Why did the teacher and coach Gong Oh Kyun not celebrate when he won Malaysia U23?

U23 Vietnam won a convincing 2-0 victory over U23 Malaysia on the evening of June 8 to win tickets to the quarterfinals of U23 Asia 2022, but coach Gong Oh Kyun’s teachers and students were not in a hurry to celebrate.

2 goals help U23 Vietnam beat Malaysia U23 (source: FPT):

After the match, the thought that the U23 players in Vietnam would celebrate enthusiastically, but the reality is completely opposite. The players kept a calm, less smiling face (Photo: Hai Tu)

The Vietnamese U23 players seemed to have predicted today’s results, so it was not too surprising. The players on the field only shook hands with each other and the opponent (Photo: Hai Tu)

In the press conference room, coach Gong Oh-kyun revealed that the Vietnamese U23 players did not celebrate because they all understood that this was not the last match of the team. The players know the team has matches ahead and will save it for later (Photo: Hai Tu)

The players in the technical area also have similar expressions (Photo: Hai Tu)

Coach Gong Oh-kyun still kept his smiling face like in previous matches. He greeted and encouraged the Malaysian U23 members (Photo: Hai Tu)

U23 Vietnam took pictures with fans. The cheers from a small group of fans gave the whole team a great boost in the group stage journey (Photo: Hai Tu)

U23 Vietnam controlled the game well against U23 Malaysia and took the lead in the 28th minute thanks to Nham Manh Dung (Photo: Hai Tu)

This is Manh Dung’s first goal at AFC U23 Championship 2022. Dung’s last two goals for U23 Vietnam were headers (Photo: Hai Tu)

In the 8th minute of injury time in the first half, Bui Hoang Viet Anh scored the second goal. He failed to beat the Malaysian U23 goalkeeper in the penalty spot, but he still managed to score a goal. Along with that, a Malaysian U23 player had to receive a red card, making the match considered as arranged. U23 Vietnam finished second in Group C, behind U23 Korea and will face the first team of Group D in the quarterfinals (Photo: Hai Tu)