LIVE: Vietnam 1-0 Indonesia

Vietnam opened the score against Indonesia in the opening game of SEA Games 31 with a goal from Nguyen Tien Linh.

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62′

Ly Cong Hoang Anh was injured and couldn’t continue playing. Replacing him is midfielder Huynh Cong Den. Indonesia also made two substitutions.
54′

Vietnam scored first!

Le Van Do assisted Nguyen Tien Linh, who finished from a narrow angle to make it 1-0 for Vietnam.

LIVE: Vietnam 1-0 Indonesia

Tiến Linh mở tỷ số
46′

Second half began

Vietnam made the first substitution as Nham Manh Dung replaced Nguyen Van Tung.
45’+1

First half ended

After the first 45 minutes, the score at Viet Tri Stadium is still 0-0.
45′

Only one additional minute to the first half.
41′

The situation got heated after Rachmat Irianto kicked Van Tung in the back and both sides couldn’t keep their cool. The referee had to interfere and the game was resumed shortly after that.
40′

Bui Hoang Viet Anh managed to get a header from a freekick and he missed it.
39′

The ball almost went in after a corner of Indonesia, but Phan Tuan Tai was there in time to clear the ball.
38′

In an attempt of clearing the ball, Thanh Binh almost scored an own goal.
35′

Irfan Jauhari was given a yellow for fouling Bui Hoang Viet Anh.

In the last 13 encounters at SEA Games, Vietnam won six, draw two and lost five against Indonesia.

The previous SEA Games in 2019 saw Vietnam beating Indonesia 3-0 in the final to win the gold medal.

In this SEA Games, Vietnam and Indonesia were put in group A with Myanmar, the Philippines and Timor Leste.

This is an important game in group A since the two teams are fancied to advance.