Việt Nam take U22 bronze medal

Việt Nam, fielding mainly U20 players, beat hosts Cambodia 1-0 scoring with just five minutes to go in the third-placed play-offs at the National Olympic Stadium.

Tú was on the pitch for less than a minute before he headed home after a perfect cross from the right. 

Fielding their best side, Việt Nam immediately went on the front foot.

Striker Trần Danh Trung had plenty of chances, but struggled in the final third.

Cambodia defended well, and tried to penetrate on the counter-attack.

Sin Kakada and Sin Sophanat had chances to threaten Vietnamese keeper Ye Li Nie but failed to find the target.

In the second half, Cambodia created a string of opportunities but In Sodavid and Kakada struggled to find the net while Vietnamese Lê Minh Bình’s header just missed the target.

Things changed when coach Nguyễn Quốc Tuấn put Tú on the field and the substitute scored his second his goal at the tournament.

His late goal was enough to secure third place.

“I am glad to have scored after just coming on as a substitute,” said Tú after the match. “We are improving game to game and that’s important although we did not make the final.”

“I appraise Tú’s performance today as well as my team in the whole tournament. Here we do not have best squad, some of players get injured, but we make target of entering the semi-finals. It is a pity that we failed to make the final,” said coach Tuấn.