LEFT BEHIND 0-5 from Malaysia, Indonesian National U-17 threatened not to qualify for the 2023 U-17 Asian Cup. Defeat a Malaysia it can cause the Indonesian Under 17 national team to lose competitiveness in the ranking of the best runners-up.
Garuda Muda competing at Pakansari Stadium, Bogor, Sunday (9/10/2022) WIB night, really just needed a draw to qualify for the finals. On the other hand, Malaysia must win in this match to win the final standings of Group B U-17 2023 Asian Cup Qualification.
For the record, only the group winners will directly qualify for the 2023 Asian Cup U-17 finals. The runners-up still have hope of qualifying, but must be included as the top six teams from 10 different groups.
With the current situation, Bima Sakti’s team is in serious danger of not qualifying for the 2023 Asian Cup U-17 finals. Because being left behind by five goals is very damaging to the best runner-up.
Despite having successfully won the previous three games, Indonesia is in danger of not qualifying. Because? Here is the answer.
In the 2023 Asian Cup U-17 qualification, the runners-up ranking is calculated from the results of the top three teams. This is because the qualifying round groups are not evenly distributed with multiple groups consisting of five teams, four teams and even three teams.
Referring to the results against two of the top three teams in the standings, only the results against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Malaysia apply. Indonesian National U-17. Unfortunately, Indonesia only narrowly won 3-2 over the UAE, so they only had +1 capital before the match against Malaysia.
With a 0-5 loss, assuming the score does not change until full time, Indonesia will have a record negative goal difference. Indonesia’s current situation in the runners-up ranking is that they have three points with a record of minus four goals (-4).
Therefore, Indonesia is currently in sixth place in the ranking of the second place. In other words, Indonesia is on the verge of qualifying for the 2023 Under-17 Asian Cup finals.
If there is only one team below that wins in the last game played tonight, Indonesia will move up to seventh place. This means that Bima Sakti’s team will not advance to the final.
