Olympic Green reached the semi-finals after beating Vietnam 2-0 yesterday, Sunday, in the match that took place at the Lokomotiv Stadium in the capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, in the quarter-finals of the 2022 AFC U-23 Cup.
Miteb Al Harbi (41) and Firas Al Braikan (Musician) (65) scored the winning goals for Al Akhdar.
The Vietnamese team ended the match with ten men after goalkeeper Quan Van Chuan was sent off in the 78th minute after he interfered with the Saudi Firas Al Braikan, who was in a single position.
Our team advanced to the semi-finals against Australia, which beat Turkmenistan 1-0 on Saturday.
Vietnam took the offensive lead early in the match and had an early opportunity in the second minute when Tran Dinh Trong made a cross from the left flank, but Li Ming Binh hit the ball and turned the ball towards goal, but Nawaf Al-Aqidi managed to control him.
Our team then controlled the match and had a chance in the 13th minute after a series of passes, before the ball reached Ayman Yahya from the left side of the penalty area, to return the ball, which was narrowly blocked by goalkeeper Kuan Wan Chuan, and then scattered by the defense.
And the most dangerous moment in the first half was for us. Kuan Phan Kang went down the left flank and sent a counter and deceptive cross pass that reached the arc of the penalty area to Li Ming Bin to land a shot that Nawaf Al-Aqidi tried to push off, hitting into the crossbar and going to the corner (36).
But our team managed to snatch a goal from the offensive by Miteb Al-Harby, who received the ball far from the middle of the field and moved forward to get in front of three defenders before shooting with his left into the far corner of the field. goal (41).
With the beginning of the second half, the advantage of green control was maintained, which worked on the rotation of the ball and tried to lure the Vietnamese players forward in search of free space.
Our team managed to score the second goal when Miteb Al-Harbi made a skillful cross pass from the left flank, which reached the unnoticed Firas Al-Braykan and sent the ball into the net (65).
The advantage of our team remained after that, with confusion controlling the game of the Vietnamese players, so the green created more chances within the region, and the Vietnamese defense stubbornly coped with it.
After goalkeeper Quan was sent off in the 78th minute, striker Nham Manh Dong played in the Vietnam goalkeeping team as a result of the team running out of substitutions, but the remaining minutes passed without a change in result, as Saudi Arabia’s most dangerous chances were through Hussein . Al-Issa’s header that bounced off the crossbar (90+1).
The two semi-final matches will take place on Wednesday, June 15, the third and fourth place matches will take place on June 18, and the final match will take place on the 19th of this month.
