Nguyen Van Truong celebrates his last-minute winning goal. ( Photo: Courtesy of AFC)
Hoang Anh Tuan's men are not yet assured ofqualification due to Iran's 3-2 loss to Australia but are in the driving seatto advance from the group stage.
It was a game of late drama in both halves; Nguyen QuocViet opened the score just before the break and Qatar equalised through acontroversial penalty just seven minutes from full-time, before Truong sealedthe victory in the 90th minute for Vietnam.
Qatar have not had a great start to the competition,having lost to Iran by a single goal. Vietnam, on the contrary, shocked Group Bwith a 1-0 win against favourites Australia.
Although Qatar did not play well against Iran, Tuanwarned against complacency before the match.
Qatar dominated the first half, holding on to around68% of possession, and had many dangerous attacks from the wings.
When the clock ticked down towards the interval, manyVietnamese fans thought about a draw in the first half, perhaps breathing a sighof relief. However, they found themselves in a frenzy in the second minute ofinjury time.
From a counterattack, Truong pulled off awonderful lobbed through ball for Viet, who went through on goaland struck the ball into the back of the net to score his second goal thiscompetition, with the last kick of the half.
Vietnam were the better in the second half, as Tuan'smidfielders created more dangerous chances than the opposition.
From an attack in the right wing, Al Rawi fell downinside Vietnam's penalty area and referee Akhrol Risqullaev pointed to thespot.
Al Rawi took the penalty he earned and beat Binhto bring Qatar back on level terms.
Vietnam did not capitulate after the equaliser butpushed forward strongly. In the 90th minute, Nguyen Duc Phu whipped in a freekick and found Truong, who scored with a backwards header.
Vietnam have gone top of Group B after a late goal from Nguyen Van Truong secured a 2-1 win over Qatar in their second match of the Asian Football Confederation U20 Asian Cup on March 4 night. (Photo: Courtesy of AFC) Vietnam will qualify if they beat Iran or lose butscore more than two goals. Equally, if Qatar beat Australia, then they qualify./.
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