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Guangdong Defeats Myanmar in Women's Soccer Friendly
China's Guangdong Women's Football team beat the Myanmar National Women's team 1-0 in a friendly soccer match at the Youth Training Center Monday evening in Yangon.
Xu Qiaoqin scored the winning goal for Guangdong just four minutes into the game.
In the second half, both teams had to play in heavy rain and could not added change the score board.
"Guangdong Women's team is a high-standard team and turned out better than the Myanmar team in physical power, height, technique and experience." U Saw Oo, head coach of the Myanmar team told Xinhua after the game.
"It is benefits for our team by getting many experiences from these friendly soccer matches," he added.
The Guangdong team, with an average age of 22 while the Myanmar girls average only 20. Guangdong team also beat the hosts side 2-1 in their first friendly soccer match on the same venue here last Saturday.
The third match will be on Wednesday in Bago, 80 kilometers in the north of the capital of Yangon.
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