DEFEAT The Vietnam U-16 national team from the U-16 Indonesian national team made the Vietnam U-16 coach, Nguyen Quoc Tuan, to bring up the tournament AFF U-19 Cup 2022. Actually, what does it say?
Vietnam coach Nguyen Quoc Tan said that the success of the U-16 Indonesian national team in qualifying for the semifinals brought back the face of Indonesia on the Southeast Asian stage.
Nguyen Quoc Tan mentions the victory of the U-16 Indonesia National Team with a score of 2-1 over the U-16 Vietnam National Team in the last match of Group A AFF U-16 Cup 2022 pay for the failure of the U-19 national team in the 2022 AFF U-19 Cup.
Different fates did occur for the U-16 Indonesian National Team and the U-19 Indonesian National Team. If the Indonesian U-16 national team managed to qualify for the semifinals, it would not be the case for Indonesia U-19 at the beginning of last July in the 2022 AFF U-19 Cup.
Shin Tae-yong’s team at that time failed to qualify for the semifinals amid controversy and allegations of “playing soap” between the Thailand U-19 national team and the U-19 Vietnam national team.
In the last match of Group A at that time, the Indonesian U-19 national team won a big victory over Myanmar U-19 with a score of 5-1. This made them collect 11 points, equalizing points belonging to Vietnam and Thailand.
However, despite having the highest number of goal difference in the group, they are still behind Thailand U-19 and Vietnam U-19. This is due to the AFF regulations which prioritize head-to-head rather than goal difference.
The Vietnam U-16 coach before the match said that the Indonesia U-16 national team was currently in a state full of ambition to avenge the incident. They can also prove it by winning against their team.
“Perhaps after the defeat in AFF U-19 Cup 2022, Indonesia has been trying hard to restore their face. What the U-16 Indonesian National Team has shown in this tournament is proof of that,” said Nguyen Quoc Tuan at a press conference after the match, quoted on the Baomoi website.
From these results, it seems that they are taking turns, now Vietnam is the one who is making it difficult to reach the semifinals. Their chances are getting slimmer and depend on the final result of the match in the other group.
“As for the Vietnam U-16 national team, the team will play better if they enter the semifinals,” continued Nguyen Quoc Tuan seeing the small possibility.
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