The new Southeast Asian Championship is in full swing and is now in the semi-finals. As the 5-time champion of the tournament, the Thai men's football team defeated the defending champion Vietnam 2-0 in the first leg of the semi-finals, winning five consecutive games, advancing to the final with one foot, and remaining unbeaten against Vietnam for 13 consecutive years. After the match, the South Korean media paid attention to the match, believing that the Vietnamese team lost the opponent and played too badly.
In the previous group stage, Thailand won a wave of 4 consecutive wins, winning Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore and Timor-Leste, accumulating 12 points to advance to the semifinals. As the defending champions, Vietnam won 3 wins and 1 draw in the group stage, beating Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia and Indonesia, and finished second in the group with 10 points.
The match was the second time the two teams met in the Southeast Asian Championship after 9 years, and in the 13th minute of the first half, Thailand made a quick counterattack to take the next city, the Vietnamese goalkeeper made a mistake, and the striker Song Krasin won the empty goal, and the Thai team led 1-0. This was the first goal conceded by Vietnam in this tournament, conceding 4-0 in the group stage.
In the 23rd minute, striker Song Crasin scored another goal to complete the scoring twice, helping Thailand to extend the score 2-0. Faced with a desperate situation, the Vietnamese team tried to turn the tables, but finally lost 0-2, suffering the first defeat of the tournament.
The coach of the Vietnamese team is South Korean Park Heng-su, so the Korean media is very concerned about the Vietnamese team's game. After the game, the South Korean media "WHNsports" reported for the first time, the headline was described as "Vietnam's two goalscorous 0-2 defeat to Thailand", and coach Park Heng-suk was facing a crisis of exit.
FIFA's latest edition of the world rankings, Thailand ranked 118th, Vietnam ranked 98th, from the ranking point of view, there is a gap in strength between the two teams, Vietnam is the only Southeast Asian team in the top 12, Thailand participated in the last round of 12, and finally 2 draws and 8 losses did not win and bottom out.
Thailand has won 5 Southeast Asian Championships, ranking first in history, and Vietnam has only won the championship twice, so it is not surprising that Thailand has won a complete victory.
For the national football team, the Thai team is one of the bitter masters of Asia, having won the national football team 5-1 away from home, giving the national football team the most tragic defeat at home, and the Chinese Cup also defeated the national football team 2-1.