AFC U17 Women's Asian Cup
Win Yupar starred with four goals to give the Southeast Asia side an emphatic start as they look to book a ticket to their second consecutive Finals.
The hosts asserted their dominance from the starting whistle, with near-misses by San San Htwe, Shin Thant Phyu Sin Pyone and Thet Thet Wai, who rattled the bar from outside the area.
Their persistence was rewarded, however, in the 31st minute when Win Yupar picked up a loose ball in the centre of the area, outpaced her marker and fired home beyond keeper Esther Cadavos.
Their persistence was rewarded, however, in the 31st minute when Win Yupar picked up a loose ball in the centre of the area, outpaced her marker and fired home beyond keeper Esther Cadavos.
Yupar tried her luck six minutes later but saw her 18-yard effort just skim the bar, but the hosts stretched their advantage in the 41st minute when an unmarked Nan Kham Hwan headed into the left hand corner past a rooted Cadavos.
The custodian managed to get a finger to Honey Phoo Wai’s curling effort from the edge of the area a minute later, but only managed to push the ball further into the net to give Myanmar a three-goal lead going into the break.
The custodian managed to get a finger to Honey Phoo Wai’s curling effort from the edge of the area a minute later, but only managed to push the ball further into the net to give Myanmar a three-goal lead going into the break.
Qualifiers - Group G: Guam v Myanmar
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An unguarded Yupar struck again six minutes into the second half when the midfielder, picking up a lovely cross from Sin Pyone, fired home from the centre of the area.
She then followed up with her hat-trick two minutes later when she bundled the ball in at the far post following San Htwe’s pass from the right.
She then followed up with her hat-trick two minutes later when she bundled the ball in at the far post following San Htwe’s pass from the right.
Saung Thazin Oo drove the ball from the edge of the area in the 58th minute for Myanmar’s sixth goal while Sin Pyone got into the act two minutes later with a strike that Cadavos could only parry into the net.
Goal number eight came courtesy of a close-range effort from Nay Myo Thu Thu Aung in the 62nd minute, with Yupar then finding her fourth in the 71st minute with a fiercely-struck effort from the right to finish off the match.
Goal number eight came courtesy of a close-range effort from Nay Myo Thu Thu Aung in the 62nd minute, with Yupar then finding her fourth in the 71st minute with a fiercely-struck effort from the right to finish off the match.
