Vietnam won bronze medal at U19 Southeast Asian Championship

Coach Hoang Anh Tuan and his team defeated East Timor 4-0, finishing third overall in the tournament held at home.

In the group stage, Vietnam easily crushed East Timor 4-1. And when they met again in the third-place match on the afternoon of September 24, coach Hoang Anh Tuan and his team won even more impressively, still scoring four goals but keeping a clean sheet.

The bronze medal is a consolation prize for Vietnam before leaving for the U19 Asian tournament in Bahrain.

Vietnam played completely better, easily defeating East Timor.

Coach Hoang Anh Tuan made a series of personnel changes compared to the losing match.Australia2-5 in the semi-finals. As a result, three players who had to be on the bench in the previous match, Tran Thanh (minute 24), Duc Chinh (minute 28) and Thanh Hau (minute 45), were the ones to score, helping Vietnam lead 3-0 in the first half.

At the beginning of the second half, the match was interrupted for 15 minutes due to heavy rain in Hanoi. The Hang Day stadium was soaked, making the performance of coach Hoang Anh Tuan and his team much less effective than in the first half. However, when there were only two minutes left in the official match time, the home team scored another goal thanks to Anh Ty, with a powerful long-range shot.

Vietnam beat East Timor 4-0 to win the bronze medal of the U19 Southeast Asian Championship. This result did not satisfy coach Hoang Anh Tuan and his team, because their goal was the championship. In the last three years, Vietnam has been runner-up, but those tournaments did not include Australia, the opponent that coach Hoang Anh Tuan and his team lost 2-5 to in the semi-finals.

In the U19 Southeast Asian tournament, Vietnam did not have the strongest squad because some players were busy competing in the V-League. In the coming time, Coach Hoang Anh Tuan will add personnel and continue to train the team to prepare for the U19 Asian tournament. The tournament will take place in Bahrain from October 13 to October 30. Vietnam is in Group B with North Korea, UAE and Iraq.

According to VNE