Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Yangon: Vietnam beat Brunei Darussalam 5-0 while hosts Myanmar drew 0-0 with Timor-Leste in the third round of AFC U-19 Championship 2016 qualifying matches at the Youth Training Centre in Yangon on Friday.
The Vietnamese scored all five goals in the first half with forward Ho Minh Di registering their first as early as the second minute before doubling his tally five minutes into first half stoppage time.
Lam Thuan also got on the score-sheet (25’), with Tran Duy Khanh and skipper Pham Trong Hoa scoring one apiece within the space of two minutes to give the Vietnamese side their second win of the qualifying campaign following a 3-1 opening success against Hong Kong.
Brunei, however, are still winless after three games following 4-0 defeats to both Timor-Leste and Myanmar.
Meanwhile, Myanmar and Timor Leste failed to break the deadlock in the group's later game to leave Vietnam on top of Group G ahead of Timor-Leste in second, Myanmar third, Hong Kong fourth and Brunei fifth spots.
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.