Vietnam U19 has a wide open door to attend the AFC U19 Championship

Defeating direct competitor U19 Timor Leste with a score of 2-1 on the afternoon of October 4, coach Hoang Anh Tuan and his team firmly hold the top spot in Group G with nine points after three matches.

Before this match, U19 Vietnam was at the top of the group after winning all two matches, while U19 Timor Leste was right behind with one point less and having played one more match. This was therefore a turning point match in the race for tickets to the final round taking place in October 2016, which was only for the top 10 teams in each group, five excellent runners-up and the host team Bahrain.

U19 Vietnam (red) is competing successfully in the tournament in Myanmar.

In reality, things went very smoothly for U19 Vietnam. They even opened the score in the fourth minute thanks to Trong Dai. 13 minutes later, the gap was doubled, thanks to Quang Hai's accurate shot.

Conceding two quick goals, U19 Timor Leste was somewhat mentally disturbed and it took quite a while for the team to regain composure. On the other hand, the two-goal gap helped coach Hoang Anh Tuan's players play confidently and dominate the game. Safety was the top priority at this time, so they controlled the ball for over 60% of the time, but they did not take too many risks in attacking and did not score any more goals.

In the second half, U19 Timor Leste rose up with the spirit of having nothing to lose. However, Takuma Toga's students had almost no way to penetrate the tight defense of U19 Vietnam. It was not until the 89th minute that this team had a goal to reduce the gap to 1-2 thanks to Henrique Cruz. But it was all too late for U19 Timor Leste, while for U19 Vietnam, the opportunity was within reach.

If the host U19 Myanmar does not win against U19 Hong Kong (China) in the match at 7pm today, October 4, coach Hoang Anh Tuan and his team will certainly win the top spot in Group G and a ticket to the U19 Asian Cup finals one round early. If they win, U19 Myanmar will only be in second place with seven points. In the final match, if they draw with this team, U19 Vietnam will advance.

Despite winning three consecutive matches in the U19 Asian qualifiers, coach Hoang Anh Tuan is still not satisfied. The strategist from Khanh Hoa is angry because his players often do not play well in the second half. In the match two days ago, U19 Vietnam easily scored five goals against U19 Brunei in the first half but did not score any more after the break.

According to VNE