U-19 Vietnam "died" tragically on the penalty spot

The U-19 Vietnam team missed the chance to win the championship after losing 3-5 to Thailand on penalties (1-1 draw after 120 minutes) in the final match at Thuwunna Stadium, Myanmar on the night of September 21.

The joy of victory of Thailand U-19 players. Google photo

The match was postponed for nearly 4 hours before it could take place at Thuwunna Stadium and the wait seemed to make the players of both teams enter this match with a more eager mentality to win. In which, the Vietnamese players continued to be loyal to the 4-4-2 tactical formation and the most dangerous striker was still striker Nguyen Xuan Nam, who plays for Hanoi T&T. Before this match, Xuan Nam had scored 7 goals and was firmly holding the title of "Top scorer".

Meanwhile, Thailand, as usual, took to the field with a 4-5-1 tactical formation, aiming to use a large midfield to control the game. However, VietnamMalemade good use of small coordination situations and one-touch wall passes, especially the dynamism of the midfielders helped us create a significant advantage over our opponent Thailand. However, Thailand was the team that opened the score 1-0 in the 34th minute. But just one minute later, VietnamMalebrought the match back to the starting line with a beautiful goal.

After the score was equalized, the two teams played more cautiously and reservedly in organizing attacks. This is also very understandable because when only a few dozen minutes away from the gates of heaven, no one wants to make a mistake and regret it forever. In the 59th minute, a Thai player received a red card after a rough foul on a Vietnamese player.Male. Unfortunately, despite playing better than others for quite a long time, VietnamMalecould not score and the score remained 1-1 until the end of 90 minutes. The two teams were forced to play an additional 30 minutes of extra time to determine the winner, but during that time there were still no goals scored.

This also meant that the two teams had to enter a penalty shootout full of luck to decide the championship. Unfortunately, in the penalty shootout, Vietnam lost 3-5 and had to watch their opponents win the championship. This was the third championship in Thailand's history, having previously won two other championships in 2002 and 2009 and once finishing second in the tournament in 2010. Meanwhile, VietnamMalestill only marking time with only one time stepping on the podium in 2007.

* In the bronze medal match,Malaysiasurpassed the home teamMyanmar4-2 in penalty shootout (0-0 draw after 120 minutes).

(According to Tuoi Tre)