Dropping a last-minute victory, the Indonesian team fell to second-to-last place.

In this match, coach Shin Tae-yong of the Indonesian team put up to 10 naturalized players in the lineup, including the expensive center back who just completed the naturalization procedure and is playing for the Twente club, M. Hilgers. The only domestic player present was a completely new name, midfielder Malik Risaldi.

The two teams played fiercely from the beginning of the match.

With a defensive 5-4-1 formation, the Indonesian team proactively conceded the game to the home team Bahrain. In the 15th minute, the Indonesian players received a rather surprising goal when Mohamed Marhoon took a powerful free kick from 25 meters away, sending the ball over the goal line and bouncing out of the goal of goalkeeper Paes. After a moment of hesitation, the linesman raised his flag to confirm the goal.

After this goal, the Indonesian players became confused and passive in their play. They could not deploy the ball to attack and always lost the ball easily every time they had the ball. It was not until near the end of the first half that coach Shin Tae-yong's students gradually regained control of the game and played better. And what had to come happened when Oratmangoen received the ball conveniently in the Bahrain penalty area and scored the equalizer 1-1 for the Indonesian team in the 45+2 minute. The referee also took a long time to check VAR and then recognized this goal.

Struick (white shirt) scored to raise the score to 2-1 for Indonesia

In the second half, the Indonesian players continued to play proactively against the home team Bahrain. They defended tightly and organized sharp attacks. In the 74th minute, Struick escaped and shot a beautiful cross-angle shot to raise the score to 2-1 for the Indonesian team. This goal made the entire Bahrain National Stadium from the stands to the field silent. After this goal, the home team also played more erratically and did not create many clear opportunities.

Bahrain players equalized in the last minute of the match

It was not until near the end of the match that Bahrain players rushed to attack to try to find an equalizer. In the 90+9 minute (the referee only allowed 7 minutes in this half), Mohamed Marhoon became the savior of the Bahrain team when he scored a close-range shot to equalize the score. Dropping the victory in the final minute of the match, coach Shin Tae-yong and his team lost the chance to climb to second place in the table and had to accept the second-to-last position on the rankings with 3 points after 3 matches, only above China who has no points.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/world-cup-2026-danh-roi-chien-thang-phut-cuoi-doi-indonesia-roi-xuong-vi-tri-ap-chot-185241011013927356.htm