Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Yangon: Group G hosts Myanmar kicked-off their AFC U-19 Championship 2016 qualifying campaign with a 4-0 defeat of Brunei Darussalam, while Timor Leste missed the chance to pick up their second win of the campaign after playing out a goalless draw in Wednesday’s earlier fixture.
Myanmar needed just seven minutes to get off the mark on the road to next year’s finals in Bahrain with Zin Phyo Aung converting from the penalty spot before further goals from skipper Ye Yint Aung (27th) and Htoo Kyant Lwin (29th) gave the home side a comfortable 3-0 lead going into the interval at the Youth Training Centre.
Aung Zin Phyo extended Myanmar’s advantage just 60 seconds into the second half but the forward’s goal was to be the last of the game as Brunei shut out the 2014 AFC U-19 Championship hosts for the remainder of the match.
Timor Leste ended Match Day 2 top of the table although their lead is only one point after Takuma Koga’s side followed their 4-0 opening win over Brunei with a goalless draw against Hong Kong, who picked up their first point of the campaign after going down 3-1 to Vietnam in their Group G curtain riser.
Ten group winners and five best second-placed teams will qualify for the finals while hosts Bahrain received an automatic qualification (total 16 teams).
If Bahrain finish top of their qualifying group or one of the five second best-placed teams, the next (6th) second-placed team will qualify for the final competition.