'Disastrous' defense sends U22 Laos home, before SEA Games 33 opens

Having a good start and leading the opponent, but the fatal mistakes of the defense made U22 Laos continuously concede goals and ultimately lost 1-4 to U22 Malaysia. This loss made U22 Laos become the first team to say goodbye to SEA Games 33.

The joy of the U22 Malaysia players after scoring 2 consecutive goals within just 3 minutes to lead U22 Laos with a score of 3-1 - Photo: NAM TRAN

In the opening match, U22 Laos lost 1-2 to U22 Vietnam and they really need a victory against U22 Malaysia to keep their hopes of reaching the semi-finals alive. This is considered an "impossible mission" for Laos, even though the country's football has improved a lot in recent years.

To be fair, in the first match of Group B, U22 Laos played quite well and caused many difficulties for U22 Vietnam. But that was a match in which they played with a "defensive" mentality to find a draw, while in the match against U22 Malaysia, Laos had to play with a winning mentality. This will force U22 Laos to attack more and may collapse against Malaysia's strong and agile attack.

On the other side of the front line, U22 Malaysia is under a lot of pressure after the recent naturalization scandals. They are very eager to succeed at SEA Games 33 to regain the trust of their fans. Before this match, Malaysia faced many difficulties when some of their key players were still unable to concentrate with the team due to busy playing for their clubs. But anyway, they are still rated much higher than U22 Laos.

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