Defeating U19 China, Vietnam meets Thailand in the final
Defeating U19 China in the final match of the group stage on the afternoon of March 27, the Vietnam U19 team will meet U19 Thailand in the final match of the 2019 International U19 Championship taking place in Nha Trang.
The confrontation between Vietnam U19 and China U19 is significant in determining a ticket to the final match when the two teams are only 1 point apart on the rankings after 2 matches.
Playing at home, Mr. Graechen Guillaume's team created a better position. However, the U19 Vietnam team showed signs of being stuck in their attacks, so throughout the first half, the Chinese U19 team did not have many opportunities to create goals. The situation could not improve at the beginning of the second half when Mr. Guillaume's students were still struggling to find a way into the opponent's goal.
However, the breakthrough finally came to the home team in the 67th minute. In a well-organized attack, the Vietnam U19 team took the lead. After Xuan Tao's effort to control and pass the ball low, Manh Quynh made an accurate curling shot, scoring the goal for the Vietnam U19 team.
In the 77th minute, the home team had a chance to increase the score to 2-0 but Xuan Tao and Manh Quynh could not convert into goals after 2 consecutive shots. However, the score of 1-0 was enough for the home team to pocket all 3 points.
In the remaining match, U19 Thailand beat U19 Myanmar with a score of 1-0. The only goal of the Golden Temple team was scored by Artkitkarn in the 53rd minute.
Thus, U19 Vietnam and U19 Thailand both finished the group stage with 7 points, sharing the top 2 positions and will meet in the final match taking place on the afternoon of March 31.
China U19 (3 points) and Myanmar U19 (0 points) will meet in the third-place match.
