Bahrain put its qualifying campaign back on track with a nice 2-0 road win in Indonesia. However, the bigger story of the game was the problems with the Indonesian crowd.
With Bahrain leading 2-0 late in the match, Indonesian fans began throwing fireworks onto the pitch, leading to the referee ordering both teams off the field. The story now becomes if FIFA will hand out any punishment to Indonesia as a result.
The actual match saw Sayed Dhiya give the visitors the lead right before halftime. His low right-footed shot found the far corner. Later in the second half, Indonesia's high defensive line proved to be its undoing. Ismail Abdul-Latif was able to get behind the defense to score the second goal and put the match out of reach, before the crowd problems began.
Bahrain now sits with four points from two games, a decent spot to be in this group. They travel to group E favorite Iran in October while Indonesia hosts Qatar. It remains to be seen if they will play that match in front of fans or not.
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