Defeating Iran 2-0, Vietnam U19 women's team won a ticket to the Asian finals

With two consecutive wins in the qualifying round of Group D (4-0 against India, 2-0 against Iran), the Vietnam U19 women's team won a ticket to China to attend the 2017 AFC U19 Women's Championship.

Striker Tuyen Ngan (10) scored to raise the score to 2-0, sealing the victory for the Vietnam U19 women's team. Photo: VFF

At 4:00 p.m. on November 6, at field number 3 of the Vietnam Youth Football Training Center, the decisive match for the ticket to the 2017 AFC U19 Championship Finals took place, between Vietnam U19 Women's Team and Iran U19 Team.

Due to the importance of the match, the winning team will get a ticket to China to participate in the Asian finals, both teams fielded their strongest lineups.

After the opening whistle of Korean referee Kim Sookhee, both teams entered the match with high determination. In the first 20 minutes of the first half, with abundant physical strength, the players of both teams continuously created situations that threatened the opponent's goal.

In the 23rd minute, striker number 15 Z. Alizadeh suddenly shot the ball, leaving goalkeeper Hai Yen helpless, but the ball went just over the bar.

On the host side, the U19 women's team of coach Mai Duc Chung also had some lightning-fast attacks from the two wings by Ha Thi Nhai (8), but the shots by Tuyet Ngan (10) or Nguyen Thi Nu (23) were all lacking in power. The first half temporarily ended with a goalless draw.

Vietnam U19 women's team played with determination against a highly rated opponent, Iran U19 women's team.

Right at the beginning of the second half, the U19 women's team of Vietnam had a beautiful combination between Nguyen Thi Nu (23) and Tran Thi Nhung (21). Striker number 23 was the last one to put the ball into the net, opening the score 1-0 for the U19 women's team of Vietnam.

After the goal to relieve the psychological pressure, the home players played more confidently and gradually controlled the game. In the 55th minute, striker Tuyet Ngan (10) had a chance to shoot, unfortunately the shot went wide of the left post of the goal.

In the final minutes of the second half, the match became exciting and somewhat tense with the two teams creating offensive situations.

In the 90+3 minute of extra time, striker Tuyet Ngan (10) dribbled past goalkeeper H.Sefati, scoring the winning goal 2-0 for the Vietnam U19 women's team.

Thus, with 2 wins, the Vietnam U19 women's team ranked first in group D and will participate in the 2017 Asian U19 Women's Finals in China with the group winners in the qualifying round including Australia (group A winner), Uzbekistan (group B winner), group C representative (not yet determined) and 4 teams that will enter directly into Japan, China, South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

According to Zing