PALEMBANG (13 July 2018) – Vietnam take third spot in the AFF Women’s Championship 2018 when they beat Myanmar 3-0 in the classification match this afternoon at the Jaka Baring Stadium.
The win has at least given some consolation to the Vietnam for their less than impressive performance in the semifinals when they conceded defeat to the Under-20 Australia.
“We are proud and certainly happy for today’s result. After the loss to Australia (in the semi-finals), the players are determined to do better and they delivered today,” said Vietnam head coach Mai Duc Chung.
“We managed to beat Myanmar and we win third spot in the championship this year.”
Rather than it being a lacklustre affair in the classification game, both Vietnam and Myanmar provided some end to end action as each was determined to at least get onto the podium.
But it was Vietnam who started stronger with Pham Hoang Quynh the lynchpin pushing her team forward and just ten minutes in, they got the lead they were looking for when Nguyen Thi Tuyet Dung came from the outside to score.
Myanmar tried to push forward in numbers but they just can’t seem to get past the centre of the park as the Vietnam defence continued to frustrate them.
The best that Myanmar could muster before the break was a curling shot from Win Theinggi Tun that forced an excellent save from Vietnam custodian Khong Thi Hang.
The second half was all Vietnam as Nguyen Thi Van grind out a grounder in the 68th minute as Pham Hai Yen then finished things off two minutes later for the Vietnam win.
“It is a much harder game today but I am glad that our players got the experience,” said Myanmar head coach Win Thu Moe.
“The result was not good but at least we tried.”
