After advancing from the group stage, the Vietnam U22 team will face the Philippines U22 team in the semi-finals of the men's football tournament at the 33rd SEA Games. The two teams rarely meet in the SEA Games. Vietnamese football representatives have an unbeaten record against the Philippines at the Southeast Asian Games .
History of confrontations between Vietnam U22 and Philippines U22 at the SEA Games
Since 2001, when men's football introduced age restrictions, the U22 and U23 teams of Vietnam and the Philippines have only met three times. Vietnam's U22 team won two matches and drew one. This is not surprising, as the Philippines' youth football is not highly regarded and has not participated in all previous SEA Games.
The first time a match between Vietnam and the Philippines appeared at the SEA Games was in 2011 in Myanmar. The Vietnam U23 team, featuring players like Nguyen Van Quyet and Le Hoang Thien, won 3-1. However, the team led by coach Falko Goetz faced many difficulties against their opponent's defensive style of play.
Vietnam U22 will face the Philippines in the semi-finals of the 33rd SEA Games.
It wasn't until 2017 that Vietnamese and Philippine football teams met again in this tournament. Nguyen Cong Phuong, Vu Van Thanh, Nguyen Van Toan, and Ho Tuan Tai scored to help the Vietnam U22 team win 4-0. Neither team advanced beyond the group stage that year.
The two teams' most recent encounter took place three years ago, at the 31st SEA Games hosted by Vietnam. The U22 Vietnam team – reinforced by three national team players Nguyen Hoang Duc, Do Hung Dung, and Nguyen Tien Linh – completely dominated their opponents and created numerous opportunities. However, coach Park Hang-seo's players failed to score and the match ended in a 0-0 draw.
The U22 Philippines team has never advanced beyond the group stage in the men's football tournament at the SEA Games before. However, the team has shown significant progress with its current squad. Before reaching the semi-finals of the 33rd SEA Games, this same U22 Philippines team had achieved similar progress at the Southeast Asian U23 Championship.
The Vietnam U23 team faced significant difficulties against the Philippines U23 team in the semi-final match held at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium (Jakarta, Indonesia). After conceding the first goal, the Vietnam U22 team turned the tide to win 2-1 thanks to goals from Nguyen Dinh Bac and Nguyen Xuan Bac.
Information about the U22 Vietnam vs U22 Philippines semi-final match.
The U22 Vietnam vs. U22 Philippines match in the semi-finals of the 33rd SEA Games will take place at 3:30 PM on December 15th at the Rajamangala Stadium (Bangkok, Thailand). The match will be broadcast live on theFPT Play system (including the FPT Play app, the website fptplay.vn, and the YouTube channel "FPT Bóng đá Việt").
Vietnam U22 advanced from the group stage as the top team in Group B. Coach Kim Sang-sik's team narrowly defeated Laos U22. However, in the decisive match against Malaysia U22 for the top spot, Vietnam U22 played significantly better and won 2-0.
The standout player for the Vietnam U22 team is Dinh Bac. The striker from Hanoi Police FC scored 3 goals and provided 2 assists for his teammates - contributing to 5 out of 6 goals scored by the Vietnam U22 team.
Meanwhile, the U22 Philippines also caused a surprise by becoming the first team to reach the semi-finals of the SEA Games 33. They defeated U22 Myanmar and U22 Indonesia with scores of 2-0 and 1-0 respectively. The U22 Philippines have not conceded a single goal.
Latest SEA Games 33 football schedule
Semifinal
3:30 PM: Vietnam U22 vs Philippines U22
8 PM: Thailand U22 vs Malaysia U22.
Source: https://baolangson.vn/lich-su-doi-dau-u22-viet-nam-va-philippines-o-sea-games-noi-dai-chuoi-bat-bai-5068076.html
Comment (0)