The night Harimau Malaya and Ibrahim got stuck in Senayan


FOR millions of Indonesian football fans, it must have felt that the tsunami hit them twice in a matter of days almost 20 years ago.

Three days after the catastrophic tsunami triggered by an earthquake in north Sumatra wreaked havoc across the southern Asian shore, the Malaysian football team stemmed the red tide in the AFF Cup semi-final first leg clash at the Gelora Bung Karno in Senayan, Jakarta.

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