At 16:00 Beijing time on September 19, the Asian Games men's football competition officially started, with four matches played first, and the final results are as follows.
Nguyen Quoc Viet doubled as Vietnam beat Mongolia 4-2 and temporarily topped Group B. Thailand's 1-1 draw with Bahrain, along with South Korea and Kuwait, is a point that is unsatisfactory to either side.
In the match between the same group of opponents of the national football team, Myanmar defeated Bangladesh 1-0, but the strength of the two teams was limited, and the national football team U23 qualified without pressure. North Korea's 2-0 victory over Chinese Taipei and three points boosted their hopes of qualifying.
Vietnam 4:2 Mongolia
Just three minutes into the game, Nguyen Quoc Viet received a long pass from his teammate, successfully countered the offside, and scored from a small angle on the left side of the penalty area, giving Vietnam a dream start. In the 32nd minute, Nguyen Quoc Viet scored from outside the box to complete the match, giving Vietnam a 2-0 lead. In the 41st minute, Qu Van Kham shot from a small angle on the left side of the penalty area to extend Vietnam's lead to three goals, and in the fifth minute of injury time, Mongolia pulled another goal back, and finally the game was over, Vietnam won the Asian Games 4-2.
In the second half, Mongolia blitzed and scored a goal back with a push in the box, but soon Vietnam returned an inverted triangle pass from the left bottom line, and Vu Nguyen Hoang pushed the far corner in the middle to score 4:1, extending the lead to three goals.
Bangladesh 0:1 Myanmar
The two opponents of the Chinese team in the same group are really limited in strength, the people watching the half game are drowsy, there is no substantial attack at all, it seems that the national football team and India are relatively easy to qualify from this group. In the 69th minute of the second half, Myanmar's attack caused Bengal Oolong to score, finally breaking the deadlock, in the 76th minute, Myanmar was sent off with a red card, and the remaining 20 minutes were 10-for-11, and finally the two teams combined for a total of 4 shots and 1 on target.
Bahrain 1:1 Thailand
In the 42nd minute of the first half, Bahrain scored a goal, and Thailand had a slight advantage in possession, but there were not many shooting opportunities on goal, and the style of play was relatively casual. The second half lasted until the fifth minute of stoppage time, when Thailand finally equalised. In this match, Thailand had 62% possession, 8 shots on goal, 3 shots on target, 7 corner kicks, Bahrain 6 shots on goal and 4 shots on target.
North Korea 2:0 Chinese Taipei
North Korea U23 started quickly into the game state, scored two goals in 10 minutes, basically sealed the victory of the game, the next game, the two sides of the offensive end suddenly muted, failed to score again, statistics, North Korea team possession rate 50%, 14 shots on goal, 6 shots on target, 9 corner kick opportunities, scored 2 goals, Chinese Taipei team 3 shots, 2 shots on target.