The joy of Vietnamese players (Photo: VNA) At theend of the first half, Vietnam gained three scores thanks to two goals ofplayer Nguyen Van Tung (at the third and the 37th minutes) and Dinh Xuan Tien(at the 30th minute).
In the second half, playerQuang Nho contributed his first goal to the national football team at the 56thminute from a pass of Xuan Tien.
22 minutes later, teammateNgoc Thang earned the fifth goal for Vietnam.
In the last minutes of thematch, footballers Thanh Khoi and Tien Long scored two more goals for Vietnam,bringing the final score of 7– 0 against Singapore.
Vietnam temporarily rankedfirst in Group C thanks to this great victory.
The nationalteam just needs a draw in the upcoming match with Thailand on February 22 toenter the semi-final.
Speaking after the win, the team’s head coach Dinh The Nam said the strong 7-0 victoryshowed the strengths of Vietnam’s U23 football team right now.
As the U23 players are mainly aged 20-21, he said he wishes to find 4-5 qualityplayers through the regional U23 tournament to support the team taking part inthe upcoming 31st SEA Games held in Vietnam./.
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