The hosts controlled possession in the opening exchanges as they looked for an opening, but it was Indonesia who were looking more threatening on the counter.
After 15 minutes the first chance of the match fell to the Philippines’ Patrick Reichelt, who chased down a long ball played over the top of Indonesia’s defence. Rizky Ridho, trying to mark the forward, almost scored an own-goal by lifting the ball over his goalkeeper, only for the ball to land on the top of the net instead.
The pressure continued to mount from the Philippines. A driving run into the box from Shayne Pattynama saw his shot spilled by Ari, before Reichelt was fouled inside the box. However, the offside flag came to Indonesia’s rescue.
The hosts' dominance paid off after 24 minutes when Reichelt made one of his chances count. Played through on goal, his first time finish with his left foot found the bottom corner to put the Philippines 1-0 up.
Indonesia grew into the game after a slow start, but were restricted to long range efforts without testing the Philippines' Neil Ethridge once.
As the second half began, the visitors came out with a higher intensity. Saddil Ramdani sent out an early warning sign in the opening two minutes of the restart with a shot from the edge of the box. However, a series of corners were dealt with comfortably by the hosts.
ndonesia began to see more and more possession, although Philippines’ defence dealt with the continuous long balls the visitors persisted with.
However, with 20 minutes left, Indonesia drew level. A fantastic run from Ricky Kambuaya, beating three players, found Ramdani out wide who opened his body to curl in a stunning strike into the top corner.
The hosts began to fatigue as Indonesia looked to complete the turnaround. With less than five minutes on the clock, a quick free kick was taken but Ethridge was once again wise to the danger.
The hosts were to have one more chance of their own, as substitute Pochlo Bugas cut inside on the edge of the box, only for his left-footed strike to connect with the crossbar.
Next up, the Philippines face Iraq away from home in the new year, while Indonesia will host Vietnam in Group F.
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