Full time. U17 Vietnam and U17 Yemen tied 1-1. With this result, U17 Vietnam is sure to get a ticket to the 2025 AFC U17 Finals as one of the 5 best second-placed teams.
The second half has 2 minutes of injury time.
Minute 88: The score is still 1-1. Neither team has any more notable shots.
Minute 70: U17 Vietnam is currently possessing the most ball control on the field. However, coach Roland and his team are not increasing their attack speed. A draw is what U17 Vietnam is aiming for.
Minute 64: Even Yemen is cautious now. The ball is constantly passed back and forth in the midfield. U17 Vietnam wants to slow down the match even more.
Minute 55: U17 Vietnam chose a safe playing style and no longer continuously attacked their opponents. A draw will most likely help coach Roland and his team win tickets to the final round.
Minute 46: Second half begins.
The first half ends. U17 Vietnam and U17 Yemen are temporarily tied with a score of 1-1.
Minute 43: Abdulatef escaped and shot into the U17 Vietnam net, but the referee raised the offside flag.
Minute 40: Vietnam U17 player lost the ball in the middle of the field. After that, Duc Duy had to work hard to overcome his teammate's mistake.
Minute 30: Goal!!! U17 Vietnam equalized 1-1. Starting from a free kick situation, the ball bounced around in the U17 Yemen penalty area, captain Le Huy Viet Anh finished close to the goal and put the ball into the opponent's net.
Minute 24: From a long pass from his teammate, Viet Long controlled the ball and quickly escaped down the right wing, but the Yemen goalkeeper came out to make a good save.
Minute 19: U17 Vietnam could not get the ball into the opponent's penalty area when U17 Yemen dropped very deep every time the home team had the ball.
Minute 12: Goal!!! U17 Yemen opened the score. Thai Hoa lost his temper in the middle of the field, a Yemen player quickly passed the ball for Abdulatef to finish past goalkeeper Hoa Xuan Tin.
Minute 5: A dangerous situation for U17 Yemen when the number 9 of the away team headed the ball close to the goal.Fortunately, the ball went wide of the goal.
19:00: The match begins.
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Pre-match information
In Group I of the 2025 AFC U17 qualifiers, Vietnam U17 got 4 points after 2 matches. Coach Cristiano Roland and his team drew 0-0 with Kyrgyzstan U17 and beat Myanmar U17 2-0.
However, U17 Vietnam only ranked second in the group, 2 points behind the leader U17 Yemen. Previously, this team had positive results when defeating U17 Myanmar 6-1 and U17 Kyrgyzstan 3-2.
Therefore, the encounter between U17 Vietnam and U1 Yemen in the final match is a competition for a ticket to the next round. Tran Gia Bao and his teammates must win against their opponents to be able to participate in the U17 Asian finals next year.
But to do this, first of all, U17 Vietnam needs to ensure a more solid defense. In the previous two matches, the home team's defense had some regrettable moments of lapse in concentration and was only lucky to escape defeat when the opponent failed to take advantage of the opportunity.
In addition, Nguyen Luc, Van Duong, Hoang Khanh... and the U17 Vietnam strikers must further improve their ball handling in the penalty area and finishing. This is also considered a weakness of young players in recent times.
In case of a draw or loss to U17 Yemen, Mr. Roland's team will no longer have the right to decide for themselves, and will have to rely on the results of the other second-placed teams, but the chance of being eliminated is very high.
