TheJakartaPost

Please Update your browser

Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.

Putting it briefly: RI gets goals galore against Timor Leste

JAKARTA: The Indonesia U-23 team under coach Aji Santoso overwhelmed Timor Leste with seven goals to none in their Group E soccer match at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Monday

The Jakarta Post

Jakarta

Tue, September 16, 2014 Published on Sep. 16, 2014 Published on 2014-09-16T11:41:03+07:00

J

AKARTA: The Indonesia U-23 team under coach Aji Santoso overwhelmed Timor Leste with seven goals to none in their Group E soccer match at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Monday.

Ferdinand Sinaga came out the team's top scorer with four goals, with the other three being put in by Alfin Tuasalamony, Novri Setiawan and Fandi Eko Utomo, in the match at Goyang Stadium, which was aired live on RCTI.

Ferdinand, which currently plays for Persib Bandung in the Indonesian Super League, netted his goals in the fifth, ninth, 35th and 83rd minutes.

Alfin found the net from the penalty box in the 78th minute, following a hand-ball foul by a Timor Leste player, while Novri and Eko made theirs in the 81st and 86th minutes respectively.

Indonesia's next game will be against the Maldives. The other team in the group is regional rival Thailand.

The 17th Asian Games will officially open for its two-week sporting gala on Sept. 19, but the soccer competition, which sees 29 men's teams split into eight groups and 11 women's teams into three groups, already began on Sept. 14.