Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s Olympic football squadlost to the Republic of Korea (RoK) 1-3 during the semifinal match of theongoing Asian Games (ASIAD) 2018 in Indonesia on August 29.
Vietnam’s exemplary free kickin the 70th minute saw Tran Minh Vuong, 16, make history by scoring a goalduring his very first Asian Games match.
Lee Seung-woo of the RoK, 17,struck a left-foot shot that found the net in the seventh minute of the game.
In the 28th minute, Hwang UiJo, 16, struck the second goal for the RoK against Vietnam.
Vietnam’s fortunes dimmedfurther as Lee Seung-woo made it 3-0 from atap in.
The Vietnamese football teamqualified for the men’s semi-final of the ASIAD after defeating Syria 1-0 in atense quarter-final at the Patriot Candrabhaga stadium of West Java, Indonesia,on August 27.
The quarter-final saw Nguyen Van Toan come offthe bench to score the winning goal for Vietnam in the 108th minute.
The Asian Games is the world’ssecond biggest multiple sports event after the Olympics. This year’s edition,held in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, has drawn 16,000 competitors andofficials from 45 countries and territories. –VNA