On February 25, Beijing time, the Southeast Asian U23 Championship almost broke out again. Vietnam's U23 team defeated Timor-Leste's U23 team 5-3 on penalties to advance, while Thailand's U23 beat Laos 2-0 relatively easily.
In this way, the final will be played between Thailand and Vietnam. In the previous group stage, Vietnam had beaten Thailand. But the Vietnamese U23 team, which consumed a lot of physical energy and played late matches, had no advantage in the final.
In this tournament, Vietnam is a player in the 01 age group, and the other teams are mostly in the 99 age group. The worst age group of the national football team is to start from the 99th level.
Vietnam's goalkeeper, Tak Xuan Hoang, became the team's hero in the last game, and this time he became another goalkeeper, Tang Chun Hung. He blocked the opponent's shot twice in the penalty shootout to ensure the team's promotion.
East Timor has always been unknown, but their young team has improved rapidly. The East Timorese team of the 99th class has defeated the Chinese national youth team of the 99th class, and its strength should not be underestimated. The strength of Vietnam's level 99 is average, but the level 01 is very eye-catching.
Since the audience was mostly from Vietnam, the Morale of the Vietnamese u23 team was high, and they quickly controlled the ball and dared to make juggling-like technical moves.
But East Timor is not a fish belly, perhaps watching the national football team and the Vietnamese team, once the Vietnamese team on the side of the ball, the young players of East Timor will pounce on it, with their bodies to block the opponent's cross. The move was effective, the quality of the Vietnamese cross was quite low, and the game was in a state of anxiety.
While Timor-Leste has been on the defensive, their counter-attacks and conversions have been very efficient. Almost every time they cut off a vietnamese ball, they were able to push ahead of the opposing penalty area. In extra time, they also have the opportunity to strike a fatal blow and kill their opponents. However, East Timor's shot was saved by Deng Junhong.
In the end, however, the two teams moved towards a penalty shootout. The inexperienced East Timor missed two penalties and lost to Vietnam's U23 team, missing the final.
On the other hand, the big dark horse Laos team defeated Malaysia twice in the group stage, but there was not much to do with thailand.
Since several naturalized players have not returned to the team, this Thai U23 is only their second team. But they overstepped their mandate.
In the U23 Asian Cup, Thailand and Malaysia are in the same group. In the group stage, Malaysia pushed Thailand to advance to the first place in the group. But on the stage of the U23 Southeast Asian Championship, Laos, which easily defeated Malaysia twice, had no resistance in front of the Thai team.
Although Timor-Leste and Laos lost the game, both teams played in a clear way and improved rapidly.
The East Timorese team is in good health, the overall defense ability is strong, and the formation is maintained very well. The Lao team, on the other hand, is skilled in foot technology, excellent in set-pieces, and dares to press, dare to pass and break through.
Although both teams are out, the next two teams will play the final of the 3rd and 4th places.
In the post-99 Thai team, the strongest players are naturalized players who have joined in recent years, such as Tanavant who played in Leicester City, And Songshap who played in the Chelsea echelon. This year's competition, they did not participate.
And the Vietnamese U23 team, most of the players are 01, or even 02 age group of young players. But in order to be able to play, they are willing to play with players older than themselves.
Due to the withdrawal from the U23 Asian Cup, the 99th class of national youth has very few tasks this year. Together with most of the players, they are not the main players of the team. In all-year matches, they may be about 50% less than southeast Asian players.
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