Indonesia had their band of supporters on their feet in the ninth minute when Mierza Firjatullah tapped in from close range, but their cheers fell silent when he was ruled offside. 

Undeterred, the 1990 semi-finalists kept pushing forward, and made no mistake in the 15th minute when Zahaby Gholy capitalised on a defensive fumble outside the 18-yard box and sent the ball flying into the back of the net. 

They pulled further ahead nine minutes later when another defensive mistake, this time inside the box, gifted the ball to Gholy, whose pin-point pass to an unmarked Fadly Alberto ended in a looping header that went past a stranded Wesam Al-Asbahi.

Putu Panji almost made it 3-0 in the 31st minute when he slipped past the Yemeni defence but his header from just outside the six yard box went straight into the keeper’s arms. 

Yemen’s Abdullah Abdullah tried to put his side back in the game in the 39th minute but his shot from outside the box was kept out by Dafa Al Gasemi. 

The West Asian side started the second half on a high when captain Mohammed Al Garash converted a penalty five minutes in after Karem Abdulatif was brought down by Panji on the edge of the box.

The 2002 runners-up kept the pressure on, with Esam Al Sakkaf and Abdulatif leading the charge. Indonesia were no slouches as well, with Fandi Ahmad and Evandra Florasta keeping their opponents' defensive line on their toes. 

There was a dramatic end to the match when keeper Al-Asbahi pulled down Rafi Rasyiqa in the 85th minute, with Florasta duly converting from the spot.

Florasta netted his second in the 89th minute when he picked up a pass from Josh Holong and sent the ball past Al-Asbahi on his second attempt to send Indonesia into the quarter-finals for the third time in seven appearances.