Malaysia lose to Vietnam | Borneo Bulletin Online

ANN/THE STAR – Malaysia discovered Vietnam too scorching to deal with and went down 0-3 of their third Group B match within the AFF Mitsubishi Cup.

After 33 minutes into the sport, Vietnam broke the impasse when Nguyen Tien Linh headed residence off a nook on the My Dinh Nationwide Stadium in Hanoi on Tuesday.

Vietnam had been then lowered to 10 males after Nguyen Van Toan acquired his second yellow card nevertheless it didn’t cease their relentless assault.

The hosts earned a contentious penalty within the sixtieth minute when defender Azam Azmi Murad was deemed to have elbowed his Vietnamese opponent whereas the ball was already out of play.

Referee Ryuji Sato caught with the choice to award the penalty regardless of protests from Malaysian gamers and flashed the crimson card at Azam.

Que Ngoc Hai transformed from the spot and Vietnam prolonged their lead with Nguyen Van Toan scoring within the 83rd minute.

Vietnam thus continued their six-year unbeaten report in opposition to Malaysia as they sit on prime of Group B with their second straight win from as many matches.

Malaysia have to beat Singapore of their remaining Group B match on January 3 on the Bukit Jalil Nationwide Stadium to be assured of a spot within the final 4.