Indonesia star striker Boaz Solossa breaks ankle

Indonesia’s Asian Cup hopes suffered a severe setback after star striker Boaz Solossa broke his ankle in the friendly victory over Hong Kong on Friday.

Crowd favourite Bambang Pamungkas, Zainal Arif and an own goal gave the hosts a comfortable 3-0 win at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta.

“The injury looked really bad, I would not pin any hopes on the player recovering in time for the Asian Cup,” he said.

Broken ankle. That's the 20 year old, leading scorer in the Indonesian league gone and probably with it Indonesia's chances of an upset.

Indonesia expecting strong support

Indonesia are expecting big crowds for their games in Jakarta in the Asia Cup 2007.

Although the stadium is listed as holding 100,000 officials told Football in the Capital that capacity is reduced to 88,000 these days. They expect over 70,000 to each game.

Hoem support and encouraging home performances from Persik Kediri in the Asian Champions League may see Indonesia match their win from Asia Cup 2004.

Can Indonesia match their Asia Cup 2004 performance?

Indonesia take thirty players into camp.

Indonesia have taken thirty players into camp. They will choose theirAsian Cup squad on June 2nd.

They will play all their games in the 88,000 stadium in Jakarta. Officials are expecting crowds of 70,000 upwards for the Indonesian games.

Team offical Demis said, "We had our best result in football in Asia Cup 2004 in China. We defeated Qatar 1-0 and Qatari manager Frenchman Phillipe Trousier was immediately sacked."

"There is still a gap between the Asean teams and the rest of Asia but we are confident we can produce some strong performances."

"The players are encouraged by the Indonesian club performances in this years Asian Cup. They are eagar to do well"

"We are the hosts and this is a terrific advantage, " said Demis.