceded 2 more goals in the 72nd and 90+3rd minutes. Mabkhout completed his hat-trick in the second half, Hassan scored the winning goal to seal a 5-0 win for the home team in extra time.
After losing to the UAE, Indonesia extended their losing streak in the second qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia to 3. After 3 matches, this team scored 2 goals, but conceded 11 goals.
After 3 matches, coach McMenemy and his team are stuck at the bottom of Group G with 0 points. Meanwhile, the UAE climbed to the top of Group G with 6 points, better than the teams behind them, Thailand (4 points/2 matches), Vietnam (4 points/2 matches) and Malaysia (3 points/3 matches).
According to the schedule for the second qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia, in the next match, Indonesia will return home to welcome Vietnam at 6:30 p.m. on October 15, while the UAE will visit Thailand at 7:00 p.m. on the same day.
