The new Southeast Asia U23 Championship, which is being held in Cambodia, ended the final match last night, and the Vietnamese team finally defeated Thailand 1-0, crowning the champion with a total winning record of 4 consecutive wins, completing a strong performance with a small hit.
Previously, Vietnam's U23 successfully qualified for the final round of the U23 Asian Cup that began in June this year, so the U21 age group players participated in the Southeast Asia U23 Championship and prepared for the 2024 Olympic Games in advance, so the average age of the Vietnamese players was 2 years younger than that of other teams, and they were not afraid to play small.
In the previous group stage, Vietnam defeated Singapore 7-0 and Thailand 1-0 respectively, easily qualifying for the first place in the group and successfully advancing to the semi-finals, and then relying on penalties to eliminate East Timor and advance to the final.
Vietnam's final opponent was Thailand, who had previously eliminated Laos 2-0 in the semi-finals. In the group stage, the Group Stage defeated Thailand in a small game, which made the Vietnamese team very confident, and finally relying on the 44th point goal of the first half, the Vietnamese team won the game 1-0, achieving a four-game winning record against Thailand.
After the game, the Vietnamese media thought it was an exciting game, and it was not easy to win without creating too many opportunities and the scene was in a disadvantageous situation.
After reaching the final, this Vietnamese U21 team won nearly VND 1 billion (about 270,000 yuan), and now that they have won the championship, they will get more prize money, which can be described as fame and fortune.
In recent years, Vietnamese football has made great progress, with the national youth team participating in the World Youth Championship, the U23 team winning the Asian Cup runner-up and reaching the asian games final four, and the national team advancing to the quarterfinals and 12 of the Asian Cup. In the round of 12 earlier this month, Vietnam humiliated the national football team 3-1 at home, breaking the curse of 61 years of nobility, and now it has created a good result, sending U21 age group players to win the championship with a small win.
Now look, the Chinese men's football team at all levels has begun to lag behind the Vietnamese team, the national team has not been able to play, U23 and below the age group has been completely opened, the next Vietnamese men's football team will be the new bitter master of the Chinese men's football team.
Of course, if the Chinese men's football team does not progress, it will be surpassed by other Southeast Asian teams such as Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Timor-Leste.