Losing to Thailand, Vietnam U19 women's team captain disappointed with "sad hat-trick"

(NLDO) - Vietnam's U19 women's team lost 1-3 to Thailand and could not retain the championship title at home. Notably, captain Hoang Van finished second for the third time in this tournament.

Vietnam U19 women have home field advantage against Thailand in the final of the 2025 Southeast Asian U19 women's championship

However, the Vietnamese women's U19 team was pressured by their opponents from the start and conceded a goal in the 26th minute. From a defensive mistake, Rinyaphat opened the score for Thailand.

After that, the captain of the U19 women's team of Vietnam, Luu Hoang Van and his teammates tried hard but could not create many opportunities on the opponent's goal. The first half ended with a 1-0 advantage in favor of the away team.

In the second half, Thuy Nga equalized 1-1 from the penalty spot, bringing the match back to the starting line.

Before that, Hoang Van tried to enter the penalty area and was fouled, bringing a penalty.

However, that was also an honorary goal for the Vietnam U19 women's team when the opponent scored 2 more goals after that and won 3-1.

This defeat caused the U19 women's team of Vietnam to finish second in the tournament for the fourth consecutive time and lose to Thailand for the third time.

Notably, the leading scorer of the Vietnam U19 women's team, and captain Luu Hoang Van, finished second in the tournament for the third consecutive time. In the previous two tournaments, the Ha Nam Club striker was in the top scorer of the tournament. In 2022, she was only 1 goal behind the top scorer Ngoc Minh Chuyen.

By the 2023 season, she continued to rank 2nd in the list of Vietnamese goalscorers, after Minh Chuyen - who shared the title of top scorer with a Thai player. Hoang Van also scored 5 goals in this tournament, 1 goal less than the top scorer and finished second for the third time in the tournament despite playing hard and determinedly.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/thua-tuyen-thai-lan-doi-truong-u19-nu-viet-nam-that-vong-voi-hat-trick-buon-196250618220330904.htm