No one who has been following football in the Southeast Asian region regularly would have been surprised by the crowd troubles that transpired in the recent World Cup Indonesia qualifying match between Indonesia and Malaysia.
In the past 10 years or so, it's quite rare for matches between the two sides at any level that were held in Indonesia to not take place without any incidents. Just one year earlier, Malaysia U-19 players and officials were pelted by missiles after edging the 2018 AFF U-19 Championship hosts in the semi-finals, in another infamous incident.
In the most recent incident, last Thursday, the away fans were given hell by the home supporters from their moment of arrival at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium.