Vietnam beats Palestine 2-1 at U23 International Championship
The Vietnamese football squad began the U23 International Championship - Vinaphone Cup 2018 tournament with a 2-1 victory over Palestine in Hanoi on August 3.
Vietnam beats Palestine 2-1 at the U23 International Championship - Vinaphone Cup 2018 tournament. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam's football squad began the U23 InternationalChampionship - Vinaphone Cup 2018 with a 2-1 victory overPalestine in Hanoi on August 3.
Palestine scored the opening goal of the match after a good header of Palestine striker Oday Dabbagh from aclose range in the 29th minute.
However, just moments before the first half closed, the Vietnamese team equalisedthe score. In the second half, the home side continued their good performance,and their efforts were paid off with the second goal coming in the 52nd minute of the match.
Thanks to Quang Hai’s through ball, striker Cong Phuong performed avolley-style shot to beat the Palestine goalkeeper.
But as the clock tickedthe Vietnamese men’s defence stood firm, and despite Palestine’s best effortsthe score remained 2-1.
This was the firstcompetitive match the U23’s have played since their heroics at the beginning ofthe year reaching the final of the AFC Tournament in China.
After the matchwith Palestine, Vietnam will next face Oman on August 5 and then Uzbekistanon August 7. All matches will take place at 7.30pm (Hanoi time).
The Vinaphone Cup draws four Asian teams in Vietnam, Uzbekistan, Oman andPalestine. The teams will each play each other once. The team with the mostpoints will receive 20,000 USD in cash, while the runner-up will get 10,000 USD andthird place 5,000 USD.-VNA
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Vietnam beats Palestine 2-1 at the U23 International Championship - Vinaphone Cup 2018 tournament. (Photo: VNA) 
