JAKARTA: Indonesians celebrated on Friday (Apr 26) after their spirited men's team beat South Korea in the under-23 Asian Cup quarter-finals in a dramatic penalty shootout, leaving them one step from qualifying for the Olympics for only the second time.
Indonesia n football fans react as they watch the 2024 U23 AFC Asian Cup quarter-final match between Indonesia and South Korea at a cafe in Bekasi, West Java, on Apr 26, 2024. JAKARTA: Indonesia ns celebrated on Friday after their spirited men's team beat South Korea in the under-23 Asian Cup quarter-finals in a dramatic penalty shootout, leaving them one step from qualifying for the Olympics for only the second time.
Rafael Struick, winger for Dutch club ADO Den Haag, scored twice for Indonesia who were pegged back twice by a Komang Teguh own goal and a Jeong Sang-bin strike. Now Indonesians can get excited about their chance of reaching the Olympics for the first time since the 1956 Games in Melbourne, where they were knocked out by the Soviet Union in the quarter-finals.
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