U23 Vietnam won big, coach Kim Sang Sik is not concerned about the opponent in the semi-finals

(Dan Tri) - U23 Vietnam defeated U3 Laos 3-0, thereby leading Group B of the 2025 Southeast Asian U23 tournament. This victory also almost helped coach Kim Sang Sik's team put one foot in the semi-finals.

Big win over U23 Laos, U23 Vietnam has a wide open door to the semi-finals of the Southeast Asian tournament

After the match with U23 Laos tonight (July 19), coach Kim Sang Sik said: "The most important thing in U23 Vietnam's victory over U23 Laos is that we maintained a balance in defense and attack. U23 Vietnam controlled the game and preserved the results."

Coach Kim Sang Sik praised the U23 Vietnam players (Photo: VFF).

“For me, it doesn’t matter which player scores for U23 Vietnam, what matters is that the whole team wins. Anyway, I congratulate center back Nguyen Hieu Minh for his impressive performance and his double today,” coach Kim Sang Sik added.

With a 3-0 victory over U23 Laos, U23 Vietnam leads Group B with 3 points. Coach Kim Sang Sik's team is two points ahead of Laos and Cambodia. On July 22, U23 Vietnam will face U23 Cambodia.

Just need to draw with the young team from the land of pagodas, U23 Vietnam will win the first place in Group B and get a ticket to the semi-finals. This is not a difficult task for U23 Vietnam.

U23 Vietnam defeated U23 Laos (Photo: VFF).

Coach Kim Sang Sik shared: “We have only played one match in this year’s tournament. I am not thinking too far ahead yet, but only focusing on showing the right tactics and my ability in the next matches.”

“I don’t care who my opponent is in the semi-finals. I know U23 Indonesia is very strong, they are well organized. However, with the U23 Vietnam team at this time, our job is to solve each match one by one,” said the Korean coach of the U23 Vietnam team.

According to the bracket of the 2025 Southeast Asian U23 tournament, the top team of Group B will face the second team of Group A or the first team of Group C in the semi-finals. With the balance of power of the groups and what has happened, it is not impossible that the opponent of U23 Vietnam in the semi-finals will be U23 Philippines. This team will most likely be second in Group A.

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