Defending champions Indonesia will take on hosts Thailand in the final of the ASEAN Futsal Championship at the Central Stadium in Nonthaburi Province<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the first semifinal tie Indonesia outplayed a tenacious Vietnam side 3-2. The Thais, who will be out to regain their accolade as the powerhouse of ASEAN Futsal, fended off the stiff challenge from Australia 4-3 in their semifinal clash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Andarias Kareth found the opener after nine minutes before doubling the advantage for Indonesia four minutes later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just two minutes into the second-half, Nguyen Da Hai gave Vietnam a lifeline when he narrowed the gap for Vietnam\u2019s first goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Muhammad Sanjaya, who has been pivotal in the earlier matches, restored the advantage for Indonesia just a minute later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And even though Trinh Cong Dai managed to score the second goal for Vietnam at the half-hour mark, it was not good enough to prevent Indonesia from making the final this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Itticha Praphaphan\u2019s ninth minute lead for Thailand was set aside by Jyden Jacob Harb just a minute later as the score stayed tied all the way to the end of a tense first half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Muhammad Osamanmusa then stepped up to give Thailand the lead at the half hour, as Mintada Piromyu then put the score at 3-1 a minute later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harb\u2019s second of the evening in the 32nd<\/sup> minute received a quick response from Thailand\u2019s Phalaphruek Sarawut three minutes later for the score to stand at 4-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ethan De Melo\u2019s late strike in the 38th<\/sup> minute could not change the inevitable as the score stayed all the way to the final whistle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Defending champions Indonesia will take on hosts Thailand in the final of the ASEAN Futsal Championship at the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[86],"class_list":["post-11514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-futsal"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t