What did coach Hoang Anh Tuan say about the risk of being eliminated?
After a narrow loss to U19 Indonesia, coach Hoang Anh Tuan admitted that the chance of U19 Vietnam advancing to the next round of this tournament is no longer high.
Although they played quite well against U19 Indonesia, they were distracted for a moment when striker Mursalim tapped the ball into the net in the 80th minute to score the only goal of the match, helping the team from the archipelago defeat U19 Vietnam with a score of 1-0 in the fourth match of Group A of the U19 Southeast Asia tournament.
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| U19 Vietnam unfortunately lost to U19 Indonesia. |
The defeat against U19 Indonesia, while Thailand had a 5-0 victory over the Philippines, caused us to fall to 3rd place in Group A. Thus, in the final round, in addition to the task of defeating Singapore with a big score, U19 Vietnam (9 points, goal difference +8) will have to wait for the result between U19 Indonesia (12 points) and U19 Thailand (10 points, goal difference +14). That is, the students of coach Hoang Anh Tuan must win big and wait for the Golden Temple team to lose to the home team Indonesia.
Speaking to the press after the match, coach Hoang Anh Tuan admitted that U19 Vietnam no longer has a chance to win a ticket to the Semi-finals: “With this defeat, we have no chance because Indonesia has already advanced so we cannot expect a favorable result in the upcoming match between them and Thailand. However, as I said at the pre-tournament press conference, our main goal in this tournament is to help the players gain the necessary experience to prepare for the Asian Finals.
Congratulations to Indonesia for winning today's match. We tried our best but we couldn't score. The match would have been better if the referee did his job well and fair play was shown in the last minutes."
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| Coach Hoang Anh Tuan admitted that it will be difficult for U19 Vietnam to continue. |
Although he no longer has a chance to win a ticket to the Semi-finals, Coach Hoang Anh Tuan affirmed that he will direct his students to play with dedication in the final match of the group stage: "We still have one last match in the group stage and we will definitely give it our all. Whether we advance or not will not be as important as the players' performance, both in spirit and desire."
The final match of the group stage of U19 Vietnam will be against U19 Singapore on July 9.
