The Vietnam national men’s football team beat Singapore 3-0 to win the AYA Bank Cup football tournament in Myanmar. 

Under the guidance of coach Huu Thang, the Vietnamese team played well. Vietnam started the game slow and gradually applied pressure on Singapore’s goal.

Both teams missed chances early on, with neither team fully committed to attacking and risking their back being open to counter attacks from the other side. With the score level at 0-0 after a fiercely contested 90 minutes, the game went to extra time.

Vietnam striker Le Cong Vinh opened the scoring two minutes into extra time after a brilliant pass from midfielder Van Quyet set him up to beat the Singaporean goalie. Seven minutes later, Van Quyet doubled Vietnam’s lead after the ball deflected off a Singaporean defender in the box from a pass from Cong Vinh.

Six minutes from the end, the win was complete when Van Toan was left in acres of space. He slipped a neat pass to Thanh Trung, who scored Vietnam’s third goal.

When the referee blew the final whistle, coach Nguyen Huu Thang had won his first international title since becoming national team manager in March this year.

Earlier, in the first match, Vietnam overcame Hong Kong 4-3 on penalty shootout after the two teams drew 2-2 after 120 minutes while Singapore beat the host Myanmar 1-0 to reach the final.

In the earlier third-place match, Myanmar defeated Hong Kong 3-0.