March 7 (Reuters) - Taiwan held off a late Vietnam push to secure a 1-0 victory and their first win of the Women’s Asian Cup in Perth on Saturday.
Su Yu-hsuan’s first-half header gave the three-times Asian champions the lead, with both sides otherwise struggling to find cohesion in attack before the break.
Vietnam, quarter-finalists at the previous edition, had nine attempts on goal but none on target, while Taiwan stayed organised at the back to preserve their advantage.
A late VAR review for a possible penalty for Vietnam did not yield a decision, and Taiwan moved provisionally into second place in Group C on three points, with India and Japan set to meet later in the day.
(Reporting by Karan Prashant Saxena in New Delhi; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
