U23 Vietnam 0-2 U23 Australia: The end of the dream

USPA NEWS - U23 Vietnam lost the second match in the AFC U23 Championship 2016 and stopped their journey in the Group D. In the very important game, U23 Vietnam lost 0-2 to U23 Australia, a stronger team in the higher level. The youngest team in this tournament could not make a surprise as they expected.

U23 Vietnam lost the second match in the AFC U23 Championship 2016 and stopped their journey in the Group D. In the very important game, U23 Vietnam lost 0-2 to U23 Australia, a stronger team in the higher level. The youngest team in this tournament could not make a surprise as they expected.
“In the first game we were not aggressive enough in the loss against Jordan. It was the first experience for some of the players and they were a little nervous, but we spoke about this today and we played more aggressively and we were much better than in the first game. We lost two goals from crosses and we know Australia are much taller than us,“ said coach Miura.

“We have lost two games and it is now quite difficult to go to the quarter-finals, but this is the first experience in the final round of Olympic qualifying and most of these players are under 20 years old and I hope for the future these young players get good experience.“

Final score: U23 Vietnam 0-2 U23 Australia

Goals: Donachie (Australia, 2'), MacLaren (Australia, 60')

Lineups:

U23 Vietnam: Minh Long, Tan Tai, Duy Khanh, Tien Dung, Manh Hung, Van Toan, Huu Dung, Duy Manh, Duc Huy, Cong Phuong, Thanh Binh

U23 Australia: Duncan, Donachie, Geria, Galloway, Gersbach, Amini, Edwards, Hoole, Deng, O´Neil, MacLaren

NEXT MATCHES:

January 20: UAE v Vietnam
January 20: Jordan v Australi