BRAZILIAN VETERANS TOO SLICK FOR VIETNAM

The more experienced Brazilians from Associacao Missao Esperanca (AME) controlled the match from end to end against a side which had only recently been crowned as the Merdeka Tournament champions.

The score at the break was 0-0.

But it took the Brazilians only six minutes into the second half to score their first goal when Giovanni converted a penalty after being brought down by Vietnam defender Chu Ngoc Anh.

Five minutes later Giovanni, who was part of the Brazilian squad which emerged as the runners-up at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, slammed home his second goal from outside the penalty box for the win.

The match is part of a fund raiser to help victims of cyclone Nargis which hit Myanmar earlier this year.

Apart from the earlier matches against Thailand, Myanmar and wnoe the Vietnam U-23 squad, the AME team will also play two games against the Malaysian selection team.