Indonesia beats Jamaica 2-1 in friendly ahead of Asian Cup

[Mac]

Taken from http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/21/sports/AS-SPT-SOC-Indonesia-Jamaica.php



Indonesia beats Jamaica 2-1 in friendly ahead of Asian Cup



JAKARTA, Indonesia: Two goals by striker Bambang Pamungkas took Indonesia to a 2-1 victory over Jamaica Thursday in a friendly ahead of next month's Asia Cup.
Coach Ivan Kolev said he was pleased with the performance of his side against a team more than 50 places ahead of Indonesia in the FIFA rankings.
"They worked hard, they were united," he said.
Pamungkas' first goal came in the 58th minute when he latched onto a low cross by Budi Sudarsono. Jamaica's Rory Wolfe scored his first international goal 15 minutes later, firing a left-foot shot in from the edge of the penalty box.
As the game went into injury time, Pamungkas fired in a winner from long range.

The game was played at the 88,000-capacity Gelora Bung Karno stadium, which will host the final of the Asian Cup.
Indonesia is in Group D along with South Korea, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

[Mac]

Jamaica ' s Edwards fights for the ball with Indonesia ' s Atep during their friendly soccer match in Jakarta


Jamaica ' s Stewart fights for the ball with Indonesia ' s Ponaryo Astaman

Jamaica's Donald Stewart (L) and Jermaine Taylor (R) fight for the ball with Indonesia's Bambang Pamungkas


Wory Wolfe (R) fights for the ball with Indonesia's Richardo Salampessy during their friendly soccer match at Gelora Bung Karno stadium


Jamaica's Christopher Harvey (R) fights for the ball with Indonesia's Muhammad Ridwan


Indonesia's Supardi, second right, battles for the ball with Jamaica's (from left to right), Adrian Reid, Wory Wolfe, Rudolph Austin, and Christopher Harvey, far right

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Not sure of the original source but I got it from www.thereggaeboyz.com

Respect

[Mosiah]

nice. the surface looks immaculate!

[Assasin]

so when is wining important again?

[Mosiah]

Stop it! Let's take the positives out of this. It is not about winning, it is about creating winners. They are winners if they stepped off the jetbridge right onto that field and lost 2-1. If they maintained their shape while trying to fight jetlag, they are winners. If they competed for 90 minutes even after sitting in a metal tube at high pressure, then they are winners.

'Ow mi sound?

[Pepsi]

it is a good result.

[Plush]

I'll give them the next game to say my thoughts...On this, I think we can all say decent effort and move on...still we need a win and I hope I see something in the next game...Now I haven't heard anyone mention/criticize Bora for only picking 2 forwards in the squad...he must have known that two forwards wasn't gonna cut it...Whatever happen to Kavin Bryan(sp)..is he discarded for good? I thought he was doing well....Any other name worth mentioning..what about somone from the U20team...Morrissey or someone...wouldn't this be good for them or they don't figure in Bora's plan

[HL]

Winners win at any cost. Especially against "inferior" (?) teams.

Winning is a habit..so too is losing!!

Indonesia should have received no less than 6-love from Jamaica. Specially under brand name $million/year coach like Bora.

That's my view.

[HL]

Only (some) Jamaicans think losing can be a good result.
LOSING IS NEVER...REPEAT...NEVER GOOD !!!

[Jamaica2099]

So HL, because a team is ranked below the Jamaica they are inferior.
Jamaica has good football players so why do the top countries considered us inferior. Indonesia, like many lowered-ranked nations have been improving their football standards for quite a while now. And rankings ?????