Kim Sang-sik, the Korean-born head coach of the Vietnam males’s nationwide soccer group, celebrates his group’s win over Thailand within the ultimate of the Southeast Asian Video games at Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thursday (native time). Reuters-Yonhap
Korean head coach Kim Sang-sik has led Vietnam to their third males’s regional soccer title of the 12 months.
Vietnam’s under-23 facet defeated Thailand 3-2 for the boys’s soccer gold medal on the Southeast Asian Video games (SEA) at Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok on Thursday. After conceding the match’s first two targets, Vietnam stormed again with three unanswered markers, with Nguyen Thanh Nhan delivering the successful purpose in additional time.
This was Vietnam’s first SEA gold medal since 2021, after they had been coached by one other Korean-born tactician, Park Grasp-seo.
Throughout his five-year run with Vietnam, Park was celebrated as a nationwide hero for guiding the nation to large success. However Kim, who took the reins in Might 2024, pulled off one thing that even Park by no means achieved — successful three trophies in a single 12 months.
In January, Kim coached Vietnam’s senior group to the title on the ASEAN Championship. Six months later, Vietnam gained the ASEAN U-23 title.
Vietnam gamers have a good time after beating Thailand 3-2 for the boys’s soccer gold medal on the Southeast Asian Video games at Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thursday (native time). Reuters-Yonhap
On the SEA Video games, Vietnam beat Laos and Malaysia within the group stage earlier than knocking off the Philippines 2-0 within the semifinals.
Within the ultimate, Vietnam went down 2-0 within the first half, with the host nation’s Yotsakorn Burapha scoring a free kick purpose within the twentieth minute and Thai captain Seksan Ratree doubling their lead 11 minutes later.
Vietnam reduce the lead in half 4 minutes after the restart as skipper Nguyen Dinh Bac transformed the penalty he had earned when tripped up by goalkeeper Sorawat Phosaman within the space.
Vietnam pulled even on the hour mark because of Pham Ly Duc, and it set the stage for Nguyen Thanh Nhan’s extra-time heroics.
Based on the Voice of Vietnam web site, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh supplied his congratulations to the group, calling the run to the gold medal “a exceptional accomplishment.”
