"I'm very sad that the whole team tried their best but couldn't get the best result. But this is football, everyone has to accept it," Khuat Van Khang shared after the match where U20 Vietnam lost to U20 Iran with a score of 1-3.
This defeat eliminated U20 Vietnam from the 2023 AFC U20 Championship finals. This is a regrettable result, as U20 Vietnam is only behind the 2 teams above in the head-to-head sub-indexes. Khuat Van Khang and his teammates defeated strong opponents U20 Australia and U20 Qatar and topped the table after 2 matches but could not maintain this position.
Khuat Van Khang scored but it was not enough to help U20 Vietnam enter the quarterfinals.
"This will definitely be a lesson for U20 Vietnam to try harder in the future. This will be something we will never forget. U20 Vietnam had the chance to enter the next round but things did not go as expected. In the future, we must try harder," Khuat Van Khang said.
The midfielder wearing the number 10 shirt is one of the best players of U20 Vietnam at the 2023 AFC U20 Championship finals. Khuat Van Khang was selected by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) as the best player of the first two matches.
In the match against U20 Iran, Khuat Van Khang scored the equalizer at the beginning of the second half. Before that, in the first half, the captain of U20 Vietnam had a beautiful free kick but the ball hit the post.
In addition to Khuat Van Khang, many other players of U20 Vietnam also had impressive performances. Overall, coach Hoang Anh Tuan and his team performed well in this tournament and can say goodbye to the tournament with their heads held high.
"The performance of U20 Vietnam in this tournament is not bad. We have potential players who can develop for the national team in the future, such as Van Binh, Nguyen Hoang, Quoc Viet, Van Truong Van Khang. Actually, we still have a gap with our opponents in this tournament, especially in this group. However, the excellent performance of the players is a sign for the future," coach Hoang Anh Tuan assessed.
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