TWO-TIME champions Vietnam evolved to the excellent of the 2024 ASEAN Cup after beating Singapore 3-1 with an aggregate fetch of 5-1 in the second semi-excellent match at the Phu Tho Provincial Stadium tonight.
Rafaelson Fernandes emerged as the hero of the Vietnamese crew when he struck a double to assist the Golden Well-known particular person Warriors crew step into the excellent of the celebrated tournament.
In a dramatic match tonight, the two groups started the game evenly forward of Singapore came shut to opening the scoring in the 10th minute when Muhammad Faris Ramli headed the ball into the home procure.
On the other hand, the aim became once denied by the referee after checking the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) and learned that Muhammad Shawal Anuar became once in an offside position, thus disappointing head coach Tsutomu Ogura’s men.
The Vietnamese squad managed by Kim Sang Sik then nearly took the lead when its defender Ngoc Quang Chau headed the ball into the aim in the Twenty first minute however the aim didn’t depend because he rejected Nur Muhammad Shah Shahiran’s are trying.
The home crew lastly breathed a affirm of relief after they managed to begin accounts in the first half damage time by blueprint of a penalty kick taken by Vietnamese-Brazilian hybrid player Rafaelson after being introduced down by Lionel Tan in the penalty box earlier.
Entering the second half, the home crew strecthed themselves further when Rafaelson once more struck his second purpose after receiving a cross from Hoang Ngunyen in the 63rd minute.
Singapore then managed to diminish the deficit, attributable to Kyoga Nakamura’s pause in the 74th minute however the enjoyment didn’t excellent prolonged as Vietnam added any other purpose by blueprint of a penalty kick by Nguyen Tien Linh in the second half damage time.
The pause consequence remained in favour of Vietnam and walked into the excellent with a 5-1 aggregate fetch.
In the first semi-excellent match at the Jalan Besar Stadium in Singapore excellent Tuesday, Vietnam defeated Singapore by blueprint of targets from Nguyen Tien and Nguyen Xuan Son respectively in the second half of damage time.