Courtesy: The AFC.com


Vietnam complete final roster

Friday, 26 February 2010

JAKARTA – Vietnam completed the list of participants for the 2010 AFC Futsal Championship following a 6-3 extra-time victory over Malaysia in the ASEAN Zone qualifiers’ third-place play-off on Thursday.

Ngo Duy Khanh was the hero for the Vietnamese, scoring all three of his country’s extra-time goals after regulation time at the Jakarta Indoor Tennis Stadium finished 3-3.

It was Duy Khanh who opened the scoring five minutes into the battle for the final ticket to Tashkent before goals from Qaiser Heshaam (12th) and Addie Azwan (14th) gave Malaysia the initiative.

Nguyen Hong Gien equalised a minute before the interval before Khairul Effendy restored Malaysia’s lead four minutes after the restart.

Khairul’s 24th minute strike was looking like the goal that would see the Malaysian’s join Australia and Indonesia as South East Asia’s representatives at May’s continental championship only for Hong Gien to level the score for the second time in the match, forcing extra-time with Vietnam’s third goal just before the final whistle.

Australia, meanwhile, won the qualification tournament following a 3-0 defeat of Indonesia in Thursday’s final.

Toby Seeto, who plays his club futsal in Spain with Lanzarote Tias Yaiza, opened the scoring in the seventh minute before Dean Lockhart doubled Australia’s advantage just seconds into the second half.

And with two minutes left on the clock, Seeto sealed the victory with his fifth goal of the qualification campaign to cap an impressive campaign for the Futsalroos.

Australia, Indonesia and Vietnam complete the AFC Futsal Championship line up, which also includes hosts Uzbekistan, China, Korea Republic, Chinese Taipei, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Lebanon, Iraq, Kuwait, Iran, Thailand and Japan.

The AFC Futsal Championship 2010 will be played in Tashkent from May 23 to 30.


Posted by Luca Ranocchiari --> luca.ranocchiari@futsalplanet.com