U23 Vietnam had a brave match against U23 Korea in the match for a bronze medal at the 2026 AFC U23 Championship.
Coach Kim Sang-sik's team twice took the lead thanks to goals from Quoc Viet and Dinh Bac, but Dinh Bac's direct red card in the final minutes of the second half pushed U23 Vietnam into a one-man situation.
With the advantage of having more men, U23 Korea played aggressively in the remainder of the match and got a 2-2 equalizer in the last seconds of the match. Thereby forcing the match to enter extra time.
U23 Vietnam played bravely and tirelessly in 30 minutes of extra time to maintain the score of 2-2, dragging the match into a penalty shootout to decide the winner.
And on penalties, U23 Vietnam defeated U23 Korea with a score of 7-6. Striker Thanh Nhan was the one who had a clever finishing shot to bring home a bronze medal for U23 Vietnam.
Specifically, goalkeeper Hwang Jae-Yun of U23 Korea in all 6 penalty kicks scored by Van Khang, Minh Phuc, Quoc Cuong, Ngoc My, Nhat Minh and Xuan Bac all flew to the left corner in the direction of U23 Vietnam's shot.
In the 7th shot, U23 Korea player Bae Hyun-seo was blocked by goalkeeper Thanh Binh, U23 Vietnam was facing a great opportunity to decide the nerve-wracking penalty shootout.
Striker Thanh Nhan seemed to have observed all the previous ball-catching movements of the U23 South Korean goalkeeper. And in his decisive shot, he shot into the corner that the U23 South Korean goalkeeper had dropped 6 times before.
Goalkeeper Hwang Jae-Yun changed direction again, thereby being deceived by the U23 Vietnam striker and sadly watching U23 Vietnam win.
It is also quite commendable for Thanh Nhan, because in such an extremely important shot, it somewhat affected his psychology, but this striker still showed his bravery and cunning to be able to defeat the U23 Korean opponent with a cold and accurate finish.
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