Defeating U23 Brunei, U23 Thailand regained the top spot from U23 Cambodia

U23 Brunei was rated much lower than U23 Thailand before the match. Indeed, this team was under terrible pressure from U23 Thailand. In the 15th minute, Varintorn quickly scored the opening goal for the home team. He received a pass from his teammate and finished close to the goal, opening the score for the home team.

Six minutes later, Pattara jumped high to head the ball to double the gap for U23 Thailand in a set piece situation. With a safe gap, U23 Thailand played slowly to preserve their strength and save energy for the next matches. However, the opportunity continued to come to this team because U23 Brunei was too weak. However, Pattara or Apisit could not take advantage to score the third goal.

In the second half, U23 Thailand still controlled the game on the field. After many dangerous attacks, they continued to score more goals. In the 66th minute, Chiraphong raised the score to 3-0 for U23 Thailand. In the remaining time, no more goals were scored and U23 Thailand defeated their opponents with a score of 3-0.

In the early match of Group A, U23 Cambodia scored an early opening goal. In the 12th minute, Kong Kyhour scored a beautiful long-range shot from outside the penalty area to open the scoring for U23 Cambodia. After this goal, the team from the land of pagodas played well and continuously had many dangerous opportunities.

However, the team from the land of pagodas played too subjectively and wasted all the chances that could have brought goals. At the end of the second half, U23 Myanmar got the equalizer and the goal that sealed the 1-1 draw. Thus, U23 Cambodia lost the top spot to U23 Thailand after the second round.

Result: U23 Thailand

Score:

U23 Thailand: Varintorn (15'); Pattara (21'); Chiraphong (66')

Line-up:

U23 Brunei: Jefri Syafiq (20), Muhammad Khalid (2), Mohd Yusra (3), Abdul Herman (4), Khairan Zikry (8), Muhammad Bazli (11), Rozandy (12), Imam Mahdi (15), Aiman Adanan (17), Abdul Billah (18), Nazhan (21).

U23 Thailand: Sakpon (20), Suksan Bunta (2), Phanthamit Praphanth (7), Pattara Soimalai (9), Nethithorn (11), Apisit (12), Chiraphong (13), Kritsada (16), Varintorn (19), Nathathop (21), Kasidit (22).

Mai Phuong

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