Myanmar streaked unbeaten run with a deserving 7-0 win over Laos in their second match of Group B of the 2007 ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Championship women's soccer tournament at the Thuwunna Youth Training Center here Saturday.
Myanmar leads Laos 2-0 in the first half. Maing Nilar Htwe opened the scoring with a header through a volley passed from the left by her teammate Aye Nandar Hlaing 12 minutes into the game and Aye Nandar Hlaing made it two by a free kick just outside the penalty area at the 26th minute.
Another Aye Nandar Hlaing's free kick about three meters outside the penalty area made the scoring to three at the 53th minute and Khin Mar Lar Tun directly fired the ball home without touching the land through a pass from Aye Nandar Hlaing from the far left 15 minutes later.
Khin Mar Lar Tun made her second goal through a close-range header at the 73th minute and Margaret Mary added one eight minutes later. Aye Nandar Hlaing received her hat-trick by bouncing the ball from a close-range in the box five minutes from the stoppage time and sealed the victory for Myanmar.
In the second match of the tournament on the same day, Thailand trounced Singapore 8-0.
Myanmar hammered Singapore 3-0 and Thailand crushed Laos 13-1 in the opening day of the tournament.
Host Myanmar and Thailand share six points each in Group B of the tournament, having qualified for the semifinals, and they will vie for the spot of the group leader on Sept. 10. The group's two other teams -- Singapore and Laos, lost two matches each and got out of the tournament.
Malaysia beat Indonesia 2-0 and Vietnam routed the Philippines 9-0 in their first matches of the Group A of the tournament on Friday.
Eight national women's soccer teams from the ASEAN -- Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam -- are taking part in the third ASEAN Championship women's soccer tournament from Sept. 6 to 15, which is hosted by Myanmar for the first time.
Host Myanmar, which is preparing for the upcoming the 24th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, is in Group B together with Laos, Singapore and Thailand, while Group A features Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and defending champion Vietnam.
Myanmar triumphed in the first ASEAN Championship tournament in Vietnam in October 2004 by defeating hosts in the final with penalty shootouts.
However, Myanmar lost to Vietnam in the final of the 23rd SEA Games in Manila, the Philippines, in 2005.
Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and the invited Chinese Taipei teams featured in the second ASEAN Championship tournament in Vietnam in May 2006. Myanmar lost to Thailand 3-2, Chinese Taipei 3-0 and host Vietnam 1-0 respectively in the tournament.
ASEAN groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Source: Xinhua
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