Indonesia Beats Singapore 1-0 in First Round of AFF Semifinals

jpnn.com, SINGAPORE - The Indonesian national soccer team temporarily won 1-0 over Singapore in the first round of the 2020 AFF Cup semifinals held at the National Stadium, Wednesday (22/12) evening, with Witan Sulaeman making the only score.

The Garuda squad fielded a different line-up compared to the previous matches. Three central defenders were deployed simultaneously.

Ezra Walian, who used to fill the front position, was replaced by Dedik Setiawan.

This strategy seemed to work quite extraordinary. Indonesia, which had been predicted to play defensively, turned out to launch many attacks with long shots from the wings to create opportunities.

While the Singaporean players strengthened their defense on the wings, the Indonesian players were able to change the flow and played short with tight spaces between players in the middle.

Singapore, who was confident in attacking, then looked confused because Indonesia was able to close the space when an attack occurred.

As a result, Singapore easily lost the ball and Indonesia was able to build a quick counter-attack.

Indonesia finally opened the scoring at minute 28' through Witan's kick from the penalty box.