Recently, the U19 Vietnam team officially stopped in the group stage of the 2024 Southeast Asia U19 Championship, although there is still one more match ahead.
The disastrous 1-1 draw against U19 Myanmar and the 2-6 defeat against U19 Australia made coach Hua Hien Vinh and his team unable to achieve their goal. Notably, this is the 4th time in the last 5 tournaments that U19 Vietnam has been eliminated from the regional playground after the group stage.
Before U19, U16 Vietnam also disappointed fans at the U16 Southeast Asia 2024 tournament. Coach Tran Minh Chien and his team stopped in the semi-finals after losing 1-2 to U16 Thailand, thereby not being able to guarantee Defend your runner-up position.
But even in the third place match, the players also showed a tired face and lost 0-5 to the home team Indonesia.
Further, last April, U23 Vietnam came to the U23 Asian finals with many expectations. Coach Hoang Anh Tuan and his team passed the group stage, but stopped in the quarterfinals against an uncomfortable Iraq and the players' personal mistakes.
This result also caused U23 Vietnam to once again miss the opportunity to compete for tickets to the 2024 Paris Olympics. However, U23 Vietnam's performance at that time was acceptable, as they had a clear playing style and the brilliance of their team. a few individuals.
In addition to the declining performance of youth football, the picture of Vietnamese football is also bleaker when the national team continuously fails in major arenas.
At the Asian Cup finals (January 2024), the Vietnamese team then led by coach Troussier soon stopped in the group stage. Quang Hai and his teammates left empty-handed after losing all 3 matches against Japan, Indonesia and Iraq.
In the second qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup, the Vietnamese team once again disappointed fans. "Golden Star Warriors" lost 0-1 to Indonesia away from home, then continued to lose to this opponent with a score of 0-3 at My Dinh home field.
This result makes Vietnam no longer have a chance to win a ticket to the third qualifying round of the World Cup, and is also the "drop in the bucket" that makes coach Troussier leave Vietnamese football, making way for his successor, Mr. Kim Sang- sik.
Under the hands of the Korean strategist, the Vietnamese team won 3-2 against the Philippines and lost 1-3 against Iraq in the remaining two matches of the World Cup qualifiers. However, that is just the beginning and nothing can be evaluated yet.
After a long break, at the end of this year, the Vietnamese team will enter the AFF Cup 2024 journey. This is also the last tournament of the year for Quang Hai and his teammates to regain their image and trust from their shareholders. mobilize.
The Vietnamese team is once again in the same group as Indonesia, the Philippines, alongside Laos and Myanmar. In addition to the immediate goal of passing the group stage, a victory over Indonesia is also what Vietnamese audiences expect.
