The Maldives Under-22 football team were defeated 5-0 by their Vietnamese counterparts on Sunday during a training match in Thailand.
According to Vietnamese state media, the Maldives squad fell behind 15 minutes into the match and failed to recover after Le Quoc Phuong opened the scoring.
Just three minutes later and the Maldives were 3-0 down after goals from Nguyen Dinh Bao and then Giang Tran Quach Tan allowed Vietnam to see out the first half comfortably in the lead, Viet Nam News reported.
Second half goals by Ngan Van Dai and Mac Hong Quan 48 and 77 minutes into the match respectively sealed a convincing training win for Vietnam.
