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Games-Myanmar footballers win through to gold medal match

By Patrick Johnston

SINGAPORE, June 13 (Reuters) - Myanmar's Southeast Asian team might be one of the smallest in world football but what they lack in height they more than make up in energy and commitment.

Playing their fifth game in 12 days, they hung tough through long periods of pressure before beating Vietnam 2-1 at Singapore's National Stadium on Saturday to move through to the gold medal match.

They await the winners of Saturday's second semi-final between hot favourites Thailand and Indonesia in Monday's final where they will aim for their first football gold at the biennial multi-sports games in 42 years.