Not long ago, the men's soccer tournament at the Southeast Asian Games came to a successful conclusion. In the battle for the bronze medal, the Vietnamese men's U22 soccer team, which performed even better, managed to achieve its mission and beat the Myanmar men's U22 soccer team 3-1, successfully picking up the third place in the tournament.
When it comes to the Vietnamese men's soccer team, I believe many Chinese fans are familiar with it. Vietnam gave China the most shameful loss in recent years when they beat the Chinese men's soccer team 3-1 at home in the Final 12 tournament that ended last year. At all levels of youth teams, Vietnamese soccer has become one of the strongest teams in Asia through constant deepening, and no matter who meets them, they dare not take them lightly.
The biennial Southeast Asian Games were held as scheduled in early May, and men's soccer certainly drew more attention as the most popular sport in the competition. Vietnam traveled as the defending champions, and were unsurprisingly the biggest winners. However, in the semi-finals, the Vietnamese accidentally rolled over. They were defeated by Indonesia in the last minute, losing 2-3. They could only fight with Myanmar for a bronze medal.
The team's new coach Troussier is also under tremendous pressure due to the unexpected loss in the semi-finals. They desperately need a win to get out of the slump and get back in the game. In the match against Myanmar, Vietnam cannot afford to lose again. If they lost again, Troussier, who had been in the job for only two and a half months, could even be fired early. Luckily, this time, Vietnam never let the cold shoulder appear again.
Just nine minutes into the match, Vietnam scored a goal and made it 1-0.In the 35th minute, the Vietnamese made a comeback. Ho Van Cuong received a distribution from a teammate in the box and easily pushed through the net. While putting on a second good show, he also helped Vietnam extend the score to 2-0. the stronger Vietnam remained firmly in control of the game. In the 57th minute, midfielder Quy Vinh Kham helped Vietnam kill the suspense of the game early. In the last minute of the match, Myanmar scored a face-saving goal with a corner kick attack. In the end, Vietnam beat Myanmar 3-1 and won a bronze medal as expected.
Next month, the Vietnamese team will travel to China to participate in the Panda Cup in China. At that time, the U22 youth team of China and Vietnam will also have a positive dialog. If Vietnam wins again, they will have a double victory over both the Chinese adult national team and the U22 youth national team, and then Chinese soccer will hardly have any advantage and will be overshadowed by Vietnamese soccer. Expect China's U22s to be in peak form at home and to outscore Vietnam.
