Time's up. Indonesia 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 extra time.
Minute 89: Justin Hubner received a second yellow card and left the field after a foul on the opponent. Before that, he was the one who put his shoes on the opponent's head in the first half.
Minute 85: The time is not in favor of Saudi Arabia. The visitors' shots all went out or hit the Indonesian goalkeeper.
Minute 79: Marselino Ferdinan was withdrawn to rest, giving way to his teammate. He scored a double against Saudi Arabia.
Minute 73: No! Verdonk took a corner kick but Oratmangoen's shot went over the bar.
Minute 64: Saudi Arabia is under psychological pressure as the players continuously make bad passes and let the opponent easily cut the ball.
Minute 57: Goal!!! The score is 2-0 for the Indonesian team. Ferdinan scored with a classy one-spoke shot after a quick counter-attack by Indonesia.
Minute 51: Saudi Arabia almost had an equalizer when the ball was crossed across the Indonesian goal.
Minute 49: Indonesia had a quick counter-attack situation like Marselino Ferdinan handled quite slowly.
Minute 46: The second half begins. The Saudi Arabia team has 1 personnel adjustment.
The first half ended. Indonesia temporarily leads Saudi Arabia with a score of 1-0.
Minute 45+6: No!!! Brikan shot wide in a face-off position with the Indonesian goalkeeper.
The first half has 8 minutes of extra time.
Minute 40: In the past few minutes, Saudi Arabia has launched more than 5 shots but were unsuccessful. They were still chasing each other as the first half was about to end.
Minute 32: Goal!!! Indonesia opened the score. From a counter-attack situation. Ferdinan accelerated and handled the ball neatly, slowing down for 1 beat before finishing past the Saudi Arabian goalkeeper, helping the home team take the lead.
Minute 24: Yellow card for Justin Hubner!!! After checking VAR, the referee only showed a yellow card even though the Indonesian defender had a high leg pointing at the opponent's head.
Minute 19: Saudi Arabia gradually regained control of the game as they controlled the ball better. Recently, Al Brikan approached and headed the ball 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 not in!!! Following that were the stopping situations of Indonesia and Ferdinan with a large space to score, but his header did not get past the Saudi Arabian goalkeeper.
Minute 2: In the first situation, Indonesia almost opened the scoring when Ferdinan's shot hit the post.
19:01: The match begins.
Pre-match information
According to the match schedule, Indonesia will host Saudi Arabia in the 6th match of the 3rd qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup - Asia region. This is also the second consecutive match that coach Shin Tae-yong and his team will play at Bung Karno Stadium.
Before that, in the last match, the Indonesian team lost 0-4 to Japan. With China winning 1-0 against 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 their score and catch up with the opponents above. They are also eager to find their 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 uncomfortable playing style. In the first leg, the two teams drew 1-1.
Despite a not-so-smooth start, Saudi Arabia still got 6 points and ranked 3rd. New coach Herve Renard is trying to help this team improve their performance in the upcoming period.
