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Football: Vietnam to meet Saudi Arabia in U23 Asian Cup quarterfinals

Vietnam will face Saudi Arabia in the quarterfinals of the ongoing Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship in Uzbekistan.
Football: Vietnam to meet Saudi Arabia in U23 Asian Cup quarterfinals ảnh 1Vietnam will play against Saudi Arabia (in white) in the quarterfinals of the AFC U23 Championship on June 12. (Photo: bongdaplus.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam will face Saudi Arabia in thequarterfinals of the ongoing Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship in Uzbekistan.

On June 9 evening, Saudi Arabia defeated the UAE 2 - 0 intheir final qualifying match to top Group D. With this result, they willcompete with Vietnam which ranks second in Group C.

Securing a 3 - 0 win over Tajikistan in another game takingplace at the same time, Japan rank second in Group D and will play against defendingchampions the Republic of Korea in the quarterfinals.

The match between Vietnam and Saudi Arabia is set to takeplace at Lokomotiv Stadium of at 9pm (local time, or 11pm Hanoi time) on June 12./.
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