December 17, 2009.
Malaysia beats Vietnam 1-0 in final.
VIENTIANE: Malaysia finally ended its 20-year gold drought in the SEA Games mens football competition, when it defeated Vietnam 1-0 in the fin
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al played at the Main Stadium of the National Sports Complex in Vientiane.
The National Under-23 boys, who came here as non-medal prospects, pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the Games to win the gold.
Malaysia last won the football gold in the Kuala Lumpur SEA Games in 1989, with a 1-0 victory over Singapore.
The winner came courtesy of an own goal by Vietnams Mai Xuan Hops in the 84th minute of a toughly-fought final. The football gold medal was also Malaysias 40th gold medal in Vientiane.
The victory was all the more sweeter as the Malaysians had lost 1-3 to Vietnam in a group match on Dec 6.
Earlier, the young Malaysians had knocked out defending champions Thailand 2-1 in the group stage to win a place in the semi-finals.
Then in the last four, they downed Laos 3-1 in front of a sell-out 20,000 fans.
MALAYSIA: Mohd Sharbinee Allawee, Mohd Sabree Mat Abu, Mohamad Aidil Zafuan Abdul Radzak, Mohamad Muslim Mohamad, Mohd Nasriq Baharom, Baddrol Bakhtiar (Mohamad Azmi Muslim), K.Gurusamy, Safiq Rahim, S.Kunalan, Ahmad Fakri Saarani (Mohamad Zaquan Adha Abd Radzak), Norshahrul Idlan Talaha (Amar Rohidan).
VIETNAM: Bui Tan Truong, Nguyen Quy Suu, Vo Hoang Quang, Mai Tien Thanh, Mai Xuan Hop, Tran Dinh Dong, Phan Thanh Binh, Pham Thanh Luong, Nguyen Thanh Long Giang, Phan Thanh Hung (Tran Manh Dung), Nguyen Ngoc Anh (Nguyen Trong Hoang).
PENGADIL: Pratap Singh (India)
