SEA GAMES 2011: TEN MAN MYANMAR HOLD VIETNAM SCORELESS

LEBAK BULUS (5 Nov 2011) – Football is a mind game. And Myanmar certainly proved that tonight when for the second time in two matches, playing with ten men, they managed to avoid defeat.

This time, they held Vietnam to a scoreless draw in the second match day of Group B of men’s football that was played at the Lebak Bulus Stadium tonight.

While the last time, they managed to beat Laos 3-2 playing with ten men for much of the tie, this time round, they had to do without defender Moe Win right at the hour mark for a foul on Vietnam’s Nguyen Va Quyet.

For Vietnam, they put up a much better performance as compared to their first game against the Philippines. They were more seamless in their attacks but for some unfortunate defending, Pham Thanh Luong and co. could have snuck in the early goal.

Instead, the finished the first half with a disallowed goal when off a freekick Thanh Luong from the right, Le Van Thang’s sneaked in from the far post to slot the ball home.

But linesman Lim Kok Heng from Singapore was quick to raise the offside flag.

Myanmar seemed a little tired on the night – perhaps the result of the demanding game against Laos the previous day.

The loss of Moe Win did not gave the impetus for Vietnam to add to the pressure where instead, the hardworking Thanh Luong had to work very much on his own without any real support from his team-mates.

It was Myanmar who finished with the closest look at goal when two minutes to the end,  Zaw Zaw Oo broke through on the left but his cross to the waiting Aung Myint Aye was totally wasted as he shot straight to Vietnam keeper Tran Buu Ngoc.

SEA GAMES 2011 RESULTS and FIXTURES

GROUP B

DATE	MATCH			GROUP	KICK OFF	VENUE
03.11.2011	VIETNAM 3	vs	PHILIPPINES 1	B	1600 hrs	GELORA BUNG KARNO
	LAOS 2	vs	MYANMAR 3		1900 hrs
04.11.2011	REST DAY
05.11.2011	BRUNEI 1	vs	TIMOR LESTE 2	B	1600 hrs	LEBAK BULUS
	MYANMAR 0	vs	VIETNAM 0		1900 hrs
06.11.2011	REST DAY
07.11.2011	TIMOR LESTE	vs	PHILIPPINES	B	1600 hrs	LEBAK BULUS
	LAOS	vs	BRUNEI DARUSSALAM		1900 hrs
08.11.2011	REST DAY
09.11.2011	MYANMAR	vs	BRUNEI DARUSSALAM	B	1600 hrs	LEBAK BULUS
	VIETNAM	vs	TIMOR LESTE		1900 hrs
10.11.2011	REST DAY
11.11.2011	PHILIPPINES	vs	LAOS	B	1600 hrs	LEBAK BULUS
12.11.2011	BRUNEI DARUSSALAM	vs	VIETNAM	B	1600 hrs
13.11.2011	PHILIPPINES	vs	MYANMAR	B	1600 hrs	LEBAK BULUS
	TIMOR LESTE	vs	LAOS		1900 hrs
14.11.2011	REST DAY
15.11.2011	MYANMAR	vs	TIMOR LESTE	B	1600 hrs	LEBAK BULUS
	PHILIPPINES	vs	BRUNEI DARUSSALAM		1900 hrs
16.11.2011	REST DAY
17.11.2011	LAOS	vs	VIETNAM	B	1600 hrs	LEBAK BULUS