Courtesy: The AFC.com


Indonesia and Australlia book ticket to Tashkent

Wednesday, 24 February 2010

JAKARTA – ASEAN qualification zone hosts Indonesia and Australia qualified for the 2010 AFC Futsal Championship after defeating Malaysia and Vietnam respectively in Wednesday’s semi-finals .

The Indonesians ran out 5-3 winners at the Jakarta Indoor Tennis Centre before the Futsalroos saw off Vietnam 4-1 at the same venue.

Indonesia, who lost 4-1 to the Australia to set up the meeting with the Group B winners were one down at half-time after Fadzil Abdul Karnim opened the scoring for Malaysia in the 18th minute.

But Jalani Ladjanibi equalised ten minutes before the hosts struck three times in a two minute spell with Ladjanibi’s second (35th) and goals from Angga Surya Saputra (35th) and Jefri Purba (37th) contributing to a healthy 4-2 lead, with Khairul Rizuan netting Malaysia’s second also in the 37th minute.

With a minute left on the clock Muizzudin bin Mohammed Haris scored Malaysia’s third but Sayan Karmadi ensured Indonesia finished the match with a two-goal cushion.

In the second semi-final Australia enjoyed a comfortable win with doubles from Fernando de Moraes (16th and 39th) and Toby Seeto (18th and 31st) while Vietnam’s consolation goal came in the 21st minute courtesy of Truong Quoc Tuan.

Malaysia and Vietnam have one final chance for a ticket to Tashkent when they meet in Thursday’s qualification climax, with the winners booking the last available berth at the 2010 AFC Futsal Championship which will be held in Uzbekistan in May.

Indonesia and Australia face each other again on the same day in the qualification 'final', with the hosts keen to avenge their 4-1 group stage defeat.


Posted by Luca Ranocchiari --> luca.ranocchiari@futsalplanet.com