Indonesian media praises U17 Vietnam, calling their efforts worthy of recognition

In the final match of Group B of the U17 Asia, U17 Vietnam led UAE until the 87th minute but unfortunately had to equalize. This result caused coach Cristiano Roland and his team to miss out on a World Cup ticket and finish bottom of the group.

Indonesian media commented: "Vietnam U17 was unlucky in the final stage of the group stage and almost made history. They could have followed Indonesia U17 to win a ticket to the 2025 U17 World Cup in Qatar."

On the evening of April 10, U17 Vietnam was held to a draw by U17 UAE and had to stand at the bottom of the table with only 3 points. Before that, coach Cristiano Roland and his team held both U17 Australia and U17 Japan to a 1-1 draw in the group considered "death". Closing the group stage, U17 Vietnam lost the chance to make history, U17 Japan and U17 UAE won the right to enter the quarterfinals and at the same time got tickets to the U17 World Cup 2025.

Although they could not win a ticket to the U17 World Cup, Bola newspaper assessed that U17 Vietnam still had an impressive performance at the 2025 U17 Asian Cup. The journey of the "Golden Star Warriors" deserves recognition when they played resiliently from the first match against Australia to draw, then to Japan and almost won against UAE.

As for Indonesia, the young team of this country has already qualified for the World Cup from the second match and ended the group stage with a perfect record. In the final round, U17 Indonesia won 2-0 against Afghanistan, in the two previous matches, they won 1-0 against South Korea and 4-1 against Yemen.

Thereby, U17 Indonesia won the top spot in the group with 9 points, together with the second place team U17 Korea entered the quarterfinals, and at the same time participated in the U17 World Cup.

In addition, the UAE media also expressed pride when the home team successfully held the U17 Vietnam team to a draw, winning a ticket to the World Cup after a difficult time. The Emegypt newspaper affirmed that the home team's holding the U17 Vietnam team to a draw, successfully winning a ticket to the World Cup was an "incredible achievement".

The newspaper also admitted that the West Asian team had a very difficult match against U17 Vietnam, having to wait until the 87th minute to score an equalizer.

In the quarter-finals of the U17 Asia, the two teams from Group B will advance to face U17 UAE, while U17 Japan will face host U17 Saudi Arabia.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/truyen-thong-indonesia-khen-u17-viet-nam-goi-no-luc-xung-dang-duoc-ghi-nhan-196250411143542485.htm