diaCRITICS News: Vietnam wins Silver at the 2018 AFC U-23 Championships

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For those few who have not been following Vietnam’s soccer team at the 2018 AFC U-23 Championships, the team came in a historic second last Saturday, January 27, 2017. Their phenomenal performances lifted Vietnam’s morale and enthused the country’s fans and non-fans alike in ASEAN countries and elsewhere.

■ Vietnam loses to Uzbekistan in AFC U-23 Championship.

■ “I feel sad, but we are proud of what we have achieved.” Also, the team can be proud that their team won the AFC U23 Championship 2018 Fair Play award.

■ VN Express interviews Korean coach Park Hang-seo who is credited for the team’s success.

■ Vietnam’s qualifying into the final meant “Vietnam have erased any semblance of the inferiority complex that ASEAN teams have had.”

■ Vietnam’s 4-3 win over Qatar in AFC U23 Championship semifinal marked a new chapter for Vietnam’s soccer.

■ The Vietnamese soccer team made “ASEAN football very proud.”

YAY Vietnam!
RP

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