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The Burgundy Youth experienced a disheartening setback from Vietnam, suffering a double defeat.

March 5, 2023

Al-Shabab for under-20 football lost its second match in the Asian Championship against its Vietnamese counterpart, with a score (2-1), in the match that brought them together yesterday evening in the Asian Youth Championship at the Independence Stadium in Fergana, Uzbekistan, within the second group competitions that include Qatar and Iran. And Australia and Vietnam, and the Vietnamese team finished the first half ahead with a goal to zero, which was spent by the Vietnamese player, Kok Nguyen, in the (45th) minute of the first half, so that our team returned to the dressing rooms late in the result. The second half witnessed the return of Al-Annabi to the meeting, and the player Ahmed Al-Rawi managed to adjust the score in the minute (85) from a penalty kick, and while the match was going to its end in a draw, the Vietnamese player Trung Nguyen managed to add the second goal in the minute (90 + 1) to give three valuable points to the Vietnamese team Who raised his tally to the sixth point in the group, while Al-Annabi remained at the bottom of the standings without points, and our team will face Australia in the third and final round on Tuesday, March 7 at Jar Stadium at 1:00 pm, and this continental championship is considered qualified for the FIFA,Football,Soccer U-23 World Cup finals in Indonesia, which will be held from May 20 to June 11.

Arab Desk

Arab Desk

The Arab Desk leads The Eastern Herald's reporting on the Middle East and North Africa. The desk has covered the Gaza-Israel war since October 2023, the Iran-Israel war of 2025-2026, the fall of the Assad government in Syria, Hezbollah's political and military shifts in Lebanon, the war in Yemen, and the diplomatic realignment of the Gulf states under the Abraham Accords and the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement.

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