On May 9, Beijing time, in the competition of the Eastern Games the day before, the host Vietnam missed the link in which the two sides sang the national anthem. After the game, they said to the outside world that it was because of a problem with the equipment on the spot that the singing session was cancelled. However, this still caused dissatisfaction among Filipino fans.
After defeating the national football team, the Vietnamese team was full of confidence, and they believed that winning the championship in this tournament was a matter of 9 out of 10. As a result, the Vietnamese U23 team was forced to draw by the Philippine U23, losing the first place in the group.
In football matches, there are links to raise the flag and play songs, even before the kick-off of the professional league, singing songs is a must-have item.
However, there was a bizarre scene in the East Games competition, the Vietnamese and Filipino teams did not sing songs, and directly competed. After the game, this matter was also complained about by fans on both sides.
The Vietnamese media explained that the heavy rain of the day caused equipment failure, so this link was skipped. But it is clear that such a statement does not hold water.
In football matches, it is not common for equipment to fail on the spot, but there are many of them.
In many competitions, once there is no sound, the two sides sing songs in order. The two sides then shook hands and started the game. If you skip this link, the referee on duty will come over and ask. But such an amateur situation actually appeared in the competition of the largest games in Southeast Asia.
In addition, a large number of fans came to the scene. These fans are enthusiastic and want to sing the national anthem with the team before the game starts. After this link was canceled, they were extremely dissatisfied.
Today's Vietnamese football is extremely confident.
Park Hyun-seok's young players, because they defeated the national football team and drew with the Japanese team, feel that the gap between themselves and the Asian strong teams is very small. In many matches, they are boldly pressed and directly put on a strong attack formation. Once the ball is conceded, the player will quarrel with the other side.
Facing the Philippine team, which ranked lower than itself and lost to the national football team in the World Preliminary Round, the Vietnamese team did not have much to do. Three overage players came on the stage and were unable to knock on each other's doors. In the end, the two teams shook hands and made peace.
In the World Preliminary Tournament, the Vietnamese team suffered penalties from the AFC for venue reasons. Due to the non-compliance of the lawn, the Vietnamese team was rectified within a time limit. At that time, the Vietnamese media claimed that they had shipped lawns from the United States and imported lights from Belgium. As a result, there is still a problem with the device.
Previously, Vietnam U23 had played 2 warm-up matches at home with South Korea's national youth (Vietnamese media believed that it was South Korea's U21, South Korea insisted that it was U19). In the second warm-up match, 55 of the 60 light bulbs in front of a stand were broken. The game was forced to be delayed by 10 minutes before kicking off. And this time, it is obvious that the event organizing committee forgot to check the equipment again.
The Philippine U23 team has only 1 overage player and almost no naturalized players. In the group stage, they currently have the advantage of 1 goal difference, leading Vietnam in the first place. In the final round, as long as the draw with Indonesia can qualify. However, the current Philippine U23 team may want to be the first in the group.
Being able to draw with Vietnam on the road shows that the Philippine team has made great progress. Half a year ago, at the U23 Asian Cup, they also lost 0-1 to the fish-belly teams such as East Timor and Singapore, and they were the worst teams, none of them.
In next year's Asian Cup and the next World Cup, the Philippines may be in the same group as the national football team. This time, the national football team cannot be as careless as in the Lippi era and lose points again.
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