Regretfully losing to Indonesia, Vietnam futsal team missed the Southeast Asian championship
Despite their best efforts, the Vietnamese futsal team still lost to Indonesia in the final match of the 2024 Southeast Asian futsal tournament.
On the evening of November 10, the Vietnamese futsal team faced Indonesia in the final match of the 2024 Southeast Asian futsal tournament.
Previously, both Vietnam and Indonesia had given the audience a shower of goals in the two semi-final matches. The Vietnamese futsal team showed their mettle and determination when they came from behind to win the match.beat Australia5-4.
Meanwhile, the Indonesian futsal team showed rapid progress when they defeated the host team Thailand in the semi-finals with a score of 5-1.
True to the nature of a final match, both the Vietnamese and Indonesian futsal teams entered the match extremely cautiously. However, Indonesia was still the better team with the advantage in terms of physical strength. In the first half, there were very few dangerous opportunities created by the Vietnamese players.
In the 8th minute, Indonesia opened the scoring. From a corner kick, the opponent had a smart combination and Syaifullah was the one who decisively finished to defeat goalkeeper Van Tu. The first half continued to be a draw. Despite being behind, the Vietnamese futsal team could not put pressure on the opponent when they showed impressive pressing ability.
In the second half, the Vietnamese futsal team controlled the ball and attacked more. However, many times key players had to lie on the field due to injuries. Going through 2 extra halves in the semi-final match with Australia made the Vietnamese futsal team players increasingly exhausted physically.
There were clear opportunities created but Thinh Phat and Chau Doan Phat could not take advantage. In the final minutes, the Vietnamese futsal team used power play (playing with 5 players, no goalkeeper) to try to find an equalizer. However, when they were advancing and leaving the goal open, the Vietnamese players lost the ball. Indonesia easily finished and raised the final score to 2-0 when the remaining time was only counted in seconds.
With this victory, the Indonesian team won the Southeast Asian futsal championship for the second time.
