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| Phan Van Duc of Viet Nam’s U21 team vies for a ball against Nguyen Hong Son of the U19s during the Thanh Nien Newspaper International Football Tournament yesterday in Can Tho. — Photo vietnamnet.vn |
Viet Nam News
HA NOI — Viet Nam defeated their junior U19s 4-1 in their match of the Thanh Nien newspaper’s International U21 Football Tournament yesterday in Can Tho Province.
Substitute striker Thanh Binh scored a double in the second half after his teammates Ngoc Son and Trieu Viet Hung netted one each in the first 45 minutes.
The only goal for the U-19s went to Viet Cuong who was on the field after the interval.
The win pushed Viet Nam to second place in the ranking with seven points and ensured them a berth in the final ignoring their last round robin format match against Yokohama FC tomorrow.
Yokohama continued their winning streak beating Myanmar 5-0 in an earlier match yesterday.
In previous games, they beat Viet Nam’s U19s 3-1 and Thailand 2-0.
The Japanese side forced Myanmar squad to follow their pace and easily beat them with goals by Hashimoto Kento, Kamiyama Kyousuke, a double from Matsuoka Rimu in the second half and Maejima Yota 10 minutes before the end.
Yokohama, topping the table with nine points, earned a berth in the final with one game in hand. — VNS
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