AFC does not recognize Indonesia U-17 National Team’s 10-0 win over Northern Mariana Islands in 2025 U-17 Asian Cup Qualifiers for this reason

Jakarta, tvOnenews.com – Indonesia national team The U-17s have just secured a landslide victory with a score of 10-0 Northern Mariana Islands in the 2025 U-17 Asian Cup Qualifiers, but will not be recognized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for one reason.

The Garuda Asia team continued their struggle in the 2025 U-17 Asian Cup Qualifying round on Friday evening (25/10/2024) WIB, held in Kuwait for Group G.

In the previous match, Nova Arianto’s team won narrowly with a score of 1-0 over hosts Kuwait on Wednesday (23/10/2024).

Mathew Baker scored the only goal of the game, after heading home from Zahaby Gholy’s corner kick in the eighth minute.

In the second game, coach Nova Arianto replaced the goalie, Baker, because the Northern Mariana Islands were a weak team.

In the previous game, the country under the authority of the United States lost badly with a score of 0-19 to Australia.

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The Indonesian U-17 national team started the game well against the Northern Mariana Islands, Zahaby Gholy scoring a brace after only 10 minutes of the game.