Schedule, live football SEA Games today 22.5: Vietnam determined to defend the gold medal

The men’s football medals of the 31st SEA Games will have their owners after today, May 22.

In the early game at 4 p.m., U.23 Indonesia will meet U.23 Malaysia to compete for the bronze medal in men’s football at the 31st SEA Games. From being a candidate for the championship, especially after the victory over Thailand in the group stage, Malaysia now has to compete for a bitter bronze medal and they won rated higher than its rival, Indonesia.

Meanwhile, Indonesia is very happy to win this bronze medal because in the last 3 SEA Games, they have twice stepped on the podium to receive the bronze medal from the organizers. Anyway, winning the last match is still a joy for the players before saying goodbye to a memorable SEA Games.

In the game that took place at 19:00, U.23 Vietnam will meet a great rival U.23 Thailand in the final of many predestined relationships and this deserves to be the derby of Southeast Asian football.

The journey to the final of the Thais was quite arduous when they “opened up” with a 1-2 loss to Malaysia. However, after that, they won the remaining 3 matches of the group stage to take the top spot in Group B before defeating the Indonesian candidate in the semi-finals with a goal in the first extra time.

Hope Hoang Duc will shine in the final independence

Meanwhile, the home team Vietnam goes slowly but surely. Although they only narrowly won Malaysia 1-0 after 120 minutes in the semi-finals, the home players have yet to concede a goal. In return, the attack only scored 6 goals after 5 matches and left many worries for the fans.

In terms of confrontation history, Vietnam has excelled in the last 5 years when winning all 4 matches against the Thais in all competitions, the most recent being 2 wins at AFF Cup 2022 in February this year.

U.23 Vietnam won U.23 Thailand at AFF Suzuki Cup 2022 King of England

Thais are very hungry for the gold medal in football when they are eliminated from the group stage SEA Games 30 in the Philippines, where Vietnamese players won the championship after beating Indonesia 3-0. Before that, Thailand won the men’s football in three consecutive SEA Games and was unmatched in achievement with 16 gold medals. However, at the moment, everything has turned around, U.23 Vietnam has played top-notch football but no team has ever conceded goalkeeper Van Toan.

Adding tens of thousands of spectators in the stands of My Dinh Stadium, Vietnam U.23 players are expected to overcome the Thai in the final to successfully defend the SEA Games men’s soccer championship, which that Vietnamese female players did at Cam Pha Stadium last night after also beating Thailand (with a score of 1-0).

After the match, the female striker who scored in the final Huynh Nhu wished the male players to win gold, and like her, all the fans wanted the same.