The first half of the Saudi Arabia and Indonesia match ended in a 1-1 draw, in the first round of… Qualifiers Final qualifying for the 2026 World Cup.
And received the goalGreenAn Indonesian goal in the 19th minute was scored by Sandy Walsh, the visitors’ right back, and Musab Al-Juwayr equalized the score in the third minute of stoppage time in the first half.
After the end of the first half of the Saudi Arabia and Indonesia match at the “Jewel Stadium”, the Indonesian team became first on the list of teams that received the most goals from Saudi players, with 31 goals.
The Syrian team comes in second place, having conceded 30 goals, while Yemen ranks third on the list of teams that have conceded the most goals against the Saudi team, after its players have scored 25 goals against it, followed by the UAE with 22 goals.
A long goal in the Saudi Arabia and Indonesia matches
On the other hand, the match between Saudi Arabia and Indonesia on Thursday evening, September 5, witnessed the Green Falcons’ net being shaken by their guest on their home ground, for the first time in 28 years.
Before this goal, the team’s last goal was Indonesian On the Falcons’ land, the two teams played a friendly match on November 29, 1996, which ended in a Saudi victory with a score of 4-1. After that match, the Asian team played against its Saudi counterpart 4 times, and failed to score in each of them.
It is noteworthy that the Saudi national team will play the first and second rounds of the third round in the final qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup in a few days, where it will play against Indonesia, and after 5 days it will go to meet China at Dalian Suyuan Stadium.
The Saudi national team is competing in the decisive qualifiers in the fiery third group, which includes the national teams of Japan, Australia, Bahrain, China, and Indonesia.
The decisive third round will start with the participation of 18 teams divided into 3 groups, and the first and second place teams in the final standings of each group will qualify directly for the 2026 World Cup, which means 6 seats will be decided in this round.
The fourth round will witness the participation of the teams that ranked third and fourth, and they will be divided into two groups, each group containing 3 teams, from which the first-place winners will qualify directly to the World Cup, while the second-place winners in the group stage in the fourth round will face two matches in a home-and-away system, the winner of which will go to the global play-off.
