U16 Vietnam was eliminated from the Southeast Asian tournament after drawing with U16 Myanmar.
The U16 Vietnam defense had an extremely bad match when they made mistakes in both goals conceded against U16 Myanmar, drawing 2-2 and sadly saying goodbye to the tournament right in the group stage.
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| Vietnam U16 stopped at the group stage of the 2018 Southeast Asian U16 tournament after a 2-2 draw against Myanmar U16. |
The loss to U16 Indonesia in the third match put U16 Vietnam in a difficult position when they had to win the remaining match of Group A. Coach Vu Hong Viet and his team achieved "50%" of that goal when they won 6-1 against U16 Philippines, but with the remaining opponent, U16 Myanmar, things were different.
With the same 9 points but ranked higher than U16 Vietnam in terms of goal difference, U16 Myanmar only needs a draw in this match to be able to get a ticket to the semi-finals. Not a defensive game, U16 Myanmar is ready to play an open game with U16 Vietnam.
And thanks to the mistake of the U16 Vietnam defense, U16 Myanmar quickly opened the score in the 10th minute of the match. Difficulties became more difficult, the team of coach Vu Hong Viet quickly regained their spirit after the loss to continuously organize threats to the opponent's goal.
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| From the goal of defending the championship 1 year ago, U16 Vietnam sadly said goodbye to the tournament right after the group stage. |
In the 28th minute, after a chaotic situation in front of the U16 Myanmar goal, Thanh Trung quickly put the ball into the opponent's net after a header from his teammate, equalizing the score 1-1 for U16 Vietnam.
In the second half, U16 Myanmar proactively retreated to play defensively, giving the game to U16 Vietnam.
While the U16 Vietnam strikers were still trying to find more goals to have a chance to win a ticket to the next round, the defense once again made a mistake leading to the second goal. From a set piece situation, U16 Myanmar coordinated simply to be able to put the ball into the net of goalkeeper Duy Dung in front of the majority of U16 Vietnam defenders.
In the 70th minute, hope was rekindled for U16 Vietnam with Van Chung's equalizer to make it 2-2. However, after that, coach Vu Hong Viet's players missed a number of extremely delicious opportunities. Unable to score any more goals, U16 Vietnam was officially eliminated in the group stage of the U16 Southeast Asia tournament when they only ranked 3rd in Group A, behind U16 Myanmar and U16 Indonesia.
