On the evening of September 6, U23 Vietnam won a thrilling 1-0 victory over U23 Singapore in the second match of Group C of the 2026 U23 Asian qualifiers, thanks to a header from Van Thuan in the 79th minute. In extra time, the opponent also had to play with one less player after captain Amir Rashid received an indirect red card.
After the match, coach Kim Sang-sik expressed his satisfaction: "Today's match did not have many goals and there was not much to say.
Viet Tri Stadium has many spectators and I feel very happy about that. Everyone can see that U23 Vietnam had many opportunities but the goalkeeper of U23 Singapore played very well. So we will try to improve in finishing."
The Korean coach also looks forward to the decisive match against U23 Yemen: "We will carefully analyze and prepare for the match against U23 Yemen. With the quality of the current team, I am confident that the team can win against them.
U23 Yemen's defense is very good, but U23 Vietnam has players with good speed to exploit the space behind them and this could be the key point in the upcoming match".
On the other hand, coach Firdaus Kassim of Singapore U23 admitted: Compared to U23 Yemen, U23 Vietnam is a stronger team. The U23 Vietnam players are very high quality.
In this match, we had more difficulties than Yemen. I emphasize that my players are all very young and the goal is to compete to improve their skills".
With this victory, U23 Vietnam rose to the top of Group C with 6 points like U23 Yemen but with a better goal difference, thereby gaining a big advantage before the decisive match for the place in the final round.
