Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Riffa: A splendid goal from Tran Thanh was enough to give Vietnam a historic 1-0 win over hosts Bahrain in their AFC U-19 Championship Bahrain 2016 quarter-final encounter on Sunday.
The Vietnam striker’s instinctive chip over goalkeeper Yusif Habib in the 72nd minute sealed a first-ever semi-final berth for his country, as they also qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017 for the first time in their history.
A crowd of 10,610 watched on as the hosts took on the last remaining Southeast Asian team on a warm evening at Bahrain National Stadium.
Bahrain had the first real chance of the evening in the 19th minute as a free kick was whipped in from the left and found captain Ahmed Mubarak at the far post but goalkeeper Bui Tien Dung spread himself well to block and then fall on the ball.
Mohamed Marhoon then put his free kick from 25 yards out wide of the left post before Ahmed Saleh beat his man for pace on the right and put in a low cross that was just too close to Bui.