Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Bangkok: Vietnam became the first team to reach the semi-final stage of the ASEAN Zone qualifiers for the 2012 AFC Futsal Championship with a comfortable 7-1 win over Cambodia on Wednesday.
With Malaysia and Australia playing out a 4-4 draw in the earlier match at the Krungthep Thonburi Indoor Stadium Sergio Gargelli's side knew victory over the Cambodians would mean that they will not finish any lower than second when the group phase reaches its conclusion on Thursday regardless of the result from their final Group B match against the Futsalroos.
Cambodia, who shipped 15 goals in their opening match against Australia, held out for ten minutes when Huynh Ba Tuan grabbed Vietnam's first before Nguyen Trong Thien struck two minutes later with his third of the campaign following his double in Tuesday's 4-0 win over Malaysia.
Ba Tuan grabbed his second and Vietnam's third with two minutes left to play with skipper Nguyen Bao Quan making on it 4-0 with the first of his brace on the stroke of half-time.
Phang Sunly got Cambodia's first goal of the qualifiers in the 28th minute before Vietnam found the net three more times with Luu Quynh scoring in the 33rd and 40th minutes, either side of captain Bao Quan's second of the game in the 35th minute.