At the beginning of 2023, Vietnamese football was not really happy when it was considered a painful defeat to Thailand in the AFF Cup final on January 16.
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| Vietnamese football in 2023: U23 Vietnam won the championship in the Southeast Asian tournament. (Source: Vietnamnet) |
This failure makes the beautiful and very successful relationship between Coach Park Hang Seo and Vietnamese football not truly complete. Worth mentioning, in two consecutive AFF Cups, the Korean teacher's Vietnamese team stopped before the Thais.
After the above failure, in the tournament that is quite important for Vietnamese sports, SEA Games 32, Vietnamese football once again received bitter consequences when U22 Vietnam stopped in the semi-finals against U22 Indonesia.
Not being able to defend the gold medal at the region's largest sports conference was anticipated when U22 Vietnam brought to Cambodia a squad that was not the strongest, but the loss in the semi-finals to U22 Indonesia was extremely painful.
Losing painfully is what fans said about U22 Vietnam at that time, because new head coach Troussier's team played better for 30 minutes of the second half but in the end still let the opponent defeat with a score of 2-3.
Not long after, Vietnamese football once again suffered another defeat when it stopped in the group stage of Asiad 2023 in China. This is not a surprise given the fact that the squad participating in the continent's largest sports festival is mainly of a learning nature.
Unlike male players, women's football had a year that was considered a great success and left a strong mark on the international arena with their courageous performance in their first appearance at the 2023 Women's Football World Cup. despite being in a very heavy group.
Failure and stopping in the group stage is natural when the opponents include defending champion USA, runner-up Netherlands and Portugal, but what was shown on New Zealand-Australia (2 host countries) The girl of Vietnamese football makes everyone proud.
In addition, the Vietnamese women's team also had a beautiful farewell to coach Mai Duc Chung when they successfully defended the SEA Games gold medal for the fourth consecutive time, increasing the number of times they stood on the top podium to 4, a record. of the Southeast Asian Games.
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| Huynh Nhu, players of the Vietnamese women's team and coach Mai Duc Chung. (Source: FBCN) |
The year 2023 is not only fun for the girls, U23 Vietnam players with coach Hoang Anh Tuan as captain also promptly recovered by winning the U23 Southeast Asia championship after defeating U23 Indonesia on penalties in the match. final.
At the younger level, U20 Vietnam also under the guidance of coach Hoang Anh Tuan played well in the U20 Asian Finals despite being in the same group with representatives from stronger football backgrounds such as Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia. …
Only lacking a little luck did U20 Vietnam have to stop in the group stage despite being equal on points with the two leading teams.
At the club level, despite failing to stop in the AFC Champions League group stage, the performance of Vietnam's representative in this playground, Hanoi FC, is also considered a bright spot worthy of respect.
Two victories, including defeating defending champion Urawa Red Diamonds, led to the Japanese representative being eliminated from the group stage.
Bright spots from the girls of the Vietnamese women's team, the U23 Southeast Asia championship or some new young elements discovered under coach Troussier in the Vietnamese national team to help the country's King sport in 2023. a little less gloomy.
And these bright spots also add a little hope to Vietnamese football in the new year 2024 when participating in the Asian Cup, World Cup qualifiers or the U23 Asian Finals.
