What did coach Gong Oh-kyun say?

Live press conference U23 Vietnam vs Malaysia U23

End of press conference

– Hai Long player: My feeling is being surprised to be the man of the match, because I think there are many better players than me. I would like to dedicate this victory to the fans who have traveled from Vietnam to support as well as millions of fans across the country. We will do our best to not disappoint the fans in the upcoming matches.

– Hai Long player: The past time has been really difficult, because I rarely played. Today, being ranked by the coach as the main kick, I tried my best to repay the coach’s trust and have a starting position in the next matches.

– Coach Gong Oh-kyun: I think it’s not time to celebrate, it’s too early to celebrate. There are still many occasions to celebrate if the whole team goes far in the tournament. I don’t put too much emphasis on the players having to train hard or improve before the tournament, I need them to recover well to enter the tournament with the best fitness and performance.

– Coach Gong Oh-kyun: We have very good and even players, so it is difficult for the coach to choose the starting line-up. I just made the decision so that the whole team would go out on the field in the best shape.

– Coach Gong Oh-kyun: I’m always thinking about the next game and planning ahead of this one, so changing the five positions in midfield is to make sure the whole team is in the best shape possible for the players.

– Hai Long player: My feelings right now are very happy when the whole team wins to advance to the quarterfinals. U23 Vietnam will focus on the next match.

– Coach Gong Oh-kyun: Today’s match, U23 Vietnam had the first victory to enter the quarterfinals. I really appreciate the determination of the students. Many people congratulated our whole team, I really appreciate the contributions of the whole team, from VFF officials, VFF leaders who have facilitated the whole team to practice to team members such as members of the BHL, doctors, communication staff of the team.

– Coach Brad Maloney: We have just come back from SEA Games so the players have spent 6 weeks exhausted so all the players were not in their best shape in time.

– Coach Brad Maloney: I don’t understand why the referee showed the red card in that situation. I’ll be watching over the videotape of this match.

U23 Vietnam defeated U23 Malaysia with a score of 2-0 to win tickets to the quarterfinals U23 Asia 2022 with the second place in Group C. In the other match, U23 Korea won against Thailand U23 with a minimum score of 1-0, thereby winning the first place in the group.

U23 Vietnam entered the game actively before U23 Malaysia. Coach Gong Oh-kyun’s team holds the ball 65% and constantly presses on both sides. In the first 20 minutes, U23 Vietnam did not have many notable attacks because the midfield did not find a common voice.

However, when Thanh Nhan, Cong To or Hai Long caught up with the match, the difference came. In the 29th minute, Hai Long smartly pruned the ball with his left foot for Thanh Nhan to escape to the left border, before the HAGL midfielder threw a cross like he set for Nham Manh Dung to hit the Malaysian U23 net.

Video: Manh Dung’s goal

At the end of the first half, Manh Dung made a reasonable wall for Quang Nho to hit the target, causing the Malaysian U23 defender to let the ball touch his hand in the stooping phase. After 5 minutes of consulting VAR, the referee pointed at the 11m mark and drew a red card to disqualify the Malaysian U23 player.

On the 11m mark, Viet Anh did not win against the Malaysian U23 goalkeeper in the first phase, but in the back kick, the U23 captain of Vietnam completed the task to raise the score to 2-0. This is also the final result of the match.

After 4 years of waiting, U23 Vietnam has returned to the quarterfinals of U23 Asia.