November 20
MYANMAR beat Mongolia 1-0 in the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers match at the Mandalar Thiri Stadium in Mandalay yesterday.
The goal for Myanmar team was scored by Hlaing Bo Bo at17th minute.
Regarding the match, AntoineHey, the head coach of the Myanmar national football team, said he was satisfied withthe match.
As we have targeted, we could earn full six points from the two matches. It is only the success that comes from cooperation between coach members andplayers. I thought that our fans would also be satisfied although we couldn’t score much goals. Wethank our fans, he added.
Michael Weiss, the head coach of Mongolia national football team, said his team could create opportunities in the match, but couldn’t use the opportunities as Myanmar team played better than the previous match. Our team had some weakness while Myanmar team has individual outstanding players.
The individual skills of Maung Maung Lwin, Aung Thu and Zaw Min Tun created difficulties for us. Myanmar is a team that become better in next match, he added. Myanmar won the two continuous qualifier matches and was awarded K 20 million by owners of Myanmar National League clubs and K 30 million by President of Myanmar Football Federation.
The next world qualifiermatch for Myanmar will beagainst Japan on 26 March 2020.
— Kyaw Khin
