“Indonesia shocks Malaysia to win 2023 SEA Games men’s indoor hockey gold medal”

CNN Indonesia

Monday, 08 May 2023 09:43 WIB

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —

The Malaysian public was excited by Indonesia’s success in winning the men’s indoor hockey gold medal SEA Games 2023 through a super dramatic victory over Malaysia, Sunday (7/5).

Malaysia looks like it will defend and win the SEA Games hockey gold medal for the third time in a row after winning 3-0 over Indonesia until the fourth quarter leaves four minutes.

The Indonesian hockey team then equalized 3-3 until the normal match left five seconds. Indonesia then successfully beat Malaysia, which has the status of Asian champion, via penalties 2-1.

Vijay Raj, who is the younger brother of the coach of the Indonesian Men’s Indoor Hockey National Team from Malaysia, Dharma Raj, said that Indonesia’s dramatic victory shocked the Malaysian people.

“In Malaysia, there was an uproar. The Indonesian Men’s Indoor Hockey National Team managed to beat Malaysia, which is the king of Southeast Asian hockey. Even my brothers did not believe it. There were many comments on social media groups that regretted that Malaysia had let Dharma Raj handle other countries,” said Vijay after the match. finals.

“They don’t believe Malaysia will lose because of the strengthening of several outdoor hockey players who will appear at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. That’s why, Malaysia’s Minister of Youth and Sports [Hannah Yeoh] I just came to watch the final match because Malaysia is really superior,” said Vijay.

Meanwhile the captain, Muhammad Aslam Mohamed Hanafiah, promised the Malaysian indoor hockey team would rise.

“We’ve done our best, but it’s not our luck this time. Maybe there was a little mistake in the defense in the last minutes, which made Indonesia rise,” said Aslam quoted from NST.

The Malaysian indoor hockey team is the defending champion of the SEA Games since it was first competed in 2017. In addition, Malaysia also has the status as the Asian champion after defeating Iran in 2022.

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