Thanh Nien Newspaper International U21 Tournament 2015: Beating Thailand 4-2, U21 Vietnam enters semi-finals

The heavy rain that started early in the morning did not stop thousands of fans from coming to Thong Nhat Stadium to watch and cheer for the opening match of the U21 Thanh Nien Vietnam Newspaper team against U21 Thailand. In response, the U21 Vietnam players gave the fans an eye-catching match with a resounding 4-2 victory.

Ho Tuan Tai dribbles past the Thai U21 defenders. Photo: Kha Hoa

Right after the opening whistle, the U21 Vietnam players rushed forward to attack, pushing the Thai players back to their home field. Fans in the stadium did not have to wait long when in the 6th minute, Pham Van Thanh skillfully dribbled the ball and curled the ball into the far corner of goalkeeper Juheng's goal, Thailand opened the score 1-0. In the 14th minute, from a corner kick on the left, Ho Tuan Tai jumped high and headed the ball into the net of goalkeeper Juheng, doubling the gap for the U21 Vietnam team.

U21 Thailand pushed up their formation to find an equalizer and gradually regained control of the game. At this time, due to the slippery and wet field, there were some erratic clearances from the U21 Vietnam defense. Taking advantage of these mistakes, in the 22nd minute, Puangbut scored a close-range goal to reduce the score to 1-2 for U21 Thailand. At the end of the first half, Sarasarin once again took advantage of the mistake of the U21 Vietnam defense to successfully finish the equalizer 2-2 for U21 Thailand.

Pham Van Thanh (9) celebrates opening the score against U21 Thailand. Photo by Kha Hoa

In the second half, the U21 Vietnam team shocked the formation and continued to play offensively. In the 50th minute, from a pass from Xuan Thanh, Lam Ti Phong shot hard past goalkeeper Juheng, raising the score to 3-2 for U21 Vietnam. In the 56th minute, from a corner kick, Xuan Manh jumped high and headed the ball into the net of U21 Thailand, raising the score to 4-2 for U21 Vietnam.

In the final minutes of the match, U21 Thailand pushed up their formation to find an equalizer. However, the rain continued to pour heavily, making it difficult for both teams to play. No more goals were scored and the match ended with a score of 4-2 in favor of U21 Vietnam.

By defeating Thailand, U21 Vietnam won the first ticket of Group A to the semi-finals. Meanwhile, U21 Thailand must wait for the result of the match between U21 Vietnam and Singapore at 3:30 p.m. on November 24 to determine the second ticket.

Before that, U19 Korea had a 2-0 victory over U21 Myanmar in the early match at 3:30 p.m. With 2 wins, U19 Korea won the first ticket to the semi-finals with the first position in Group B. The remaining ticket was determined after the decisive match between U21 HAGL and U21 Myanmar at 6:00 p.m. on November 24. U21 HAGL is the team with the advantage as only needing a draw to get a ticket to the semi-finals.

Clip U21 VN - Thailand 4-2

According to NLD