Time's up!!! U23 Vietnam won a narrow victory over U23 Singapore with a score of 1-0. The three points helped coach Kim Sang-sik and his team return to the top of Group C with 6 points, equal to the U23 Yemen points but better than the extra goal difference.
Minute 95+6: Captain Rashid of U23 Singapore received a second yellow card and left the field after a foul on a U23 Vietnam player.
Minute 90+3: U23 Singapore is showing signs of being calm. Continuously, there were fierce collisions and fouls from the red team.
Minute 90+1: No goal! After entering the field, Duc Anh had a chance to finish, however, the No. 5 central defender of U23 Vietnam did not finish on target.
There are 6 minutes of extra time in the second half.
Minute 84: After conceding the goal, U23 Singapore is pushing its formation up to attack to find an equalizer. However, U23 Vietnam is still controlling the ball well, not giving the opponent a chance to bring the ball close to goalkeeper Trung Kien's goal.
Minute 79: GOAL!!! After a series of opportunities, U23 Vietnam opened the scoring. The player came on to replace Van Thuan, who headed the ball into the net, to the helplessness of goalkeeper Yazid.
Minute 76: Nguyen Ngoc My was sent onto the field to replace Nhat Minh. Coach Kim Sang-sik strengthened the attack to nurture the hope of scoring in the remaining time.
Minute 68: U23 Vietnam again shoots the ball against the post. The white shirt strikers had a bad day in front of the opponent's goal. This time it was Thanh Nhan's turn to find the crossbar of the Singapore U23 goal.
Minute 63: U23 Vietnam has another unsuccessful shot. Thai Son received the ball in the penalty area, although no one was marking him, the number 6 of U23 Vietnam shot the ball into the sky.
Minute 56: U23 Vietnam is creating great pressure on the opponent's goal. Long passes and shots from the home team are continuous, but the most important thing is that the goal is still not there. On the other side of the front line, U23 Singapore also started to push the formation up instead of defending.
Minute 52: The Yazid goalkeeper of U23 Singapore is playing with concentration. The "goalkeeper" of U23 Singapore just reacted well to block Dinh Bac's shot.
Minute 48: Danger! The pressure was created by U23 Vietnam right at the beginning of the second half. The player who came on as a replacement for Van Thuan had a dangerous shot, forcing the Yazid goalkeeper to fly hard to block it.
Minute 46: The second half begins.
The first half ended in a 0-0 draw.
Minute 45+2: Viktor Le shot from a distance of about 25m, the ball went to the target but the Yazid goalkeeper had a good reflex and flew to block it.
The first half has 3 minutes of extra time.
Minute 43: Viktor Le handles the technique to create space to finish. The U23 Singapore goalkeeper took 3 beats to block this shot.
Minute 42: The first half is entering the final minutes. U23 Vietnam is completely controlling the game, causing U23 Singapore to only have a cluster to defend.
Minute 33: GOAL!U23 Vietnam circulates the ball well.The ball was passed from the center back position to the right wing area, the ball was passed inside to Viktor Le but the overseas Vietnamese player shot the ball against the post when in front of him there was an empty goal.
Minute 29: U23 Vietnam has many attack coordination options.However, taking advantage of opportunities is still the biggest problem for the white team when they have not yet scored the opening goal after a series of opportunities were created.
Minute 23: U23 Vietnam coordinated well, Dinh Bac had the ball and then handled the elimination of a Singapore defender but his shot still could not get past the Yazid goalkeeper.
Minute 22: U23 Vietnam is trying to finish. Van Truong handled the ball well and then transferred the ball to Cong Phuong. The number 18 of U23 Vietnam shot diagonally but the ball only went to the position of the Yazid goalkeeper who was standing.
Minute 19: Van Khang shoots dangerously outside the penalty area, the ball hits the target, making it impossible for the Singapore U23 goalkeeper to catch the ball.However, U23 Vietnam still could not take advantage of the situation where the ball bounced out to continue attacking.
Minute 12: Dinh Bac handled the individual well to escape the 4 red shirt players, Van Truong then crossed the ball in and shot outside the penalty area but was unsuccessful.
Minute 10: Danger! From a free kick distance of about 30m, Khuat Van Khang shot straight into the near corner, the ball went just wide of the post.
Minute 9: The game is taking place quite slowly.U23 Singapore actively played deep.Meanwhile, U23 Vietnam is still constantly rotating the ball back and forth in the midfield area to find a way to approach the opponent's goal.
Minute 3: U23 Vietnam had the first attack.Dinh Bac received the ball from the right wing, he accelerated and passed it inside but no player in white could receive the ball.
19:01: The match begins.U23 Vietnam in white was the team that passed the ball first.
Starting lineup
Pre-match information
After a 2-0 victory over U23 Bangladesh in the opening match, coach Kim Sang-sik and his team have a big advantage to maintain the top spot.
The Reds team is currently in stable form with a series of 5 consecutive wins, a solid defense and the brilliance of goalkeeper Trung Kien. However, the attack still needs to improve their finishing ability to make the most of opportunities.
Meanwhile, U23 Singapore lost 1-2 to Yemen in the opening match. Coach Firdaus Kassim highly appreciated the spirit of the young players but admitted that the quality of the squad is still limited compared to the opponents in the group.
The history of the confrontation is also in favor of U23 Vietnam when in the last 4 meetings, Singapore has only won one match since the 2013 SEA Games.
With home advantage and the support of the audience, U23 Vietnam has many reasons to win all 3 points, even a big win.
Positive results not only help the "Golden Star Warriors" consolidate their No. 1 position in Group C but also create favorable psychological momentum before the decisive match against U23 Yemen.
