Vietnam’s U-23 team won over Myanmar 2-0 in a friendly match at the Viet Tri stadium in the northern province of Phu Tho on June 7th.
Vietnam's U-23 players celebrate their first goal.
The match is designed to help both sides prepare for
the Southeast Asian Games to be held in November in the Philippines.
Trieu Viet Hung opened the scoring
for Vietnam
at the 14th minute as he collected the rebound from a corner kick and hammered
the ball to the net.
Afterward, the team in red had
chances to score but Vietnamese players missed their opportunities.
The second half of the match
resumed after a suspension lasting nearly 30 minutes caused by heavy downpours
and lightning.
As the match went on, Tien Linh
doubled the lead for Vietnam
at the 75th minute with a close-range shot.
It is the first time the
20,000-seat Viet Tri stadium, which received a facelift recently, has been the
venue of an international match./.
Source: VNA
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