Match report from http://jakartacasual.blogspot.com/2008/11/myanmar-v-indonesia.html Myanmar v Indonesia 5' - Myanmar take the lead when a free kick into the box is headed home by an unmarked home player Soe Myat Min. Bloody awful defending with one defender ball watching instead of attacking the damned thing 1-0 9' - free kick from Ismed Sofyan and a header from Musafry, a surprise replacement for Aliyudin up front, goes close 11' - big, passionate crowd. Is the ref strong enough? 12' - Bambang latches on to long ball but volleys straight at the keeper 13' - Erol Iba finds Musafry in space but the Persiba striker's drive goes inches wide 14' - Musafry goes wide left, pulls the ball back from the byline. Bambang misses but a Myanmar puts it in his own net. 1-1 21' - This is much better from Indonesia. Musafry is at the heart of most of what is good as he was against Bangladesh in the first half and Ismed's crossing is worrying the Myanmar defence 25' - Horison gets caught off his line in a challenge. The ball spins clear with the Persik keeper rolling in agony. Skipper Charis doesn;t shirk the rebound and it's handbags for a few moments 32' - Horison is hurt as he punches a free kick clear and collides with an incoming attacker. Not the first time Horison has elected not to hold onto incoming. 40' - Defensively Indonesia look shaky. Myanmar are able to take short corners while the Indonesian defence have their minds on something else. Half Time 1-1. Indonesia played out the first half with a 60 second game of keep ball across the back four and a few yards inside the Myanmar half. Discipline that has often been missing from national team performances. Going forward they have looked good with Ponaryo being the puppet master and Musafry moving intelligently. 46' - Indonesia pushing and Ponaryo Astaman sees his shot deflected onto the crossbar. 47' - Isnan Ali gives away a daft free kick then decides he got a knock in the face and crumples like the proverbial house of cards. Embarrassing, why do players think they can get away with this nonsense? 51' - Again static defending by the Indonesians but Myanmar are unable to take advantage. 55' - Usep Munandar carelessly concedes possession just inside the Indonesia half but again Myanmar are unable to capitalise 56' - This time Mr Reliable Ponaryo gives the ball away. Myanmar are edging themselves back into this game 58' - Corner by sub Elie Aiboy, Bambang finds space, pulls it back but support is late coming 60' - Horison is holding the crosses better but still needs a second touch on free kicks and hard drives aimed at him 62' - Another free kick, a half baked attempt by an Indonesian defender but the geezer who got the first added his second, beating Horison low at the near post. 2-1 Myanmar 65' - Down the other end Firman Utina has a free kick from a similar posisition but Myanmar have numbers and discipline and clear without any drama 66' - Myanmar are rampant and Horison saves his side twice in a matter of seconds. The second save resulted in a corner and Munandar misses a free header but luckily for him skipper Charis clears. Kind of... 69' - Myanmar hit the cross bar. Indonesia are on the back foot 71' - If I was Indonesian I would be turning this off. The defence is having a collective nightmare. Indonesia need some serious possession but the midfield is not being allowed time on the ball. Musafry has hardly had a look in all second half. 74' - Indonesia have Titus Bramble and William Gallas at the heart of their defence. 77' - Ismed swings in a corner but nobody attacks the damned thing. While lining up the ball the Persija full back was pelted with plastic bottles. 79' - Elie Aiboy lobs the ball into the area and Bambang finds space but just wide. Indonesia limited to long balls forward hoping Bambang gets a knock down or they win the second ball. 83' - A free kick from inside right clears the defence and Bambang coming in at the back stick is unable to control it 87' - Men against boys. Another ball needlessly given away by the Indonesian defence and suddenly Myanmar have two against two. This time the crossbar saves Indonesia 90' - 5 minutes injury time! 91' - Indonesia haven't had a midfield second half. 92' - Long ball forward, Bambang nods down but the ball is behind sub Aliyudin. Long balls is all Indonesia have offered for a while now, ever snce they conceded the middle. 93' - As 92' but this time Aliyudin returns the ball to Bambang who is soon crowded out Myanmar win 2-1. The hosts showed much more bite in the second half but they were helped by some comical defending. First half Indonesia showed they could be a threat in the AFF Cup but any thoughts of winning the trophy will depend on whether or not coach Dollo can add bite to a soft centre. PSM's hardworking Syamsul should return to the middle but it's at the back where questions remain.
