No convertible car to welcome Vietnam Olympic team; International press shares failure with Vietnam team

Vietnam Olympic Team Faces Problems Before Saying Goodbye to Asiad 2018

At 5am on September 2nd, the Vietnam Olympic team checked out of the Aston Sentul Lake Hotel in Bogor to depart for Jakarta. The team took a flight at 9am and arrived in Hanoi at 12:30pm.

However, when the coaching staff and players had arranged their luggage neatly for the staff to load onto the vehicle, Head of the delegation Duong Vu Lam discovered that there was no luggage truck. He immediately contacted the tour guide.

After 10 minutes of discussion, it was learned that the luggage truck had not arrived because its working time had expired, which was the end of the last day of competition (September 1). The organizers were also unable to handle it in time because they did not have enough time to find another truck.

Mr. Lam was not happy with this but quickly found a temporary solution. So all the luggage, training and competition equipment were put under the team bus. Luckily, everything was just enough.

According to the organizer's transportation registration list, they only noted a special request for a bus and no note about a luggage truck. Perhaps this was a mistake on the part of the tour guide.

Vietnam Olympic apologizes to fans

Center back Dinh Trong wrote on his personal page: “Another tournament ended with so many regrets. Experiencing the joy of victory brought a lot of emotions. There were also extremely sad defeats so that I could draw valuable experiences and lessons for the road ahead. Thank you to the Vietnam Olympic team, a truly wonderful team. Most of all, thank you to the fans who have been with us throughout the past time.”

Midfielder Duy Manh shared very touchingly: "Today is the last day on the Aisad 2018 journey. Thank you everyone for always accompanying and supporting the team. Vietnamese people always strive and try to continue fighting on the upcoming journeys. Thank you and sorry...".

Van Toan shared: "The last tournament of U23, the last U generation to participate. I have not achieved what I wanted but the future will be stronger. Thank you to the fans." Midfielder Van Thanh apologized to fans nationwide. Midfielder Duc Huy wrote: "The last match of the last tournament at the U23 level. I thank you and apologize!".

No convertibles when welcoming the Vietnamese Olympic team home

The U23 Vietnam team left Jakarta (Indonesia) this morning, September 2, and will join other members of the Vietnam Sports Delegation attending ASIAD 2018 by private plane straight to Noi Bai International Airport (Hanoi).

To honor the achievements of the Vietnamese Sports Delegation at the 2018 Asian Games held in Indonesia, including the feat of the Vietnamese Olympic team at the continent's most prestigious arena, and to meet the expectations of a large number of fans, the Voice of Vietnam in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism organized the program "Proud of Vietnam!" at My Dinh Stadium from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., September 2.

Learning from the welcoming ceremony for the Vietnam U23 team after their success at the U23 Asian Cup in early 2018, to shorten the time, coach Park Hang Seo and his team will travel by regular bus instead of an open-top car from the airport to My Dinh.

The plane carrying the members of the Vietnam Sports Delegation, including the Vietnam U23 team, is expected to arrive at Noi Bai Airport at 12:30. Upon landing at Noi Bai Airport, the delegation will be given a water cannon ceremony - a special ceremony in the aviation industry.

UAE captain: 'Vietnam is the top team in Asia'

“Vietnam had more chances than UAE today. They also played better than us. But that’s football, UAE won because they were more courageous,” the UAE captain shared after the match with Olympic Vietnam.

“I am very happy that today our team defeated Vietnam to win the bronze medal. Vietnam is a well-organized team with many quality players. In my opinion, this is a top team in Asia. However, the UAE Olympic team tried their best throughout the match. We may not have played beautifully, but in the end we got what we needed, which is the final victory,” said Maciej Skorża.

International press sympathizes with Vietnam's failure

The Vietnamese Olympic team could not defeat the UAE to win the bronze medal. However, the performance of Coach Park Hang Seo and his team on the field was written about in detail by the international press and websites, and there was some sharing of the sadness of that defeat.

On the Korean Hankookibo website, the author of the article reported in detail the match’s developments. At the end of the article, the author concluded that the defeat of the Vietnam Olympic Team was because “God of luck turned his back on the Vietnam Olympic Team”.

Also on another Korean online newspaper, Yohap quoted head coach Park Hang Seo as a way for Korean readers to better understand the defeat of Tien Dung and his teammates. Accordingly, the article quoted the affirmation, "Vietnam lost the bronze medal but will grow stronger in the future" - as a belief in the further success of the Vietnamese national teams in the future.

According to the author of the article on the AFC homepage, the defeat of the Vietnamese Olympic team was “a heartbreaking defeat”, because Park Hang Seo’s team played better and had more scoring opportunities. The article also detailed that the UAE goalkeeper had saved at least 5 obvious situations for the home team as evidence of the superiority of Park Hang Seo’s team in the 90 minutes of official play.