Town centre-half Elkan Baggott was left on the bench as Indonesia beat Vietnam 1-0 in their second group game at the AFC Asian Cup this afternoon.

The Indonesians won the match via Asnawi Mangkualam’s penalty just before half-time with the Vietnamese reduced to 10 men in injury time when Le Pham Thanh Long was dismissed.

Indonesia are now third in their group and will need to beat Japan in their final group game on Wednesday to progress to the round of 16.

Photo: Reuters

kiwiblue added 17:06 - Jan 19 4 out of 6 best 3rd placed teams qualify so still in with a good chance.
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Eeyore added 17:24 - Jan 19 That’s a surprise. He has started most games for them.
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LooksLikeChaplin added 17:46 - Jan 19 Looks like they switched to a back 4 rather than 5. He was poor in the first game and at fault for 2 of the 3 goals so not surprised he was the one dropped. Hopefully he'll get more gametime as it's great experience for him.
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pegasus added 11:55 - Jan 20 Didn't he pick up a yellow card in the first match? Perhaps it was a case of not risking him in the Vietnam match.
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chocco added 13:16 - Jan 20 wasn't dropped slight injury took a kick to the calf in 1st game
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PhuketPete added 19:50 - Jan 20 I can’t believe he was dropped on form grounds as he is (literally) head and shoulders taller and better than anyone else in their team - ranked 155 at the start of this laughable 6 week long, 32 team competition. (There are barely 8 teams worth being there !!). So I’ll go along with the kick on the calf
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