GIA LAI (VNS)—Viet Nam's Under-19 football team beat the Lao squad 3-0 in a friendly match at Pleiku City in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on Saturday.

Thanh Tung opened the scoring for Viet Nam in the 16th minute before Cong Phuong scored two goals in three minutes to help Viet Nam lead 3-0 at half time.

Coach Grachen Guillume made many substitutions in the second half to test players' skills, but Viet Nam could not add any goals to the scoreline regardless of their dominance over the game.

Guillume said that the team will have to drop four players before flying to Indonesia for the regional competition.-VNS