Indonesian press criticizes home team for being monotonous and lacking creativity: Losing to U.23 Vietnam is right

Despite being expected to win the championship, U.23 Indonesia could not overcome the calm and solid tactics of U.23 Vietnam. Indonesian press pointed out the factors that caused the home team to fail, from uncreative playing style to basic mistakes.

U.23 Indonesia criticized

Vietnam U23 set a record of three consecutive championships in the Southeast Asian U23 tournament after winning 1-0 against Indonesia U23 in the final match at Gelora Bung Karno (Jakarta) on the evening of July 29.

The echoes of the match are still "hot" in the newspapers of the host country. The home page of the Indonesian sports newspaper, Bola.com, has an article with the title: "4 reasons why U.23 Indonesia lost to Vietnam in the final match of U.23 Southeast Asia 2025: Lack of composure, too monotonous".

U.23 Vietnam won the championship for the third consecutive time

This article stated that U.23 Indonesia was expected to play a strong offensive game and constantly put pressure on Vietnam. But despite having the upper hand and trying to score, in the end "U.23 Indonesia's goal was still torn apart by Vietnam, who played calmly, firmly and confidently".

The article pointed out 4 factors that caused Indonesia to lose: Lack of sharpness in finishing, monotonous playing style, basic mistakes, lack of creativity.

Home team lost to U.23 Vietnam, what did Indonesian press say?

Bola emphasized that despite having home field advantage, U.23 Indonesia appeared confused and made common basic mistakes. Short passes or through balls that should have been caught by teammates were easily blocked by the opponent.

Jens Raven (No. 21) of U.23 Indonesia created several dangerous opportunities but could not score.

PHOTO: Dong Nguyen Khang

CNN Indonesia's homepage on the night of July 29 was filled with articles about the final match results.

Evaluating the home team's performance in the final, CNN Indonesia expressed regret because "Indonesia had two consecutive chances in the middle of the first half, but both efforts by Jens Raven and Rayhan Hannan were blocked by Vietnam goalkeeper Trung Kien. Then, Vietnam took the lead against Indonesia with a score of 1-0 in the 37th minute thanks to a goal by Cong Phuong".

CNN Indonesia commented that overall the U.23 Indonesia team had many scoring opportunities but in the end still could not shake the Vietnamese net.

U.23 Vietnam returns home on July 30, preparing immediately for SEA Games 33

Fewest shots in the whole tournament

In another article, CNN Indonesia expressed regret that Indonesia's goal of winning the U.23 Southeast Asian Championship failed. Indonesia lost to Vietnam 0-1 in the final and, like two years ago, had to accept the runner-up position.

Antara news agency quoted PSSI President Erick Thohir as saying that the Indonesian U.23 team played their best despite failing to win the 2025 Southeast Asian U.23 Championship after being defeated 0-1 by U.23 Vietnam in the final match at home.

U.23 Indonesia had more shots than Vietnam but were stuck in finding a goal.

PHOTO: Dong Nguyen Khang

According to Antara , Indonesia only created 7 shots in the match on the evening of July 29. This is the lowest number of shots in all of Indonesia's matches at the Southeast Asian U.23 Championship, after averaging 17.25 shots per match in the previous four matches.

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Source: https://thanhnien.vn/bao-chi-indonesia-che-doi-nha-don-dieu-thieu-sang-tao-thua-u23-viet-nam-la-dung-185250730075343436.htm