Vietnam, Soha.vn, accused the Indonesian U-20 National Team and the Thai U-20 National Team of preventing the Vietnamese U-20 National Team from qualifying for the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup and the Thai U-20 National Team from winning the last qualifying match. for the 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup. In last night's match, Indonesia U-20 drew 1-1 against Yemen U-20 in the last match of Group F of the 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup Qualifiers. Group F champions, and qualified for the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup. Meanwhile, Thailand U-20 lost 0-1 to Iraq U-20 on the last day of Group H. Despite losing, Thailand U-20 still qualified for the 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup because of its best record as runner-up.
The two results above are practically detrimental to the Vietnam U-20 national team which hopes to qualify through the top five finalists. For information, Vietnam U-20 lost 0-1 to Syria U-20 on the last day of Group A.
This defeat made Nguyen Cong Phuong and his friends finish in second place in Group A. Initially, the Vietnam U-20 national team was in third place, behind Yemen U-20 who collected seven points, and Thailand U-20 (six points). Thailand U-20 and Vietnam U-20 have six points, but the Young War Elephants - Thailand U-20 - are superior in goal difference, +17 to +5. Unfortunately for Vietnam U-20, this third position did not last until the end, because they continued to slump until they only occupied sixth place in the final top ranking standings.
Vietnam's U-20 national team was surpassed by Kyrgyzstan U-20 and Australia U-20 who collected seven points, and Jordan U-20 with six points and a goal difference of +8. Soha .vn also regretted the negative results obtained by the Indonesian U-20 and Thailand U-20 teams in the last match. If only the Indonesian U-20 and Thailand U-20 national teams had won both, then Vietnam U-20 would have qualified for the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup. Without a win, Indonesia and Thailand pushed Vietnam's ranking, Soha wrote in the title of the article they wrote.
“It is a pity that coach Hua Hien Vinh (Vietnam U-20 coach) and his team cannot decide their own fate,” concluded Soha in frustration, believing that the draw against Syria U-20 would have qualified them for the final round.
Source: cnnindonesia.com
