Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Yangon: A late goal from substitute Aee Soe earned Yangon United a come-from behind 2-1 win over Thanh Hoa in their Group G encounter at Thuwunna Stadium on Matchday Two of the 2018 AFC Cup on Tuesday.
It was the visitors who took an early lead after Nigerian forward Edward Ofere won a 50-50 challenge on the edge of the area before playing the ball over the top for captain Pape Omar Faye, who controlled the ball perfectly before curling his shot past Kyaw Zin Htet to give his side a 1-0 lead in the fifth minute.
Omar Faye almost doubled the lead for Marian Mihail’s men five minutes before half-time but saw his shot cannon back off the post.
The home side came out for the second half in an attacking mood and almost equalised within minutes when Maung Maung Lwin played an exquisite pass for Sekou Sylla, but the Guinean’s shot was well saved by Bui Tien Dung.
Just a few moments later Thanh Hoa almost put the ball into their own net as the home side continued to attack, and eventually the breakthrough came midway through the second half when Maung Maung Lwin skipped past two defenders to fire off a shot from the edge of the box, a shot that Tien Dung could only parry into the path of Kosuke Uchida who duly tapped home into an open net.
Both sides continued to attack as they looked for the winner and in the 87th minute Sylla slipped the ball in for Aee Soe who made no mistake with just the keeper to beat to win the match for Yangon United.
The win makes it two wins from two matches for the side from Myanmar, who next face Global Cebu at home on March 7, while Thanh Hoa must now regroup for their match against Bali United in Indonesia.