On the evening of May 9, 2022, Beijing time, the second round of the group stage of the Southeast Asian Games began, and the Laos U23 festival played against Cambodia U23. Cambodia U23 scored twice in the first and second halves, while Laos scored a face-saving goal in the second half. In the end, the Cambodia u23 defeated Cambodia 4-1.
In the history of Cambodia's U23, there has been no match against Laos, and in the first round, Laos U23 drew 2-2 with Singapore. Cambodia lost 2-0 to Indonesia. In the eyes of many people, the combat effectiveness of the Cambodian U23 is not worth mentioning at all. On the contrary, because the Lao U23 team was able to draw 2-2 with Singapore in the first round, and even almost killed the opponent in the final stage, it seems that this team seems to be improving a lot. But through this game, it was indeed a bit disappointing.
After the start of the match, the competition between the two teams in the midfield was fierce. Just 5 minutes after the opening, Cambodia scored a goal from the Lao team through a front-court cooperation, which made the Lao team a little confused, originally occupied the advantage of the scene, but did not think that cambodia would score a goal so quickly.
Subsequently, the Lao team launched a tidal attack, but the good times were short-lived, and in the 13th minute, the Lao team once again announced that it had conceded a goal. In the first 15 minutes, Laos fell behind by two goals.
In the second half, the Laos team played more and more urgently, and they very much hoped to be able to pull back a goal at the beginning of the second half, which was very detrimental to equalizing and implementing a counter-attack. In the 62nd minute, Cambodia scored another goal through a corner kick opportunity.
At this time, the Lao team seemed to wake up from a dream and pulled a goal back in 65 minutes after 3 minutes. However, just 3 minutes after the goal was scored, Cambodia completely shattered the self-confidence of the Lao team, and this rapid counterattack almost made the Lao defenders not much slow down, and they complained that the city gate was lost.
In the end, Laos lost 1-4 to Cambodia. Suffered the first defeat of the Southeast Asian Games, and also lost to cambodia, which had never lost before.
Judging from this game, the performance of the two teams in technical tactics has been more mistakes, but the enthusiasm for attack is very high. Laos U23 shot 21 shots on goal, 7 shots on target, but unfortunately only exchanged for one goal. Cambodia also shot 21 shots on goal, 11 shots on target. Judging from this data, it makes sense to win.
In recent years, the overall level of Southeast Asian football has been improved somewhat, of course, this does not mean that Southeast Asian teams can beat the national football team. However, at this level, it is estimated that it is fast. If the national football team does not improve, it will be dangerous.