Shin Tae-yong's Indonesia loses 0-2 to Iraq Kim Sang-sik's Vietnam wins a comeback victory
Shin Tae-yong's Indonesia loses 0-2 to Iraq Kim Sang-sik's Vietnam wins a comeback victory
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The Indonesian national soccer team, led by coach Shin Tae-yong, suffered a defeat against Iraq in the 5th match of Group
F in the 2026 North and Central America World Cup Asian region 2nd qualifying round due to a 'sending off' incident.
Indonesia lost 0-2 to Iraq in the fifth match of Group F in the second round of the 2026 North and Central America World
Cup Asian qualifying round held at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia on the 6th (Korean time).
Iraq (15 points), which had already secured its spot in the third preliminary round in March, continued its five-game
winning streak in the second preliminary round, while Indonesia (7 points) failed to secure its spot in the third preliminary
round with its loss today.
Meanwhile, Vietnam (6 points), in which coach Kim Sang-sik made his debut as manager, won 3-2 in the 5th home game
against the Philippines (1 point), keeping alive the flame of advancement to the 3rd preliminary round.
Accordingly, Indonesia and Vietnam will play their final matches against the Philippines and Iraq, respectively, to fight for
second place in their group for a direct ticket to the third qualifying round.
The first half was tight.
In the 16th minute of the first half, Iraq's Ibrahim Bayesh headed the ball into the goal net first from the right side of the
goal area, but the goal was ruled to be disallowed after it was ruled that he pushed a defender.
Indonesia went on the counterattack, but in the 20th minute of the first half, Raphael Strawick's shot from the left side of
the penalty area was blocked by the 카지노사이트모음 goalkeeper.
Iraq, who finished the first half scoreless, scored 9 minutes into the second half.
Iraq's Ali Jassim's cross from the left of the penalty area was blocked by Indonesian defender Justin Hubner's hand, and a
penalty goal was awarded to Iraq's Aymen Hussein, who stepped up to take the kick.
Indonesia, which conceded a goal, fell into a 'numerical disadvantage' when defender Jordi Amat, who was blocking a
counterattack in the 14th minute of the second half, received a red card and was sent off after tripping an opposing player.
Iraq, which had raised the level of its offensive, missed its second penalty kick in the 27th minute of the second half after a
foul by the opposing goalkeeper, and Indonesia focused on hunting for an equalizer.
However, Indonesia collapsed in the 43rd minute of the second half when the goalkeeper, who received a back pass from a
defender, made a mistake by losing the ball under pressure from an Iraqi attacker, and gave up another goal to Iraq's Ali
Jassim.
Meanwhile, in the fifth match of the second preliminary round between Vietnam and the Philippines held at My Dinh
Stadium in Hanoi, Vietnam, Vietnam won 3-2.
Coach Kim Sang-sik, who took over as head coach of the Vietnamese national team last month, experienced a thrilling
victory in his debut as head coach.
Vietnam, who finished the first half scoreless, conceded the first goal in the 17th minute of the second half, but turned the
game around to 2-1 with multiple goals by Nguyen Tien Linh in the 20th and 31st minutes of the second half.
Vietnam, who allowed the Philippines to score an equalizer in the 44th minute of the second half, won a precious victory
with a dramatic winning goal by Pham Tuan Hai in added time in the second half.