YANGON (22 Nov 2008) – A brace from striker Soe Myat Min was enough to give Myanmar their third successive title in the Grand Royal Challenge Cup when they beat Indonesia 2-1 in the final that was played at the Thuwunna Youth Training Centre Stadium. The Myanmar Under-23 team won the first title in the Grand Royal Challenge Cup in 2005 before the Myanmar national team took the second title the year after. The competition was not held in 2007. Indonesia’s hope of vanquishing Myanmar in front of their home fans as revenge for past defeats (at the Merdeka Tournament in Kuala Lumpur two years ago and also in the group stage of the current tournament last week) was dashed by the wily Myat Min. Myat Min, who turned 26-years-old last May, switched on the magic in either half of an exhilarating encounter to score in the sixth and 63rd minute for the win in the match that was witnessed by more than 20,000 fans. Indonesian keeper Markus Harison was just a tad off form as he failed to deny the headers from Myat Min as Myanmar scored an own goal off Moe Win in the 15th minute for the final scoreline. Buoyed by the presence of their home fans, Myanmar gave a spirited performance as Myat Min controlled the rhythm of the game to frustrate the Indonesian midfield. Indonesia seem to be under pressure for much of the exchange and their failure to dictate terms saw them easily losing possession. With the defeat, Myanmar have stretched their record against Indonesia to 15 wins, seven draws and 13 defeats in 35 matches. With the crown in hand, Myanmar also won the USD 15,000 prize money while Indonesia took home USD 7,500 as runners-up. http://www.aseanfootball.org/headlines_01.asp?id=698
Fantastic! We are beginning to show that we can play consistently which ought to take us further at the AFF Cup. Soe Myat Min clearly was the Player of the Tournament and I hope he keeps his form in December. Does anyone know Yan Paing's status - the last I read was he was hurt in Myanmar's first game against Indo after scoring in the first half. If he is ok and in form we should have a good shot to advance to the semis. Indonesia clearly will be looking for revenge in Jakarta in the opener with 50K+ crowd. But I hope Coach Falapo is able to devise a gameplan to get a result. It appears that we did well to not let the Indo midfielders possess the ball too much, which surely helped disrupt attacks from occuring. Another observation is at both Merdeka and Grand Royal we did not have a good first game (loss against Viet and tie against B'Desh). Our coach needs to recognize that, because we really cannot afford to lose against Indonesia in our first game. You know teams like Italy can afford a first game loss but not Myanmar! And finally, does anyone know what Singapore is upto? I am not sure if the National Team is playing any practice matches. I hope they stay rusty!!!
winning at home is one thing. can they replicate that form, esp 2nd half against indonesia, in jakarta?
That will be very tough. Not only are they hosts, Indonesia will also have a better prepared squad by then. Seems like home teams are running rampant in friendly tournaments, except for Vietnam in T&T Cup.
i m not sure indonesia are well prepared. they started training together back in march! in the semi final they didn t try, in the final there was no midfield second half and only the keeper saved them from embarrassment
Hello I am Joe new member here, from MD, i would like to request anyone who has HIGH LIGHT/FULL MATCH videos from Grand Royal Challenge Cup 2008. i will be so glad to say thank you to you if you can upload to youtube or wherever that we can watch. I wanna say thanks to "bolasinema" from Indonesia that he uploaded myanmar vs indonesia group match. Anyway I am so proud for Myanamr National Team and MFF doing a good job. it is been improving step by step.