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In the final match, the second qualifying round of the Asian Women's U20 2024, the Vietnamese women's U20 finished second in Group A when they let Australia's U20 women beat 0-2.
Vietnam women's U20 and Australia's women's U20 together won tickets to go on. PHOTO: MINH HOANG |
The two tickets for the next round of Group A belonging to the Vietnamese women's U20 and the Australian women's U20 were soon determined after the second match. Therefore, the confrontation between the two teams in the last match is only to determine the top of the table. As expected, this is the most difficult match of the Vietnamese women's U20.
With the superiority in bodybuilding, the Australian U20 women's fitness quickly asserted its strength with bold victories against the Lebanese women's U20 and the Iranian women's U20. When facing Vietnam women's U20, the girls of kangaroo country continued to maintain their endurance by pushing up the squad as soon as the opening whistle started. The pressure they create makes the home team's defense work extremely hard. In the first 45 minutes, in addition to waiting for the opportunity to counterattack, the Vietnamese women's U20 competed to keep a clean sheet.
The superior fitness of the Australian female U20 compared to the Vietnamese female U20. PHOTO: MINH HOANG |
In the second half, Kieu My's goal was still under great pressure. However, the excellence of the goalkeeper wearing the number 2 shirt cannot help the Vietnamese women's U1 keep a clean sheet. In the 20th minute, after the situation of deploying the ball from the left wing, Murpyh, after two beats of controlling the ball, launched a beautiful long shot to beat Kieu My to open the score. 49 minutes later, the player wearing the number 6 shirt continued to repeat the same scenario to help the Australian women's U8 double the gap.
What happened on the field caused coach Akira Ijiri to make the most of the change. However, the girls of the home team could not create a surprise before the Australian women's U20. The red shirt team must retreat to the defensive home field to avoid receiving more goals. Fortunately, the opponent's shots could not hit the target for the third time. In the end, the match ended with a score of 3-2 in favor of the Australian women's U0.
The joy of the Australian women's U20. PHOTO: MINH HOANG |
With this result, the Australian women's U20 successfully maintained the top spot in Group A, the second place belonged to the Vietnamese women's U2. In the early match, Iran women's U20 defeated Lebanon's women's U20 to finish in third place.