Saddil Ramdani’s Hard Kick Brings Indonesia to Balance Against the Philippines

2023-11-21 14:59:44

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The Indonesian national team managed to equalize the score at 1-1 in the match against hosts the Philippines. / Photo: Instagram @timnas.indonesia

MANILA – The Indonesian national team managed to equalize the score at 1-1 in the match against hosts the Philippines. Saddil Ramdani scored the equalizing goal in the second match of Group F of the second round of the 2026 World Cup qualification in the Asian zone which took place at the Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Tuesday (21/11/2023).

The Course of the First Half Match

Appearing in front of their own fans made the Philippines play attacking in the first 5 minutes of the first half, but were still unable to penetrate the tight defense of the Indonesian national team.

Through a quick counter-attack scheme, the Philippines almost opened the scoring in the 11th minute, but Patrick Reichelt’s shot from outside the penalty box went wide of Ernando Ari’s goal.

Elkan Baggott made a mistake by making the ball almost go into the Indonesian national team’s goal in the 12th minute, but Ernando Ari swiftly managed to parry the ball and gave the Philippines a corner kick. Ernando Ari made another save after saving Jesse Curran and Manuel Ott’s kick in the 20th minute.

A fatal mistake made by the Indonesian national team’s defense allowed the Philippines to gain the lead in the 23rd minute after Patick Reichelt’s kick was not saved by Ernando Ari.

In the 30th minute, the Indonesian national team coach, Shin Tae-yong pulled out Sandy Walsh to be replaced by Witan Sulaeman.

Rafael Struick almost brought the Indonesian national team to equalize the score in the 34th minute, but his shot went wide to the left side of the Philippines goal. Meanwhile, in the 40th minute, Jose Porteria almost doubled the Philippines’ lead, but his shot went wide to the left of Ernando Ari’s goal.

The Indonesian national team began to control the game in the final minutes of the first half, but still had difficulty breaking through the tight Philippine defense. As a result, the Garuda squad was still 0-1 behind The Azkals in the first half.