Playing in front of thousands of their own supporters at the Indonesia Arena, Jakarta, Tuesday, Indonesia played well in two halves, with five goals scored by two goals from captain Mochammad Iqbal, and a goal each scored by Rio Pangestu, Israr Megantara, and Reza Gunawan.
This victory propelled the Garuda squad to the top of the standings with three points. Their goal differeAlso read: The Indonesian national futsal team celebrates their goal, winning 5-0 over South Korea.
In today's match, Iraq, which had reached the semifinals in the 2018 edition in Taiwan, defeated Kyrgyzstan with a score of 4-2.
Kyrgyzstan took the lead through Donierbek Amanbaev's goal in the second minute, but the one-goal advantage was immediately answered by two goals from Iraq through Salim Faisal (13') and Tareq Zeyad (17') in the first half.
Kairat Kubanychov leveled the match at 2-2 in the 26th minute. Unfortunately, the goal lasted only three minutes before Salim Faisal scored his second goal in the 29th minute to make it 3-2. Iraq's victory was then sealed by Mohanad Abdulhadi in the final minutes of the match.
Kyrgyzstan, defeated by Iraq, finished third with no points. South Korea finished bottom of the standings in this opening match due to their crushing defeat to the host team, Indonesia.
