2-0 win in the second leg of the semifinals… Director Park Hang-seo’s ‘Farewell Stage’ challenged to win
The Vietnam national soccer team led by coach Park Hang-seo (64) advanced to the final of the Southeast Asia World Cup by beating Indonesia led by Shin Tae-yong (53).
Coach Park seized the opportunity to part beautifully with Vietnam by winning the farewell stage.
Vietnam defeated Indonesia 2-0 with the performance of Nguyen Tien Linh, who scored multiple goals in the second leg of the 2022 Southeast Asian Football Federation (AFF) Mitsubishi Cup semi-final held at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi, Vietnam on the 9th.
After drawing 0-0 in the first leg, Vietnam beat Indonesia with a two-goal margin following combining the two games to advance to the final.
This tournament is called the ‘Southeast Asia World Cup’ and is a biennial tournament with the highest authority in the region.
In 2018, under the leadership of coach Park, Vietnam won the tournament.
With this victory, Park is only one step away from standing at the top of the tournament once once more.
Coach Park plans to end his 5-year partnership with Vietnam following this tournament.
Director Park’s ‘last opponent’ is either Malaysia or Thailand.
In the semi-final between the two teams, coach Kim Pan-gon’s Malaysia, who won the first leg 1-0, had the advantage.
Coach Park continued his superiority with 2 wins and 2 draws in the head-to-head match with coach Shin.
If you include the head-to-head matchups between the under-23 (U-23) national teams, coach Park is ahead with 3 wins and 2 draws.
On the other hand, ‘Shin Tae-yong’ Indonesia, who finished runner-up in the 2020 Suzuki Cup (now Mitsubishi Cup) just before, suffered a defeat in the semifinals in the second challenge.
Vietnam took the lead with striker Thien Linh’s goal in the third minute of the game.
Tien Linh, who received a long-range roving pass from the back in the penalty box following a contest, tasted the goal with a calm right-footed shot.
Vietnam, which was slightly ahead in the first half with 53%-47%, continued to take the lead in shooting (4-2) and effective shooting (2-0).
At the beginning of the second half, Vietnam began to attack, and in the second minute, Thien Linh shook the net once more and foresaw victory.
Tien Linh completed a multi-goal by redirecting a corner kick from the left side to his head.
Vietnam’s solid defense, which recorded six consecutive scoreless matches until this game, did not allow Indonesia a chance to do so until the end of the match.
Indonesia struggled from beginning to end, failing to record a single shot on target throughout the game, and had to accept defeat as they failed to take a single shot during the 5 minutes of extra time in the second half.
/yunhap news
