Vietnam futsal team wins bronze medal at 31st SEA Games

Under pressure to win, the Thai futsal team rushed to attack right after the opening whistle in the match against Vietnam futsal team. They soon got what they needed with the opening goal, Osamanmusa launched a decisive cross-angle shot and knocked down goalkeeper Ho Van Y to bring the advantage to the visitors. This ball made the calculation of the Vietnamese futsal team to change. The red shirt team tried to control the ball more and organize many stops. However, the Thai futsal team showed danger when Peerapat hit the ball dangerously to increase the score to 2-0 in the 10th minute. At the end of the first half, Vietnam futsal team played hard but could not get an equalizer. .

Entering the second half, the pace of the match continued to be pushed up. Vietnam futsal team seems to have regained their confidence and can hold the ball against Thailand futsal team. We created many dangerous opportunities but the players were unlucky in the last situations to get a goal. In the last 6 minutes, Vietnam futsal team applied a power-play strategy and pushed Thailand’s futsal team back deep into the home field. But that effort is not enough for us to win back 1 point from the opponent. Thus, the Vietnamese futsal team won the bronze medal in the men’s futsal at the 31st SEA Games.

After the match, coach Pham Minh Giang said: “We didn’t play confidently in the first half, we improved our mentality at the break and played well in the second half. Unfortunately, there were no goals so the players did not have a chance to play. In the 2nd half you can play with confidence, but in the 1st half you can’t do that. I think Thailand is really a strong team, the contact and nature is really good. quite a lot more.”

Winning the gold medal, the head coach of the Thai futsal team, Mr. Carlos Cesar, said: “I am really happy, for the Thai people, this is a very important match. I am happy for the players and stick together. In the past 3 months, the Vietnamese team had problems in attack. My players were able to experience how different it feels to play in a final.”

A series of photos of the Men’s Futsal Award Ceremony at the 31st SEA Games:

The delegates directly attended the award ceremony, presented flowers, Sao La mascot and medals of the Congress to the three medal winning teams, including Mr. Mai Tien Dung – Former Member of the Party Central Committee, Former Chairman, Minister of Culture Government Office; Mr. Truong Quoc Huy – Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee, Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Ha Nam Province; Mr. Tran Xuan Duong – Provincial Member, Vice Chairman of Ha Nam Provincial People’s Committee, Mr. Tran Quoc Tuan – Acting President of Vietnam Football Federation, Mr. Cao Van Chong – Vice Chairman of Vietnam Football Federation and Mr. Mr. Mai Thanh Chung – Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Deputy Head of the Futsal Organizing Committee of the Southeast Asian Games.

Mr. Mai Thanh Chung – Representative of the Organizing Committee presented gifts from the sponsor of the Southeast Asian Games to the South Vietnamese Futsal team.

The Vietnamese futsal team won the bronze medal after unsuccessful efforts.

The Thai team won the gold medal.

Silver medal belongs to the Indonesian Futsal team.

Photo: To Quoc An.

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