Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam failed to win aticket to the final of the U19 AFF Championship after losing 0-3 to Malaysia onJuly 13.
Vietnam had a good start to the game after the firstfive minutes of being pressed. They quickly regained control and pushed thepressure back on Malaysia.
When the Vietnamese men were struggling find the net,Malaysia scored a goal in the 26th minute.
After conceding, Vietnam failed to create anysignificant chances in the remaining of the first half.
In the second half, Vietnam got it together as theycontinuously threatened Malaysia’s goal during the first 20 minutes. However,despite many obvious scoring chances came, Vietnam still couldn’t score, whileMalaysia scored the second gold in the 70th minutes.
Vietnam tried to attack more but due to slowstamina, the players couldn’t maintain pressure on Malaysia.
The third goal of Malaysia was made in the 86th minute.
Vietnam have taken part in the regional tournamentmany times but only won one in 2007./.