1:0, Asia's traditional fish belly made the Asian Cup a big upset, overturned Australia, and may become a strong rival of the national football team in the future

I have to admit that today's Asian football can indeed no longer be viewed with the old eyes. Except, of course, Chinese football, which is as stable as ever. Even a team that can afford to lose 0-1 even with one more player for almost the entire game really has nothing to look forward to. The Chinese team is stable, but some of the traditional Asian football super teams have impressed fans in the current U23 men's Asian Cup and the Asian qualifiers for the Paris Olympics. No, a football team like Indonesia, in the past in the Asian arena, there is no need to think too much, almost as long as there is a team with a certain strength, when playing against it, it has already counted three points. Undoubtedly, Australia, one of Asia's top powerhouses, thinks the same way. But this time, they miscalculated. In a match in Group A of the second round of the U23 Asian Cup and Paris Olympics qualifiers, the Indonesian Olympic team defeated the Australian Olympic team 1-0 despite being passive throughout the game. While creating the history of Indonesian football, it also created a big upset in this U23 Asian Cup.

The U23 Asian Cup was held in Qatar, with hosts Qatar, Australia, Jordan and Indonesia being drawn in Group A. From this group, Qatar and Australia are the favourites to qualify, while Indonesia, the last team, is undoubtedly the inevitable choice for the top three teams to take all three points. After all, in the impression of fans before, the Indonesian team is one of the super fish belly teams in Asian football, similar to teams such as Maldives and Guam. This can also be seen from the world ranking of the Indonesian national team, which is ranked 134th in the world.

Therefore, when the match between Australia and Indonesia began, no one expected Indonesia to win. Of course, don't talk about winning, a draw is out of the question. The course of the game also illustrates everyone's predictions before the game. In the whole game, the Indonesian team was passive throughout the game, and all statistics were at a disadvantage. In terms of shots on goal, Australia had 21 shots on goal and Indonesia had only eight. Australia had 4 shots on target and Indonesia had only 1. Corners, Australia had 9 and Indonesia had only 4, not to mention possession, which was almost twice as much as Indonesia's, at 64 per cent to 36 per cent.

Although the whole game was passive, the most crucial goal was 1 for Indonesia and 0 for Australia. In the whole game, the Indonesian team only had one shot on target, but it was this shot on target that scored a goal, and the efficiency of the attack was very high. The goal came towards the end of the first half, when Indonesia's Koman Degu Teres scored the only goal of the game in the 45th minute.

The victory in this game made the Indonesian team immediately the favorite to qualify for Group A. Although the Indonesian team lost to the Qatari team in the first game, to be honest, the Qatari team's victory was somewhat unsuccessful. And after the victory over Australia in this game, the last game was against a Jordanian team that was not too strong. Therefore, the prospect of qualifying for the Indonesian team is indeed very impressive. On the other hand, the Australian team, with only one point in the two rounds, faced the host Qatar team in the last round, and only a win can hope to qualify.

The progress of the Indonesian team in recent years is obvious to all, and it is not surprising that it will likely become a fierce rival of Chinese football in the future. After all, looking at the performance of the national Olympic team against Japan, will fans still have expectations for these players who may make it to the national team?