This result makes the home team still temporarily ranked behind U19 Vietnam due to inferior goal difference. Previously, in the second match taking place on the afternoon of June 4, U19 Vietnam easily overcame U19 Myanmar with a score of 5-0, thereby creating great pressure on U19 Indonesia in the competition for the top spot in the group.
Despite being rated superior, U19 Indonesia did not have an easy match against U19 Timor-Leste. The match took place under heavy rain, the slippery field made it difficult for the home team to deploy their playing style. Even the match was interrupted due to a power outage.
It was not until the 42nd minute that U19 Indonesia broke the deadlock. From a situation of breaking the offside trap, Salampessy escaped past the opponent's goalkeeper before putting the ball into the empty net.
In the second half, U19 Timor-Leste continued to play with great effort and caused no small difficulties for the home team. However, in the 62nd minute, Irpan Sigerar took advantage of the ball bouncing out after a corner kick to double the score for U19 Indonesia.
Just a few minutes later, Kaka exploited the gap in the U19 Timor-Leste defense, escaped and scored to seal a 3-0 victory for the home team.
In the remaining minutes, U19 Indonesia continuously pushed up the squad to find more goals to improve goal difference. However, the island nation team could not penetrate the U19 Timor-Leste defense any more times.
After two legs, U19 Indonesia and U19 Vietnam both have 6 points. However, the representative of Vietnam temporarily leads Group A thanks to a goal difference of +8, more than Indonesia (+6). According to the tournament format, only the top team in each group and the second team with the best results win the right to enter the semi-finals.
This means that U19 Vietnam is in a big advantage before the final match. Coach Yutaka's team only needs a draw against U19 Indonesia to qualify for the next round.
The match to decide the top spot in Group A between U19 Vietnam and U19 Indonesia will take place at 8:00 PM on June 7.
