The Vietnamese national women’s football team today edged out Thailand 2-1 despite of missing a penalty shot in the quarterfinal match of the 17th Asian Games Incheon taking place from September 19 to October 4 in South Korea.
The victory helped Vietnam win the first-ever ticket in history to advance to the semifinals of the regional tournament.
Women of both teams had chance to show off their talents and skill in the second half of the game when the rain stopped.
It was Thailand to open the score following a counterattack in the 51st minute. Thai striker Romyen Nisa won a twosome race with Vietnamese center back Ngoc Anh before slotting the ball to the far corner to beat keeper Kieu Trinh.
Conceding the goal, Vietnam pushed up high their formation and netted home two goals thanks to the shining of the duo midfielders Nguyen Thi Lieu and Nguyen Thi Tuyet Dung.
Soon after the goal, Lieu had the ball at the distance of 25m from the Thai goal frame and blasted a straight shot to ‘knock out’ Thai keeper Boonsing and level 1-1.
At the 65th minute, substitute striker Nguyen Thi Nguyet was fouled in the Thai box and Vietnam was awarded a penalty shot but Dung failed to convert it into a goal.
Two minutes later, Dung attacked from the left wing and scored her goal to lift the result to 2-1 for Vietnam to redeem her mistake minutes before.
Advancing to the semifinals, the Vietnamese team will face either Japan or Hong Kong on September 29.
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