SEA Games Football: Malaysia beat Indonesia 4-3 on penalties to win gold

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Jakarta, Monday, November 21, 2011 — Defending champions Malaysia beat Indonesia 4-3 on penalties to win the gold medal at the South-east Asian (SEA) Games football tournament. The game was tied 1-1 at half time and there was no scoring in extra time.

Two people died in a stampede before the start of the game. A young boy is in coma following the crush after gates were opened to let in the estimated 100,000 fans into the stadium.

Indonesia went ahead in the 5th minute. An inswinging corner found Gunawan Dwi Cahyo totally unmarked at the far post and the player headed home into an unguarded net.

However, Malaysia came back to equalise in the 34th minute. Captain Baddrol Bakhtiar broke through and got to the byeline before sending in a cross which Asraruddin Omar met with a diving header so low his face was almost touching the ground. His header threaded the ball between two Indonesian defenders and beat the goalkeeper at his near post.

There were no more goals after that and the game went into a penalty shootout. Baddrol scored the winning penalty with a shot that the Indonesian goalkeeper managed to save initially but could not stop from spinning over the goal line.

Malaysia, who were unbeaten throughout the tournament, had also beaten Indonesia 1-0 during the group stages to qualify for the semi-finals top of their group. In the semi-finals, Malaysia beat beat Myanmar 1-0. Indonesia beat Vietnam 2-0 in the other semi-final.

Myanmar beat Vietnam 4-1 to win the bronze.

Singapore, who had won bronze in each of the two previous games, did not qualify for the semi-finals after they finished third in Group A behind Malaysia and Indonesia. Singapore drew 0-0 with Malaysia and lost 0-2 to Indonesia during the group stage.

SEA Games 2011 Football — Semi-Final and Final Fixtures

Venue for matches: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta. Time shown is Singapore time. Jakarta time is one hour behind.

Day/Date	Team A		Team B		Time
Semi-Finals
Sat, Nov 19	Malaysia	1	Myanmar	0	5pm
Sat, Nov 19	Vietnam	0	Indonesia	2	8.30pm
Bronze Medal Match
Mon, Nov 21	Myanmar	4	Vietnam	1	5pm
Final
Mon, Nov 21	Malaysia	1 (4)	Indonesia	1 (3)	8.30pm

SEA Games 2011 Football — Group A Fixtures

Venue for all matches: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta. Time shown is Singapore time. Jakarta time is one hour behind.

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Day/Date	Team A		Team B		Time
Mon, Nov 7	Singapore	0	Malaysia	0	5pm
Mon, Nov 7	Indonesia	6	Cambodia	0	8pm
Wed, Nov 9	Malaysia	2	Thailand	1	5pm
Wed, Nov 9	Cambodia	1	Singapore	2	8pm
Fri, Nov 11	Singapore	0	Indonesia	2	3pm
Fri, Nov 11	Thailand	4	Cambodia	0	6pm
Sun, Nov 13	Malaysia	4	Cambodia	1	5pm
Sun, Nov 13	Indonesia	3	Thailand	1	8pm
Thu, Nov 17	Thailand	0	Singapore	2	5pm
Thu, Nov 17	Indonesia	0	Malaysia	1	8pm

SEA Games 2011 Football — Group A Table

Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS
Malaysia	4	3	1	0	7	2	10
Indonesia	4	3	0	1	11	2	9
Singapore	4	2	1	1	4	3	7
Thailand	4	1	0	3	6	7	3
Cambodia	4	0	0	4	2	6	0

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SEA Games 2011 Football — Group B Fixtures

Venue for Nov 3rd matches: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta. Venue for all other matches: Lebak Bulus Stadium, Jakarta. Time shown is Singapore time. Jakarta time is one hour behind.

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Day/Date	Team A		Team B		Time
Thu, Nov 3	Vietnam	3	Philippines	1	5pm
Thu, Nov 3	Laos	2	Myanmar	3	8pm
Sat, Nov 5	Brunei	1	Timor Leste	2	5pm
Sat, Nov 5	Myanmar	0	Vietnam	0	8pm
Mon, Nov 7	Timor Leste	2	Philippines	1	5pm
Mon, Nov 7	Laos	2	Brunei	2	8pm
Wed, Nov 9	Myanmar	4	Brunei	0	5pm
Wed, Nov 9	Vietnam	2	Timor Leste	0	8pm
Fri, Nov 11	Philippines	3	Laos	2	5pm
Sat, Nov 12	Brunei	0	Vietnam	8	5pm
Sun, Nov 13	Philippines	0	Myanmar	5	5pm
Sun, Nov 13	Timor Leste	0	Laos	3	8pm
Tue, Nov 15	Myanmar	1	Timor Leste	0	5pm
Tue, Nov 15	Philippines	1	Brunei	1	8pm
Thu, Nov 17	Laos	1	Vietnam	3	5pm