Vietnam thrash Indonesia 3-0 in SEA Games 31's Group A match
Vietnam had a good start to the 31st Southeast Asian Games as they convincingly trounced Indonesia 3-0 in the second match of Group A in the men’s football on May 6.
Forward Nguyen Tien Linh celebrates his goal. (Photo: VNA)
PhuTho (VNA) – Vietnam had a good start to the 31st Southeast Asian Games asthey convincingly trounced Indonesia 3-0 in the second match of Group A in themen’s football on May 6.
Inthe last 13 encounters at SEA Games, Vietnam won six, draw two and lost fiveagainst Indonesia.
♛ Theprevious SEA Games in 2019 in the Philippines saw Vietnam beating Indonesia 3-0in the final to win the gold medal.
During the game (Photo: VNA)
Inthis SEA Games, Vietnam and Indonesia were put in group A together with Myanmar, thePhilippines and Timor Leste.
Thiswas an important game in group A since the two teams are fancied to advance.
In the 40th minute, BuiHoang Viet Anh of Vietnam managed to get a header from a freekick and he missedit.
Just one minute later, thesituation got heated after Rachmat Irian of Indonesia kickedVan Tung in the back and both sides couldn't keep their cool. The referee hadto interfere and the game was resumed shortly after that.
After the first 45minutes, the score of the match at Viet Tri Stadium in northern Phu Thoprovince was still 0-0.
In the 54th minute, LeVan Do assisted Nguyen Tien Linh, who finished from a narrow angle to make it1-0 for Vietnam.
In the 74th minute,Vietnamese captain Do Hung Dung ran down to receive a pass and faced keeper Satryo. He calmly finished with the outside of his right foot to score thesecond goal for Vietnam.
Four minutes later, Nguyen Tien Linh was closed toscoring a double after the ball found him from a corner, but he missed theshot.
ꦿ In the 87th minute, after Le Van Xuan dribbled and finished off the bar, Le VanDo made a shot from outside the box and to keeper Satryo's surprise, it went in.
In an earlier match of Group A, the Philippines defeated Timor Leste 4-0./.
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The Philippines defeated Timor Leste 4-0 in the first match of Group A in the men’s football at the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) in the northern province of Phu Tho on May 6.
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Forward Nguyen Tien Linh celebrates his goal. (Photo: VNA) 
During the game (Photo: VNA) 
