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Myanmar youth team beats Chinese U-20 in soccer friendly

Xinhuanet 2002-07-23 21:52:44

””””YANGON, July 23 (Xinhuanet) -- A late goal of substitute Zaw Zaw of Myanmar Youth-A team made his side defeat Chinese National U-20team 2-1 in a friendly soccer match at the Youth Training Center here Tuesday evening.

””””The Myanmar team sealed the victory when Zaw Zaw met with the Chinese goalkeeper Yang Zhi one-by-one, firing home the ball through a pass from his teammate Aung Kyaw Moe three minutes before the final whistle.

””””The Chinese team missed a chance 13 minutes into the game by its captain Yang Hao's kick which slightly up above the upper bar.

””””At the 50th minute, the visitors missed another chance by Ding Feng's header hitting the Myanmar goal's right pole through a freekick from Guo Liang.

””””Myanmar striker Lwin Oo, who was substituted in the place of Aung Kyaw Tun at the starting of second half, opened the scoring by firing home the ball bouncing from the Chinese goalkeeper in the 69th minute. Chinese Zhang Shuo equalized it six minutes laterwhen he netted the ball from a close range in the penalty area through a left long pass from substitute Zhang Shudong.

””””The Myanmar team got seven corner kicks and the Chinese team gained only one throughout the match.

””””The Chinese U-20 team will play against with the Myanmar Youth-B team on Friday and the Combined Myanmar Youth team on next Monday respectively. Enditem

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