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Chaotic end to SEA Games

It was a final that will never be forgotten in Indonesia as the nation won football gold at the 2023 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games on May 16 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Leading 2-1 in the 98th minute, the coaching staff ran onto the pitch to celebrate what they thought was the final whistle, only for the referee to award a free-kick to Thailand. The ball was subsequently launched into the Indonesian penalty-area and, sure enough, substitute Yotsakorn Burapha pounced to fire the ball in

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