Vietnam's U23 football team defeats Thailand 1-0 in the final match to earn their AFF Youth Championship title on February 26. (Photo: VFF/VNA)Though many players contracted COVID-19 and most ofthem were new to the team, they all showed the Vietnamese courage and will andfought as brave warriors, President Phuc said in his message, adding they deserve the championship.
He asked the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) to continuedeveloping the younger generations of players, helping Vietnam gain ahigher position in the international stage.
In his message, PM Chinh called it a prideworthy victory. Theplayers have confronted numerous challenges due to the pandemic duringthe tournament, the PM noted, stressing that with the courage and bravery of Vietnamese andspirit of “golden star warriors”, the players and the coaches havesurmounted all these to bring joy and pride to their homeland.
It is a remarkable journey for Vietnam’s U23 football team at the AFF Youth Championship 2022 in Cambodia. (Photo: VNA) It was a remarkable journey for Vietnam’s U23 football teamat the AFF Youth Championship 2022 in Cambodia as they have not lost any matchin the tournament, scoring nine goals in total and managing to keep theirnet intact.
The team was in dire shortage of players after many playerstested positive for SARS-CoV-2, and reinforcements had to be called in./.
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