{"id":917554,"date":"2026-10-02T07:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T07:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/917554\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T07:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T07:14:11","slug":"indonesia-dramatically-advances-to-the-fifa-asean-cup-2026-final-observerid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/917554\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia dramatically advances to the FIFA ASEAN Cup 2026 final – ObserverID"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jakarta, IO \u2013<\/a> Indonesia secured a place in the FIFA ASEAN Cup 2026 final in dramatic fashion after thrashing Bangladesh 9-2 at Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium (SUGBK), Jakarta (Oct. 1). The decisive victory happened after the goal-difference battle with Malaysia went down to the final minutes. From the opening whistle, Indonesia played aggressively and kept pushing for goals to keep their qualification hopes alive, while Malaysia faced Singapore in the other match.<\/p>\n

Mitchell Baker was Indonesia\u2019s star in the first half, scoring four goals. He helped Indonesia build a commanding lead early in the match. Rizky Ridho also scored with a powerful low shot that the Bangladesh goalkeeper could not stop, before Justin Hubner added another for Indonesia. Indonesia ended the first half with a 6-1 lead.<\/p>\n

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After the break, Indonesia continued to press, but several chances went unfinished. The tension grew as Malaysia kept adding goals against Singapore, making goal difference increasingly important. Luke Vickery scored in the 90th minute to put Indonesia 7-1 ahead, but Bangladesh pulled one back a minute later. With Malaysia leading 6-0, Indonesia needed more goals to secure their place in the final.
The drama peaked in stoppage time. Kevin Diks scored in the sixth minute of added time to make it 8-2 before Mitchell Baker found the net again a minute later. The goal completed Baker\u2019s four-goal haul and sealed Indonesia\u2019s 9-2 victory. The result sent Indonesia through to the FIFA ASEAN Cup 2026 final, where Thailand await in the title decider scheduled for Oct. 5.\u00a0(IO\/Septo Kun Wijaya)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Jakarta, IO \u2013 Indonesia secured a place in the FIFA ASEAN Cup 2026 final in dramatic fashion…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":917555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-917554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=917554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/917555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}