China U-19 loses to Hungary 1-4 in Panda Cup tournament

Source: Xinhua| 2017-05-17 23:18:39|Editor: Mu Xuequan
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CHENGDU, China, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Yeerfan's astonishing goal gave China U-19 national football team some hope but the Hungary U-19 team answered with three more goals to win the match 4-1 in the 2017 Panda Cup international youth football tournament here on Wednesday.

Hungary opened the scoring only two minutes into the match through forward Bendeguz Bolla. Yeerfan equalized for the host team with a stunning goal in the 12th minute.

But only seven miuntes later, Zsombor Bevardi put Hungary 2-1 ahead with a strike ourside of the penalty area. Hungarian then enlarged the advantage to 4-1 by substitute Tibor Kisari and Bolla in the 79th and 80th minutes.

Earlier in the day, Slovakia scored a hard-won victory of 3-2 over Iran in the opening match of the tournament.

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