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Hung Thinh Friendly Football Tournament: Vietnam crushes India 3-0

Hosts Vietnam defeated India convincingly, winning 3-0 at the Thong Nhat stadium in Ho Chi Minh City. Igor Stimac’s team was no competition for the host nation, which utilized every one of the men in blue’s defensive mistakes to win its second game in a row and end up winning the title. While India drew 1-1 with Singapore, the third team in the tournament, Vietnam defeated them 4-0.

India suffered an early setback when Phan Van Duc scored from close quarters with a left-footed lob after a corner failed to be cleared confidently. Vietnam maintained their lead until halftime with the score 1-0 in favor of the hosts.

Vietnam made two substitutions at halftime and received the advantages almost immediately, as one of them, Nguyen Van Toan, had two shots within the first five minutes of his arrival. Toan chased an aerial ball, drove past Anwar Ali, and found the bottom left edge to double Vietnam’s lead. Stimac made a triple replacement in the 65th minute, with Brandon Fernandes, Liston Colaco, and Roshan Singh replacing Sunil Chhetri, Chinglensana Singh, and Udanta Singh. Vietnam made a substitution minutes later and made an immediate impact when Nguyen Van Quyet possessed the ball in front of Gurpreet’s near post after a thwarted headed clearance by Sandesh Jhingan and scrunched it in to make it 3-0.

The score could have gotten even worse if Gurpreet hadn’t made two remarkable saves in the next three minutes.

Vietnamese midfield kept giving through passes for its forwards and India was constantly on the back foot. India’s woes were exacerbated when winger Sahal Abdul Samad hobbled off the field in the 38th minute and was replaced shortly after. The Indians had a chance to equalize in the final minute of the first half when Akash Mishra’s chip from the left found Sunil Chhetri in the middle of the Vietnam box, but the Indian captain headed wide of the far post.

As the evening proceeded, the hosts came dangerously close to scoring again, but Sandhu was able to keep the ball out of his net. As the match approached its conclusion, any resilience displayed by the Indian team faded. Despite substitutions and knowing full well that the game was theirs, Vietnam’s aggressiveness declined to fade. Despite substitutions and knowing full well that the game was theirs, Vietnam’s aggressiveness declined to fade.

game In two games, they managed to score seven goals and ceded zero, while India scored one and conceded four, finishing with a draw and a loss.

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