Tuan Tai’s 17-second goal was the fastest in Asian U23 history?

17th second match between U23 Vietnam and Thailand U23, Phan Tuan Tai stole the ball, smashed the opponent’s defender to change direction, giving U23 Vietnam a 1-0 lead.

This is the third fastest goal in the history of the AFC U23 Championship. The record for the fastest goal in the tournament belongs to Cho Jae-Wan of South Korea. At the match between U23 Korea and U23 Malaysia in 2018, this midfielder scored when the clock was just 11.35 seconds. The second fastest goal went to Dostonbek Khamdamov of Uzbekistan at the 2016 tournament.

Video: Phan Tuan Tai’s historic goal

More than a week ago, Phan Tuan Tai also shone with a cross for Nham Manh Dung to score a goal to help Vietnam U23 win the 31st SEA Games championship.

At the end of the first half, U23 Vietnam drew U23 Thailand 1-1. The goal of U23 Vietnam came after goalkeeper Van Toan’s error of catching the ball.

In the first match of Group C, U23 Korea defeated U23 Malaysia with a score of 4-1 to temporarily occupy the first place.

If you don’t win in the opening match, U23 Vietnam will face many disadvantages when facing South Korea U23 in the second match. The goal of coach Gong Oh Kyun’s teachers and students is to finish second and win the right to enter the quarterfinals.