By defeating Malaysia, Thailand U21 secured a place in the final.

After a dramatic victory over U21 Malaysia, U21 Thailand secured their place in the final of the Thanh Nien Newspaper International U21 Tournament.

Having been fortunate enough to reach the semi-finals through a draw, the Malaysian U21 team is determined to showcase their abilities against their Thai U21 opponents, who are not considered strong contenders in this tournament.

With superior composure and experience, the U21 Malaysia team easily dominated the game and scored two goals in the first half through Nor Azlin and Awang Kecik.

In the second half, Malaysia continued to dominate the game, making it difficult for the U21 Thailand team to defend, and they scored their third goal in the 61st minute through Mohd Saaz. At this point, many thought that the ticket to the final would be hard to slip from the grasp of U21 Malaysia.

Malaysia U21 (right) suffered a disappointing defeat.

However, with only 10 minutes left in the match, the U21 Thailand team unexpectedly played confidently and scored three goals to equalize the score at 3-3, thanks to Wuttichai Sooksen, Montree Promsawat, and Boonerd Cherysain, sending the match to a penalty shootout.

In the tense penalty shootout, U21 Malaysia missed two of their shots while U21 Thailand successfully converted all four. The match ended with an unexpected victory for U21 Thailand.

Having defeated U21 Malaysia, U21 Thailand advanced to the final to face U19 HAGL, while U21 Malaysia had to settle for playing in the third-place match against U21 Vietnam.

According to VOV.VN