The 2023-2024 season AFC Cup ASEAN Zone Qualifier Play-off matches continued on 23 August, and the Yangon team lost an away match against PSM Makassar and failed to qualify.
In the play-off stage, Indonesian club PSM Makassar crushed Myanmar club Yangon United by four goals to nil, while Cambodian club Phnom Penh Crown beat Singaporean club Tampanis Rovers by 3:2.
Team Yangon failed to qualify for the final round due to the big loss. As core players could not join Yangon United, some changes were made to the starting line-up.
The Makassar team pressed Yangon United from the start, and Edison scored the opening goal in the sixth minute. After conceding a goal, the Yangon team tried to equalize, but only the Makassar team scored another goal. In the 35 minute, Emerton added a second goal and led by two goals at the end of the first half.
At the beginning of the second half, the Makassar team led the game and Yakot in the 51 minute and Addison scored more goals in the 61 minute to win by four goals.
The Yangon team previously qualified for the play-off stage by defeating Brunei club DPMM at home by 2-1, but lost to the Makassar team and failed to advance to the final round of the tournament. — Ko Nyi Lay/KZL
