With superior class and the support of home fans, U23 Thailand created an overwhelming match against U23 Brunei. U23 Thailand "made waves" in front of U23 Brunei goalkeeper Syafiq's goal and the goal for the home team was inevitable.

In the 15th minute, taking advantage of a wrong pass from a Brunei U23 player, the ball reached the feet of a Thailand U23 player and he passed it into the penalty area for Warinthorn Watcharphraingam to finish close to the goal, opening the score for Thailand U23. Just 5 minutes later, Thailand U23 doubled the gap after Soimalai jumped high and headed the ball into the Brunei U23 net, raising the score to 2-0.

The joy of player Soimalai after scoring against U23 Brunei. Photo: Thethao247.vn

During most of the first half, U23 Brunei did not create a single shot on the home team Thailand's goal. U23 Brunei seemed unable to get the ball up throughout the first half. On the other hand, U23 Thailand continuously attacked the goal but no more goals were scored in the first half.

After the break, the game situation did not change compared to the first half. U23 Thailand continued to completely dominate and scored another goal by Raksongkham to end the match with a score of 3-0.

With a resounding victory, U23 Thailand earned 6 points and took the top spot in Group A of the U23 Southeast Asian tournament. Meanwhile, U23 Brunei, with 2 consecutive losses, was officially eliminated from the tournament.

* In the previous match, U23 Cambodia was held to a 1-1 draw by U23 Myanmar in the second match of Group A, 2023 Southeast Asian U23 tournament.

Cambodia U23 surprisingly opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Starting from a free kick, number 18 Kong Lyhour unleashed a technical shot from outside the penalty area to defeat the Myanmar goalkeeper. However, unfortunately, Cambodia U23 dropped the victory in the final minutes of the official match when Myanmar equalized 1-1, the scorer for Myanmar U23 was Zin Hein.

With this result, U23 Cambodia ranked second in the table with 4 points, while U23 Myanmar got 1 point and ranked 3rd on the rankings.

In the next round, U23 Cambodia will face host U23 Thailand, while U23 Myanmar will face U23 Brunei. Both matches will take place on August 21.

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