Vietnam’s U19 football team (in red) suffered a 1-2 defeat to Jordan at the team’s opener at the 2018 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U19 Championship on October 19 (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s U19 football team suffered a 1-2 defeat to Jordanat the team’s opener at the 2018 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U19Championship on October 19.
After thewhistle, Vietnam played offensive to limit its rival attacks with no errors inthe defence line. The team opened the scoring at the 21st minute thanks to aheader of Nham Manh Dung.
However,Mohamed Atieh equalised for Jordan eight minutes later, capitalising on anerror of Vietnam’s goalkeeper.
Afterwards,Vietnam made many mistakes in defence while Jordan, with physical advantage,launched various attacks. They found the net at the 89th minute with a goal by MohamedAlzubi, settling the score at 2-1.
Prior tothe match, the team set itself a target of defeating Jordan in order to earn aticket to the next stage. However, with this defeat, the chance for Vietnam hasbecome dim.
Vietnam’s U19 team confirmed theirplace at the AFC final after topping Group G of the event’s qualifying roundlast year, while Jordan ranked first in Group E.
Besides Jordan, Vietnam will face12-time champions the Republic of Korea and Australia, who have both been tothe FIFA U20 World Cup 15 times and reached the AFC U19 Championship final in2010.
To prepare for the AFC event, theVietnam team has been busy training in China and Qatar.
Vietnam will next face Australiaon October 22 and the RoK on October 25.
The top four teams of thetournament will qualify for the 2019 FIFA U20 World Cup, scheduled to takeplace in Poland next year. —VNA
After thewhistle, Vietnam played offensive to limit its rival attacks with no errors inthe defence line. The team opened the scoring at the 21st minute thanks to aheader of Nham Manh Dung.
However,Mohamed Atieh equalised for Jordan eight minutes later, capitalising on anerror of Vietnam’s goalkeeper.
Afterwards,Vietnam made many mistakes in defence while Jordan, with physical advantage,launched various attacks. They found the net at the 89th minute with a goal by MohamedAlzubi, settling the score at 2-1.
Prior tothe match, the team set itself a target of defeating Jordan in order to earn aticket to the next stage. However, with this defeat, the chance for Vietnam hasbecome dim.
Vietnam’s U19 team confirmed theirplace at the AFC final after topping Group G of the event’s qualifying roundlast year, while Jordan ranked first in Group E.
Besides Jordan, Vietnam will face12-time champions the Republic of Korea and Australia, who have both been tothe FIFA U20 World Cup 15 times and reached the AFC U19 Championship final in2010.
To prepare for the AFC event, theVietnam team has been busy training in China and Qatar.
Vietnam will next face Australiaon October 22 and the RoK on October 25.
The top four teams of thetournament will qualify for the 2019 FIFA U20 World Cup, scheduled to takeplace in Poland next year. —VNA
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