Time's up. The Indonesian team excellently defeated Saudi Arabia 2-0 in the 6th match of the 3rd qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup.
The second half has 7 minutes of injury time.
Minute 89: Justin Hubner received a second yellow card and was sent off after fouling his opponent. Before that, he was the one who put his boot on his opponent's head in the first half.
Minute 85: Time is not on Saudi Arabia's side. The visitors' shots all go wide or hit the Indonesian goalkeeper.
Minute 79: Marselino Ferdinan was taken off to rest, making way for his teammate. He was the owner of a double goal against Saudi Arabia.
Minute 73: No way! Verdonk takes a corner kick but Oratmangoen's shot goes over the bar.
Minute 64: Saudi Arabia is under psychological pressure as the players continuously make bad passes and let the opponent easily intercept the ball.
Minute 57: Goal!!! The score is 2-0 for Indonesia. Ferdinan scored with a classy toe-poke after a quick counter-attack by Indonesia.
Minute 51: Saudi Arabia almost equalized when the ball was crossed across the Indonesian goal.
Minute 49: Indonesia had a quick counter-attack but Marselino Ferdinan handled it quite slowly.
Minute 46: Second half begins. Saudi Arabia team has 1 personnel adjustment.
The first half ends. Indonesia temporarily leads Saudi Arabia with a score of 1-0.
Minute 45+6: No!!! Brikan shot wide while facing the Indonesian goalkeeper.
The first half has 8 minutes of injury time.
Minute 40: In the past few minutes, Saudi Arabia has had more than 5 shots but failed. They are still chasing the opponent as the first half is about to end.
Minute 32: Goal!!! Indonesia opened the score. From a counter-attack. Ferdinan accelerated and handled the ball neatly, slowing down a beat before finishing past the Saudi Arabia goalkeeper, helping the home team take the lead.
Minute 24: Yellow card for Justin Hubner!!! After checking VAR, the referee only gave a yellow card even though the Indonesian defender kicked his opponent in the head with his boot.
Minute 19: Saudi Arabia gradually regained control of the game as they controlled the ball better. Just now, Al Brikan approached and headed the ball but it went over the bar.
Minute 9: No!!! Thom Haye crossed the ball accurately for Struick to accelerate and shoot diagonally but the ball unfortunately cut across the goal.
Minute 5: Still no goal!!! Indonesia continued to attack and Ferdinan had a big space to score but his header did not get past the Saudi Arabia goalkeeper.
Minute 2: In the very first situation, Indonesia almost opened the score when Ferdinan's shot hit the post.
19:01: The match begins.
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Pre-match information
According to the schedule, the Indonesian team will host Saudi Arabia in the 6th match of the 3rd qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup - Asia region. This is also the 2nd consecutive match that coach Shin Tae-yong and his team will play at Bung Karno Stadium.
Previously, in the last match, the Indonesian team lost 0-4 to Japan. Along with China's 1-0 victory over Bahrain, the team from the archipelago was pushed to the bottom of the table with 3 points, 2 points behind Bahrain.
Therefore, Indonesia is determined to defeat Saudi Arabia in the upcoming match to increase the score and catch up with the opponents above. They are also eager to find the first win in the third qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup.
However, this is not an easy challenge as Saudi Arabia has a very annoying playing style. In the first leg, the two teams drew 1-1.
Despite a rough start, Saudi Arabia still got 6 points and ranked 3rd. New coach Herve Renard is trying to help the team improve their performance in the upcoming period.
