This will be a big surprise if Indonesia can win Bahrain on their home. this match will be revenge Indonesia for their defeat 10-0 a while ago. in terms of quality Bahrain not even better than Saudi which I think Indonesia can easily handle it. But again, Indonesia performance is still not good, they will disappoint fans if too much praised, and when I look how the composition the Bahrain squad is look the same as they defeat Indonesia while ago, so Indonesia team must have to be alert, This is not impossible bahrain use the same strategy to do the same thing to defeat Indonesia. I hope the naturalization player are not tired as they play on their club before to pass Indonesia to the next round qualification.
What is different is that the current Indonesian squad is very different from when Bahrain beat Indonesia with a very convincing score at that time. Now Indonesia is strengthened by many players who play in several prestigious leagues in the world, yes, even though they are part of a team that is not considered strong enough, but of course what we see is experience. Bahrain on paper is no better than Saudi Arabia and Australia and when facing both countries Indonesia managed to hold a draw, that will be a good capital and of course it will increase the confidence of the players. In this group, Indonesia is actually the weakest country when viewed from the ranking, but for now the ranking is just a number for Indonesia seen from the previous 2 matches.
today match will be a big challenge for Indonesia, especially so far Indonesia has a bad history with a history of crushing defeats to Bahrain in the previous match, but the big changes that are happening today in indonesian squad certainly cannot make head to head as a reference for us to underestimate them, this time, Indonesian squad is much stronger with players who are experienced in Europe, the majority of their players play in the international league and certainly bring valuable experience that can be an important capital in facing Bahrain later, Bahrain may not be better than Saudi Arabia or Australia, and the draw against the both teams shows that Indonesia has great potential to win the match later in my opinion.