AFC honours Vietnamese midfielder’s goal at U23 event
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced the top five most impressive goals made in the qualifying round of the AFC U23 Championship finals in China.
Vietnamese midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai (Photo: bongda.com.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) - The AsianFootball Confederation (AFC) has announced the top five most impressive goalsmade in the qualifying round of the AFC U23 Championship finals in China.
Vietnamese midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai’sgoal with his left foot in the match against the Republic of Korea on January11 topped the list.
Hai was also named one of the six top goal scorers of the event. In addition tothe goal against the Republic of Korea, he scored one more goal in the matchwith Australia which helped Vietnam win 1-0 in the qualifying round of Group D.
Almoez Ali of Qatar and Lee Keun-ho of theRepublic of Korea topped the list with three goals each.
The remaining top scorers are Ko Itakura ofJapan, Oday Dabbagh of Palestine and Safawi Rasid of Malaysia.
Vietnam tied goalless with Syria in thelast Group D match on January 17, qualifying for the quarter-final for thefirst time in the history of Vietnamese football.
With four points after three games, Vietnamranked second after the Republic of Korea and became one of the eight strongestteams in the continental competition.
In the next phase, Vietnam will face GroupC leader Iraq on January 20. - VNA
Vietnam lost to arch rivals the Republic of Korea (RoK) 1-2 in the first match of Group D at the finals of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship held in China on January 11.
Nguyen Quang Hai’s win brought Vietnam’s historic 1-0 victory over Australia in the AFC U23 Championship on January 14, and opened a door to all Group D teams competing in the quarter-finals in Kunshan, China.
Vietnam U23 team is expected to write a new page in the history of Vietnamese football when they face U23 Syria in the last Group D qualifying round match at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship finals in China today.
U23 Vietnam tied goalless with U23 Syria in the last qualifying round match at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship in China on January 17, wining a ticket to the quarterfinals.
The U23 team have written a new page in the history of Vietnamese football after winning a ticket to the quarterfinals of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship in China on January 17.
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Vietnamese midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai (Photo: bongda.com.vn) 
