19:00 U19 Myanmar - U19 Vietnam: Draw is suicide

With just a draw, U19 Vietnam will officially win first place in Group G and become one of the 10 teams to win tickets to Bahrain to compete in the 2016 Asian Cup. But coach Hoang Anh Tuan and his team need to be careful because when entering the match with the mindset of having nothing to lose, the host U19 Myanmar will certainly be extremely dangerous.

According to the regulations, the 10 group winners and the 5 second-placed teams with the best results in the qualifying round will be eligible to compete in the final round. As of the end of the match on October 4, U19 Myanmar ranked 2nd in Group G but only ranked 9th out of 10 second-placed teams in the groups (not counting the match results with the bottom team because groups B, C, D, E, F, I, J only have 4 teams).

U19 Vietnam (right) only needs a draw to get a ticket straight to the finals.

U19 Myanmar only has one chance to reach the final round: to take the top spot in the group and get an official ticket because if they finish second in group G, coach Gerd Zeise's team will also be eliminated. In the Myanmar Times, Mr. Gerd Zeise, head coach of the U19 Myanmar team, commented: "U19 Vietnam is the strongest team in this group and our goal is to get 9 points from the first 3 matches before meeting U19 Vietnam in the final match."

However, due to the 0-0 draw with U19 Timor Leste on October 2, U19 Myanmar has only one choice left, which is to defeat U19 Vietnam to continue.

At the 2015 Southeast Asian U19 Championship in August, U19 Vietnam defeated U19 Myanmar 2-0 with goals from Duy Khanh and Duc Chinh. A similar result would be perfect and the coaching staff and players of U19 Vietnam are waiting for it. According to the assessment, U19 Myanmar plays intelligently and has good team spirit but lacks outstanding individuals who can break the deadlock on their own. In this respect, U19 Vietnam is better than its opponent. But as coach Hoang Anh Tuan worries, U19 Myanmar has the home field advantage and the enthusiastic cheers of the audience will stimulate the players' fighting spirit.

With nothing to lose, U19 Myanmar will definitely play offensively and U19 Vietnam is also ready to fight with the opponent because defense will be a "double-edged sword" that brings unpredictable consequences. But U19 Myanmar at home is ready to play fiercely to limit the opponent's strength, this is what coach Hoang Anh Tuan has anticipated and taken into account the fact that the home team is favored by the referee.

According to TT&VH