U22 Philippines beat Indonesia, good news for U22 Vietnam

U22 Vietnam and Malaysia received good news when U22 Philippines unexpectedly defeated U22 Indonesia 1-0 in the second match of Group C men's football at SEA Games 2025 on the evening of December 8.

U22 Philippines team (blue shirt) surprisingly defeated U22 Indonesia - Photo: BOLA

In men's football at SEA Games 33, in addition to the top 3 teams, there is also the best second-place team that will qualify for the semi-finals.

In Group B, U22 Malaysia and Vietnam share the top two positions with 3 points each. However, U22 Malaysia is temporarily ranked above Vietnam thanks to winning more games against Laos. In the final round, U22 Vietnam will meet U22 Malaysia to decide the top position in the group and the ticket to the next round.

The winner will of course be the group leader and advance to the semi-finals. If the match ends in a draw, U22 Malaysia will advance as group leader.

At that time, U22 Vietnam ranked second with 4 points and will also certainly enter the semi-finals as the best second-place team.

Thus, U22 Malaysia and Vietnam only need a draw to advance.

The reason is that the second place team in groups A and C will definitely only have 3 points.

In Group C that just ended, U22 Philippines won all 2 matches, took first place and became the first team to enter the semi-finals of men's football at SEA Games 33.

Meanwhile, U22 Indonesia is temporarily ranked 2nd with 0 points, goal difference -1, above U22 Myanmar (0 points, goal difference -2). In the final match of Group C, U22 Indonesia and U22 Myanmar will face each other. The winning team will be ranked 2nd in the group with a maximum of 3 points.

Similarly in group A, because U23 Timor Leste defeated U22 Singapore, no team in this group will finish second with 4 points.

The second-placed teams in Group A and C can now only hope for a win or loss in the match between U22 Vietnam and Malaysia. If U22 Vietnam loses and finishes second in the group, the chance of advancing is very low because the goal difference of coach Kim Sang Sik and his team is less than or equal to 0.

In case U22 Malaysia loses and finishes second in Group B with 3 points, the goal difference is less than +3. U23 Malaysia still has many chances to advance to the semi-finals because of the good goal difference.

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/u22-philippines-thang-indonesia-tin-vui-cho-u22-viet-nam-20251208150258281.htm