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The match which took place at the Bung Karno Main Stadium, Jakarta, Tuesday night, showed the Indonesian national team´s tough struggle against the tough Australian team which is currently ranked 24th in the world.

Rafael Struick put Indonesia ahead after 15 minutes only for Komang Teguh´s own goal to level the scoreline after 45 minutes. There was still time before the break, however, for Struick to score again.

Ernando Ari Sutaryadi saved Mohamed Toure’s 25th-minute penalty before Komang’s close-range header 20 minutes later allowed Shin Tae-yong’s team to pick up their first win of the campaign after an opening 2-0 loss against hosts Qatar on Monday.

President Jokowi said that he deliberately came to provide direct support to Garuda Muda players. According to the President, the U23 national team´s victory was also historic because it managed to beat Turkmenistan for the first time since 2012.

The duel between the Argentina national team and Indonesia on June 19 at the Bung Karno Main Stadium, Jakarta continues to be widely discussed.

Indonesia took the lead through Marc Klok´s penalty in the 50th minute. Then in the second half, Sarach Yooyen managed to equalize in the 79th minute.

Ronaldo scored only one goal for his country and was dropped to the bench by Fernando Santos for their last-16 clash with Switzerland and their shock quarter-final defeat to Morocco.

After the game he was presented with the Golden Glove, a trophy handed out to the goalkeeper with the most clean sheets.

Messi matched the achievements of Maradona and in the process ensured his place alongside the late legend in the pantheon of true Argentinian greats. 

Qatar Airways partnered with Elon Musk´s SpaceX and Starlink teams to launch two FIFA footballs into the atmosphere, where they reached 76 miles (123 kilometres) above Earth and travelled at speeds up to 5,139 mph (8.272 km/h).

Aguero, 34, has made appearances throughout the tournament in support for the national side and was even seen getting into a heated confrontation after their quarter-final win over Holland.

Alvarez, the Manchester City forward, was outstanding as Lionel Scanoli´s side swaggered to victory, winning the penalty for Messi´s opener before going on to score twice himself.

It pushed him out alone as Morocco´s top goalscorer at World Cups and proved to be the decisive goal as the African nation caused one of the biggest shocks of the tournament in Qatar by knocking out Ronaldo´s Portugal.

Neymar has been vocal on social media since Brazil were dumped out. At the weekend he posted an emotional message, which said he was psychologically destroyed by the defeat to Croatia.

Sterling was pictured at Heathrow Airport last night to begin his journey back to Qatar ahead of England´s crunch quarter final against France on Saturday evening.

The Menpora explained that the competition would be held in Central Java and DI Yogyakarta using a bubble system, that is, without any spectators.

Ronaldo´s exit was announced on Tuesday afternoon after United confirmed the news in a 67-word statement.

Bukayo Saka´s girlfriend Tolami Benson, 22, appeared in high spirits as she grabbed a seat alongside the player´s brother, with both wearing matching England shirts to show their support to the team.

Iriawan added that both of them could not wait to play with their friends in the U-20 team.

The FIFA president explained that the main reason for visiting Indonesia was the tragedy of Kanjuruhan, Malang. Because, the incident has hurt and claimed many victims.

The official Premier League Twitter account wrote: ´The thoughts of everyone at the Premier League are with those affected by the tragic events at Kanjuruhan Stadium last night´.

Iriawan added that PSSI supports the police to investigate this case. Moreover, this incident greatly tarnished the face of Indonesian football.

Then the U-16 squad trained by the Milky Way also won the AFF U-16 Cup.

Menpora continued, this development is also related to Indonesia´s proposal to host the 2036 Olympics in the future.

Indonesia qualified for the 2023 Asian Cup after finishing as runners-up in Group A with 6 points from 3 matches. Accompanying Jordan (9 points) who won 3-0 over Kuwait.

Last season, PSSI and PT LIB held a pre-season tournament with the title Menpora Cup and took place in four stadiums on the island of Java.

Carvalho, a promising Portugal Under-21 international, will officially become a Liverpool player on July 1 having helped Fulham secure a return to the Premier League, and is expected to be part of the squad that goes to the Far East on a pre-season tour.

The football legend, 37, told the world about his and Georgina Rodriguez´s heartbreak after their "angel" newborn son tragically passed away.

The Garuda team, made by Ilham Romadhona, took the lead through a goal created by Fajar Fathur Rahman´s header in the 18th minute.

Today, after 72 hours in a Manchester police station and hours of interviews, detectives released him. He is likely to be heading to his Cheshire mansion, where police were seen on Sunday, but has not yet surfaced.