In the final of the Southeast Asian U16 Championship, Indonesia played at home against Vietnam, and finally Indonesia won the championship with a small victory over Vietnam 1-0. The match was flooded with 30,000 players, tickets had long been sold out, and the Indonesian team seized the opportunity to beat Vietnam, which has been successful in youth training in recent years, without being optimistic, and lifted the trophy of the Southeast Asia U16 Championship championship.
After the game, the Indonesian coach was very excited, he shed tears after the game, he was able to win without the strength of the superior, you can imagine how much pressure the Indonesian coach has, including the players in tears when playing the national anthem before the game. Of course the end result was good, they won the cup at home. After the match, the Indonesian coach said: "We have to remain humble and prepare for next year's U17 Asian Cup!" ”
The match also caused a certain controversy, during the game, Indonesian fans did not stop verbally insulting Vietnamese players, and tried to throw bottles to smash people, which also directly affected the course of the game, and some media people have said that Indonesian fans are expected to be punished for such behavior.
For the Vietnamese team, their progress in the men's football team over the years is obvious to all, from the Asian Youth Championship to the national team reaching the top 12 for the first time, and also defeating the national football team 3-1, they vigorously developed youth training and achieved good results. Coming to Indonesia to participate in the Southeast Asia U16 Championship, the Vietnamese team almost sent their strongest lineup, on the one hand, to impact the championship, on the other hand, to prepare for next year's U17 Asian Cup, through this competition to exercise and run the team. Unfortunately, they fell in the final and did not win the championship.
The Indonesian team won the championship, which surprised many people, although they were the hosts, but Indonesia ranked 155th in the world, not a strong team. Cheering from home fans this time, they eliminated Myanmar 5-4 in the semi-finals through penalties. Coming to the final, meeting the powerful Vietnamese team, Indonesia seized the opportunity to win the cup at home.
It has to be said that the progress of Southeast Asian football over the years is obvious to all, including the Vietnam U23 team that previously won the Southeast Asian Championship and the Southeast Asian Games men's football championship, and the overall progress is very obvious, which also directly threatens the status of the national football team. With 8.5 places in the Asian region of the 2026 World Cup, the biggest opponent of the national football team is not Iran, Japan, South Korea and other teams, but these Southeast Asian teams.