Vietnamese national youth football team slumped to a humiliated 4-0 defeat by Japan in the second match day today at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-19 Championship taking place in China.
Takashi Usami scored a hat-trick as Japan booked their place in the quarterfinals of the Asian tournament, with six points after two games in group C. Japan will next face Jordan on Friday.
Mitsunari Musaka and Usami scored in the first half to put Japan in control of the match before the latter added two more in the second period.
Vietnam remain on three points after a 2-1 win over Jordan on Monday and will take on the defending champion United Arab Emirates in their final group game two days later.
Just eight minutes into the match, the Keiichiro Nuno’s side opened the scoring when skipper Musaka received the ball just outside the box before letting fly with fine long-range strike that gave Vietnam goalkeeper Tran Buu Ngoc no chance.
Japan made it look easy when they added a second on the stroke of half time with the lively Usami drilling a vicious low shot from the edge of the area into the back of the net.
Japan added to their tally with a third midway through the second half through Usami before he completed his hat-trick with two minutes remaining.
Jordan and the UAE are set to play the other match of the group at 10:30 GMT today.
The Vietnamese U-19 team is one of 16 out of 38 Asian national teams to pass the qualifying round in November of last year.
The AFC U-19 Championship is held every two years.
