The hosts of Myanmar managed to tackle the Philippines with a landslide score of 7-0 in the Group B AFF Cup Asean Football Federation match which took place at Thuwunna Stadium in Yangon on Monday night (11/09/2017).
That result makes Myanmar up to second place standings Group B shifting Indonesia which in the afternoon lost 0-3 from Vietnam.
The value of Indonesia and Myanmar is 6, but the landslide victory over the Philippines 7-0 gave them a superior goal difference compared to Indonesia. Myanmar goal difference 13, while Indonesia 7.
Although Indonesia slipped to third place, the opportunity to qualify for the semi-finals is still quite open. In the last match of Group B Myanmar will compete with Vietnam. If the result is a winning Vietnam or series, Indonesia will win by any score over Brunei Darussalam to advance to the semi-finals, as the Red and White squad are ahead of the points.
The problem is, Indonesia faces Brunei on Wednesday afternoon (13/09/2017), while Myanmar counter new Vietnam held at night.
Therefore, there is no guarantee that Indonesia enough to win a goal difference to qualify for the semi-finals. The problem is, if Myanmar defeats Vietnam, then the value of three teams of Indonesia, Myanmar, and Vietnam will be the same, so it must see the goal difference as a determinant of breakthrough.
If Myanmar win a goal difference over Vietnam, then in the final standings Myanmar will be ahead of Vietnam, as both have the same goal difference of 14, but Myanmar is superior to scoring goals.
The problem is, Indonesia faces Brunei on Wednesday afternoon, while Myanmar counter new Vietnam held night.
With such conditions, Indonesia's safest road should win by a margin of eight goals against Brunei, given the goal difference Indonesia is currently only 7. If able to win by a margin of eight goals over Brunei and Myanmar win one goal over Vietnam, Indonesia will win the group with goal difference 15, better than Myanmar and Vietnam 14.
However, if Myanmar win the difference of two goals, Indonesia is enough to netted seven. Subsequently, the greater the victory of Myanmar over Vietnam, the fewer goals that need to be printed on Brunei's goal.
It's just that, if Myanmar wins two or more goals over Vietnam and Indonesia wins only with a maximum of eight goals over Brunei, then Garuda Muda only qualifies as runner-up if. Similarly, if Vietnam is winning or both competitors are playing a draw.
But, once again, Indonesia's schedule versus Brunei ahead of Myanmar versus Vietnam, so the safest scenario to the semi-final regardless of Myhanmar versus Vietnam's result is that Indonesia must slaughter Brunei by a margin of at least eight goals.