with the opposition only managing to reply with a single goal. Prior to the match, the Philippines has never won against Vietnam with a record of five defeats and two 2–2 draws since the unification of North and South Vietnam. Philippines head coach Simon McMenemy said that his team would improve on their counterattacking while his Vietnam counterpart Henrique Calisto remark that his team have to overcome the Philippines' defense. Match details The match began at 19:30 (UTC+7) before a crowd of 40,000 spectators. Roel Gener started in lieu of Emelio Caligdong and Phil Younghusband experienced a stomachache throughout the game, reportedly due to something he ate during his team's breakfast earlier the same day. The Philippines was the first team to have a close chance to score a goal in the 18th minute with Vietnamese defenders failing to avert a corner kick made by Phil Younghusband. The ball reached Ian Araneta, who failed to capitalize and made a shot that went outside the post. A minute later, Phạm Thành Lương's attempt was blocked by Neil Etheridge. The Filipino goalkeeper handled the ball outside his penalty area some minutes following that chance, conceding a free kick. Nguyễn Minh Phương's curved shot went past the wall, however, it came wide off the goal. In the 38th minute, Chris Greatwich opened the scoring for the Philippines, who held on for the rest of the first half. Vietnam made several attempts to equalize in the second half: Nguyễn Vũ Phong failed to score from the edge in the 58th minute, Nguyễn Anh Đức was stopped by Rob Gier and substitute Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng had his attempt saved by Etheridge two minutes after he entered the pitch. Phil Younghusband scored the Philippines' second goal when he made a low shot on Vietnam's side of the pitch that Dương Hồng Sơn could not keep out. Results The Philippines found themselves topping Group B following the conclusion of the second matchday. Immediately after the match, Vietnam's coach Henrique Calisto refused to make a handshake with his Philippine counterpart Simon McMenemy. Callisto later rebuked the Philippines' tactics as "poor football" and was critical of the Philippines for "putting the bus in front of the goal", remarking that "football is not putting eight players in front of the area with no offensive system". McMenemy on his part was left in disbelief for his team's feat. After the win,