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Football chaos brings curtain down on drama-filled SEA Games
Women's football gold capped a glittering Games for Vietnam, who reigned over the medals table to claim regional supremacy ahead of Thailand and Indonesia.
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Indonesia's Komang Teguh Trisnanda (4) and Thailand's Soponwit Rakyart (right) react as a fight breaks out on the sidelines of the men's football final match between Thailand and Indonesia during the 32nd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Phnom Penh on May 16, 2023.
(AFP/Nhac Nguyễn)
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early two weeks of triumphs, tears and the occasional tantrum will come to an end Wednesday when the Southeast Asian Games close in Cambodia, with Vietnam topping the final medals table.
Women's football gold capped a glittering Games for Vietnam, who reigned over the medals table to claim regional supremacy ahead of Thailand and Indonesia.
Cambodia were fourth -- the first time in four editions of the biennial Games that the hosts did not come top of the pile, but their 81 golds were a huge improvement for them on recent years.
The sporting action in Phnom Penh came to a chaotic end late Tuesday when Indonesia beat Thailand in a men's football final featuring seven goals, four red cards and two mass brawls.
The Thai football association apologised and said it would investigate the skirmishes between the two sides which marred the gold-medal match.
Extra-time goals from Irfan Jauhari, Fajar Rahman and Beckman Putra earned Indonesia the Southeast Asian Games gold medal for the first time since 1991 with a 5-2 win over a Thailand side that finished the game with nine men.
Jauhari struck a minute into the first additional period after Yotsakorn Burapha had netted in the dying seconds of normal time to take the game into extra time with Rahman and Putra adding the gloss on a dramatic victory.
