Netizens jubilantly celebrate victory, Vietnam team creates 'storm' on Chinese social networks

In the third qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia on the evening of February 1, three goals by Ho Tan Tai, Tien Linh and a great goal by Phan Van Duc helped Vietnam win 3-1 right at My Dinh Stadium (Hanoi).

With a perfect start to the new year, social media exploded to celebrate the home team’s victory on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Fans were even more excited to know that this was the first time a Southeast Asian team had won a match in the third qualifying round of the Asian zone for a World Cup and also the first time Vietnam had defeated China at the national team level.

“Too wonderful, too sweet, at this point we really don’t know what else to say”, “Happy 1st day, the score is 3-1 for Vietnam. Tai started and Duc finished, Linh in the middle; with Tai, Duc, and Linh, the whole year is perfect as desired! Thank you, Coach Park, thank you to the players for playing their best, bringing a Tet full of joy to the country! Happy New Year! Congratulations to the Vietnam team!”, “Hung Dung today is like a catalyst that unites the players together. Thank you Hung Dung, all the players, Coach Park and the entire coaching staff for bringing a very red envelope for the first day of the traditional Tet of the nation”,… Many happy and joyful wishes from Vietnamese fans to the players and coaching staff.

Social networking sites are bustling with people sharing and celebrating the sweet victory of the Vietnamese team on the first day of the new year of the Tiger.

On the Chinese side, information about the match between China and Vietnam on the evening of February 1 was the most searched keyword, with a series of Weibo hot searches ranking 1, 2, 3, and 4 such as "The Chinese team is worse than the Vietnamese team", "The China - Vietnam match", etc. Many comments expressed the sadness and disappointment of Chinese fans at the performance of the home team.

Besides, there are many humorous comments, full of "sarcasm": "Is this match really a Tet comedy gala?", "The white team played very well, don't play again next time", "Come on, let's not scold each other anymore in the new year, just watch a Tet comedy", "Let's lose all of this to reform, but losing today, where is the kindness left? Too cruel to the fans",...

Information about the decisive match between Vietnam and China ranked top on Weibo with millions of views.

Funny comments from Chinese netizens when witnessing their team lose to Vietnam.