Vietnam defeated Indonesia 3-0 to become the champion of the 30th SEA Games men’s football in the Philippines on December 10. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Media in Asia have given words of praises to coachPark Hang-seo and his Vietnam U22s disciples after they defeated Indonesia 3-0 tobecome the champion of the 30th SEA Games men’s football in the Philippines onDecember 10.
The Straits Times of Singapore highlighted the sixth time lucky for Vietnam asthey finally win men's football gold medal.
After losing five SEA Games football finals - 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2009 -Vietnam finally ended that unwanted record with a 3-0 win over Indonesia atManila's Rizal Memorial Stadium on December 10, the paper said.
The goals were scored by Doan Van Hau and Do Hung Dung.
Besides, Vietnamese female footballers won their sixth gold medal in theregional biggest regional sports event, including this year with a 1-0 win overThailand on December 8.
Meanwhile, China’s Xinhua news agency reported the win of Vietnam U22s overIndonesia, saying that both teams had already played each other once in thegroup stage with the Vietnamese making a come-back win at last minutes 2-1.
“However, the Golden Star Warriors gave the opponents no chance to take thelead this time” with the goal opened by Doan Van Hau in the 40th minute, Xinhuasaid.
The Vietnamese side doubled its lead as captain Do Hung Dung fired a shotinside the penalty area in 59th minutes, and 14 minutes later, fromNguyen Hoang Duc’s free-kick flapped away by Indonesian keeper, Doan Van Hautapped the ball in the net to score his second and make a 3-0 lead for Vietnam.
Fox Sports Asia’s website highlighted Vietnam’s win against Indonesia.
In the Republic of Korea, Sport Seoul newspaper posted an article on VietnamU22s’ victory, hailing the team’s development with assistance from coach ParkHang-seo.
SBS TV ran video clips of the gold medal match between Vietnam and Indonesia.
The final SEA Game men’s football match also drew attention from netcitizens inthe RoK. At 10:58 pm of December 10 (RoK time), key word “Vietnam Indonesia”ranked first on Naver, the RoK’s biggest news portal with more than 28,000visits each day.
Besides, other words like “Vietnam football final”, “Sport TV” or “ParkHang-seo” were among top 10 key words searched at that time./.
VNA
