On the evening of May 22, the final score was U23 Vietnam 1-0 Thailand, Vietnam successfully defended the gold medal in men’s football at the SEA Games.
Phan Tuan Tai assisted Nham Manh Dung to head in the 83rd minute, the only goal of the 31st SEA Games final. Thereby bringing the gold medal for U23 Vietnam.
The team of coach Park Hang-seo is the only team undefeated at SEA Games 31. This is the first time Vietnam has defeated Thailand in the final at SEA Games. Yesterday, the Vietnamese women’s soccer team also won the SEA Games.
U23 Thailand is the dominant team most of the time. Coach Alexandre Polking‘s team held the ball almost twice as much as U23 Vietnam in the first half but did not create many dangerous situations to threaten the home team’s goal.
In the second half, U23 Thailand was still overwhelming in the beginning but created few opportunities. U23 Vietnam played humbly, keeping strength, before bursting out in the last 20 minutes. Besides the two phases of Manh Dung, U23 Vietnam missed a series of other good situations.
Coach Park Hang-seo has sweet revenge on his colleague Polking. After the 31st SEA Games, Coach Park Hang-seo transferred the U23 Vietnam team to another coach.
Vietnamese people celebrated on the streets, despite the rainy weather.
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