Today (8.2), on his personal page, striker Nguyen Tien Linh posted a picture of the ASEAN Cup 2024 gold medal hand -held in a solemn souvenir box.
The Gold Medal of the 2024 Southeast Asian Championship was in front of the yellow border and then the red border circle and in the middle of the cup printing and the logo of the tournament.
The red border engraved two stars and the word "Champions (champion)" in English.
Although the Vietnamese team won the ASEAN Cup 2024 in early January 2025, until now Tien Linh has just held the gold medal because he is the only case of a medal confusion.
After the ASEAN Cup Organizing Committee awarded 37 gold medals to Vietnam at the awards ceremony after the second leg of Thailand victory on 5.1, striker Tien Linh posted a picture of a medal in the cup in the dressing room Rajamangala.
Fans quickly noticed the unusual. On the medal of Tien Linh, write the word "Runners -up" - the words on the silver medal instead of "champion" in English.
After checking, the 28 -year -old striker informed the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), thanks to contact with the Organizing Committee to exchange medals.
Receiving the information, the ASEAN Cup 2024 Organizing Committee apologized and quickly sent the gold medal to the Vietnamese striker.
In the last tournament, Tien Linh scored 4 goals, ranked second in the list of "top scorer" along with 3 players Patrik Gustavsson, Suphanat Mueanta (Thailand) and Shawal Anuar (Singapore).
The striker of the Binh Duong Club belongs to the group of 5 Vietnamese players who won the ASEAN Cup twice (formerly the AFF Cup) in 2018 and 2024. The other four are defender Bui Tien Dung, Do Duy Duy Dung, Manh, midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai and striker Nguyen Van Toan
