"'2 draws and 11 losses' beat Saudi Arabia and ranked third in the group 'Miracle Evangelist'Coach Shin Tae-yong'Thanks to being a player X fan team'
Nov 20, 2024
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Indonesia coach Shin Tae-yong thanked the players and fans after making another upset by catching the difficult opponent Saudi Arabia 2-0 at home.Indonesia, led by head coach Shin Tae-yong, won 2-0 at home against Saudi Arabia in Group C of the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 North-China World Cup at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia on the 19th (Korea time). Marcelino Ferdinand of Oxford United of the English Championship led the victory with multiple goals in the 32nd minute and the 12th minute of the second half. In the 44th minute of the second half, Justin Herbner received a red card for accumulated warnings, but held on well until the end amid numerical inferiority to secure a historic victory.
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It's a historic victory. It is the first victory made by Indonesia, which tried for the first time to go to the World Cup finals.
Indonesia's points are the highest points recorded in the Southeast Asian country's World Cup qualifiers. Coach Shin's Indonesia accumulated six points, surpassing coach Park Hang-seo's record of one win, one draw and eight losses (4 points) after Vietnam beat China and drew with Japan during the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
The first and second in the third qualifying round of the World Cup will go straight to the World Cup finals, while the third and fourth in the group will go through the fourth qualifying round to determine whether they will advance to the World Cup.
After Indonesia, ranked 130th in FIFA rankings, produced an extraordinary event to beat Saudi Arabia, ranked 59th in FIFA rankings, coach Shin gave all the credit to fans and players through video interviews with club media. "First of all, I want to say thank you very much to our players. Thanks to the players being on the same team today, we were able to win like this"The tremendous support from the fans who came here gave me a lot of strength," he said. "With today's victory, I clearly felt that the players could do it. There are two more games left at home. to be able to do enough"I was confident.
Reporter Jeon Young-ji, sky4us@sportschosun.com .
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