In the second match of Group B – AFF Cup 2024 championship taking place on the evening of December 12, the Laos team created a big surprise when they held off the Indonesian team with a score of 3-3. The team from the land of a million elephants even took the lead twice in this match (opening the score and leading 2-1). The players who played excellently to put their names on the electronic board, helping the Laos team win a valuable point were: Phousomboun Panyavong, Phathana Phommathep, Peter Phanthavong.
Not only did they hold their opponents to a draw, the Laos team also caused Indonesia to suffer serious losses in terms of force. Accordingly, key player Marselino Ferdinan was disqualified after a direct red card (69th minute) and suspended for the next matches.
Phousomboun Panyavong was born in 2007
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After the match against Indonesia, striker Phousomboun Panyavong (scoring the opening goal in the 9th minute) broke the record at the AFF Cup. Phousomboun Panyavong has become the youngest player to score a goal in AFF Cup history up to now, at the age of 17 years, 5 months and 22 days.
This was like “rubbing salt” into Indonesia’s pain, when Phousomboun Panyavong broke Marselino Ferdinan’s own record. Previously, at the AFF Cup 2022, Ferdinan held the record for the youngest player to score at the regional tournament. When he scored the Philippine team’s goal on January 2, 2023, Ferdinan was only 18 years, 3 months and 24 days old.
In one match, Marselino Ferdinan lost his record and received a red card
Phousomboun Panyavong is currently ranked 2nd in the list of youngest players at AFF Cup 2024. The youngest player in this year’s tournament belongs to the Indonesian team, which is Arkhan Kaka.
With 1 point won against Indonesia, the Laos team clearly showed great progress and held on to the hope of winning tickets to the semi-finals at the AFF Cup 2024. Meanwhile, the Indonesian team encountered difficulties, without Marselino Ferdinan in the important match against the Vietnamese team at 8:00 p.m. on December 15 at Viet Tri Stadium (Phu Tho province).
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