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Vietnam beat Malaysia 3-0 in friendly

Vietnam made a promising start to the Year of the Rooster with a 3-0 victory over Malaysia in a friendly match in HCM City on February 7.
Vietnam beat Malaysia 3-0 in friendly ảnh 1Vietnamese players celebrate their victory after beating Malaysia 3-0 in a friendly match in HCM City on February 7 (Photo: tienphong.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam made a promising start to the Year of the Roosterwith a 3-0 victory over Malaysia in a friendly match in HCM City on February 7.

HoTuan Tai, Nguyen Van Toan and Nguyen Cong Phuong scored for the hosts. 

TheMalaysians tried hard but failed to break Vietnamese defense in front of a bigcrowd of local fans at the Thong Nhat Stadium.

Taiscored the fastest goal of his career and the fastest goal in Vietnam’shistory, finding the net within the first minute.

Thestriker stole the ball from a Malaysian defender to score a facile goal in the40th second of the match. The goal encouraged the team, which dominatedproceedings and scored a second goal two minutes before the break.

Phuongwho was presented the captains band for the first time for the U23 squad, madea smart pass to his Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC teammate Toan in the box. Toan easilyconverted the chance.

Phuongcompleted a perfect night near the end of the match with his own goal.Receiving a ball from midfielder Do Duy Manh from the left wing, Phuong tookthe ball and left five Malaysians behind before tapping the ball into the farcorner past goalkeeper Ahmad Syihan Hazmi Mohamed.

Malaysiaalso had their opportunities but their strikers were not sharp enough toconvert them.

Thefriendly match is part of both teams’ preparations for the coming SoutheastAsian Games. Vietnam wants to win their first title, while hosts Malaysia lookto keep it at home.-VNA
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