On April 18, Beijing time, the second round of the U23 men's Asian Cup and the Asian qualifiers for the Paris Olympics started, and a game in Group A broke out a super upset, and the Indonesian Olympic team defeated the Australian Olympic Games 1-0 in the case of being at a disadvantage, and won the first victory in the U23 Asian Cup in the history of the Indonesian Olympic Games.
The four teams in Group A are hosts Qatar, Australia, Jordan and Indonesia. In the inherent impression of fans, Australia is the first class in Asia in the absolute sense, and it is also very competitive in world football, and Qatar, as the host, has always had the "money ability", and these two teams are the favorites to qualify. Jordan has also risen in West Asia in recent years, and in the Asian Cup some time ago, Jordan even reached the final in history, and is one of the representatives of Asia's second-rate powerhouses. As for the Indonesian team, their senior men's national team is only ranked 134th in FIFA, and in the impression of fans, they are the belly of Southeast Asia in the absolute sense of the word. However, this stereotype may soon be shattered.
In this game, except for the score of 1-0, almost all other key statistics of the Indonesian National Olympic Games were at a disadvantage. Shots 8-21 down, shots on target 1-4, possession 36%-64%, corners 4-9. The number of dangerous attacks and passes is also much lower than that of the Australian team. However, in the 45th minute, the Indonesian team scored the only goal of the game by Koman Degu Teres. This shot was the only shot on target in the whole game, and the goal was completed, and the offensive efficiency was very high. And at the last moment, the Indonesian national Olympic team almost counterattacked and scored another goal.
In addition, Indonesian goalkeeper and No. 21 player Sataryadi was the biggest contributor to the victory. In the 25th minute, he saved a must-score penalty from Australia. At other times, Sataryadi has also been the team's patron saint. Especially at the end of the game, when the Australian Olympic team launched a siege, the youngster kept the goal from high and low blocks, helping the team fight for a valuable three points.
After beating Australia, Indonesia's Olympic qualification situation is in the dark and their final opponent is Jordan, the weakest of the three opponents. Australia, on the other hand, are in a desperate situation with one point from two rounds and must beat hosts Qatar to have any hope of qualifying. In fact, this Indonesian Olympic team is fully equipped with the strength of the quarterfinals, although they lost 0-2 to Qatar in the first round, but the opponent has the ability to make money, Indonesia was dissatisfied with the appeal after the game, but it was in vain, everyone who understands it. In the long run, Indonesia may become a fierce rival of Chinese football in the future.
When the national football team was still struggling to hit the round of 18, the Indonesian team defeated Vietnam back-to-back in the third and fourth rounds of the round of 36, and the two legs of home and away together hit 4-0, basically locking the ticket to the round of 18. Everyone knows the progress of the Vietnamese team in recent years, and now the Indonesian team is as easy as drinking water to play Vietnam. In fact, Indonesia has already completed the class leap, with Tom Haye and Nathan Zhou Yaan from Heerenveen in the Eredivisie, Olat Ghosn from the Eredivisie Hittard Lucky, Jay Izes from Venice in Serie B, and key players from the Eredivisie, Bi B, Japan J1 League, and Thai Super League.
In fact, the landscape of Asian football is already changing. In this U23 Asian Cup, Southeast Asia has risen collectively, with Thailand defeating Iraq 2-0 and Vietnam defeating Kuwait 3-1. Now the Indonesian Olympics have knocked Australia down. The Chinese Olympic team faced Japan 11 to 10, but could not organize an attack on the ground, and the challenge of Chinese football will be greater in the future.