Both U23 Thailand and U23 Indonesia understand each other very well, so the match became open, the speed of the match was raised with quite attractive attacks right from the first minutes of the match.

The balance of the match was broken in the 9th minute. Kelley from Indonesia fired a powerful and dangerous shot from outside the penalty area, defeating goalkeeper Siriwat, opening the score for U23 Indonesia.

In the excitement, U23 Indonesia easily doubled the gap. In the 24th minute, from a strong throw-in from a teammate, Ferarri jumped high and headed the ball accurately into the net of U23 Thailand, raising the score to 2-0 for U23 Indonesia.

The moment of celebrating the goal of U23 Indonesia players. Photo: Thethao247.vn

After conceding two quick goals, U23 Thailand tried to put pressure to find a goal to shorten the score and they got what they wanted. In the 27th minute, from a corner kick from a teammate, Chukid headed the ball close to the goal to shorten the score to 1-2 for U23 Thailand.

However, before the first half ended, U23 Indonesia unexpectedly scored a goal to raise the score to 3-1. From the left wing, Haykal crossed deep into the U23 Thailand penalty area, U23 Thailand player Natcha accidentally headed the ball into his own net.

In the second half, the match became more exciting when U23 Thailand pushed up their squad to press right on U23 Indonesia's half to find a goal to shorten the score, but U23 Thailand almost conceded a fourth goal when the goalpost was lucky to deny U23 Indonesia a goal.

The match was coming to the final minutes, with nothing left to lose, U23 Thailand was determined to find a goal to shorten the score but they were stuck with the Indonesian players who retreated deep into the home field to support the defense to preserve the score.

At the end of the match, U23 Indonesia excellently defeated host U23 Thailand with a score of 3-1 to book their name in the final match against U23 Vietnam. The match will take place at 8:00 p.m. on August 26.

TUAN DIEP

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