U23 Vietnam lost the second match of Doha Cup 2

Entering the match, facing the great strength and pressure from U23 UAE , U23 Vietnam was forced to play a crowded defense on the home field and look for opportunities from counter-attacks. In the 19th minute, U23 Vietnam had a sharp combination on the left wing. Van Truong and Le Van Do had a chance to shoot in the penalty area. Unfortunately, both consecutive shots were blocked by the U23 UAE defense, and the goal still did not come to the students of coach Philippe Troussier.

On the contrary, U23 UAE had extremely dangerous attacks. In the 29th minute, goalkeeper Huy Hoang made an excellent save from Sultan Ali's dangerous attack and shot.

In the last minutes of the first half, U23 UAE organized an attack and created a lot of pressure on U23 Vietnam's field, but the U23 Vietnam team's goal still stood firm. At the end of the first half, both teams left the field without scoring any goals.

Entering the second half, the game was still one-sided, U23 Vietnam could not create any surprises. In the 51st minute, from a quick attack, Ysaer Hassan jumped high to head the ball into the net to open the score for U23 UAE, 1-0 for U23 UAE.

After the goal, U23 UAE played excitedly and almost scored a second goal. In the 61st minute, Eisa Harasi dribbled the ball at speed on the left wing and passed it back to Abdulaziz Al Blooshi. The number 10 player's shot was inaccurate but he accidentally created a favorable pass for Ahmed Fawzi, but unfortunately this player shot wide when there was an open goal in front and the distance was less than 5m.

In the 65th minute, from a corner kick, the U23 UAE player passed back to the second line, Ahmed Mahmoud Al Hammadi had time to adjust and then fired a powerful shot into the top corner, raising the score to 2-0. After diving to save the goal, goalkeeper Huy Hoang hit his head so hard on the post that he had to be taken off the field for emergency treatment, and was replaced by goalkeeper Van Chuan.

After conceding 2 goals, U23 Vietnam rushed to attack in order to find a goal to shorten the score. However, the coordinated attacks of the U23 Vietnam players did not create any danger of scoring. Furthermore, towards the end of the match, the U23 Vietnam players lost strength and were at a disadvantage in the ball disputes with the opponent. Before the end of the match, U23 Vietnam had to accept 2 more goals. In the 83rd minute, from a corner kick, Mohammed Yousef jumped high to head the ball to increase the score to 3-0 for the home team and in the 90+3 minute of injury time, Abdulla Alraessi increased the score to 4-0 for U23 UAE.

Losing 0-4 in the end, U23 Vietnam still has a lot of work to do in the coming time with coach Philippe Troussier.

DANG CUONG

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