AFF final: Vietnam gain advantage after 2-2 draw with Malaysia

By Staff reporters          DEC. 11, 2018

Thanks to their two away goals, Vietnam will have the upper hand as teams meet for the return match in Hanoi Saturday.

A hard-core fan. Photo by VnExpress/Duc Dong

A hard-core fan. Photo by VnExpress/Duc Dong

Vietnamese players enter the stadium for warming up. Photo by VnExpress/Duc Dong

Vietnamese players enter the stadium for warming up. Photo by VnExpress/Duc Dong

Vietnamese fans turn their mobile phone flashlights in the stadium. Photo by VnExpress/Duc Dong

Vietnamese fans turn their mobile phone flashlights in the stadium. Photo by VnExpress/Duc Dong

Guards make a fence separating Vietnamese and Malaysian fans at the stadium. Photo by VnExpress/Duc Dong

Guards make a fence separating Vietnamese and Malaysian fans at the stadium. Photo by VnExpress/Duc Dong

Vietnamese fans are all in yellow and red. Photo by VnExpress/Duc Dong

Vietnamese fans are all in yellow and red. Photo by VnExpress/Duc Dong

A Vietnamese fan raise a banner that says I love you to the national teams coach Park Hang-seo. Photo by VnExpress/Duc Dong

A Vietnamese fan raise a banner that says "I love you" to the national team's coach Park Hang-seo. Photo by VnExpress/Duc Dong

Malaysian fans fill up the stadium two hours after the game.

Malaysian fans fill up the stadium two hours before the game. Photo by VnExpress/Duc Dong

Malaysian fans arrive at the stadium four hours after the game.

Malaysian fans arrive at the stadium four hours before the game.

Heavy rain pours down the stadium at 4:40 p.m. local time (3:40 p.m. in Hanoi).

Heavy rain pours down the stadium at 4:40 p.m. local time (3:40 p.m. in Hanoi).

Vietnam and Malaysia clash again in the final of AFF Cup 2018. Previously, Vietnam beat Malaysia 2-0 in the group stage match.

Malaysia will come to Hanoi for the return match of the final on December 15. Malaysia won the trophy in 2010 and Vietnam in 2008.

 
 
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