Southeast Asian fans' reactions after U23 Vietnam defeated U23 Singapore

"Singapore maintained good discipline, the defense played solidly but unfortunately conceded a goal at the end of the match.

On the contrary, U23 Vietnam finished very poorly in this match and they were lucky to win," Singaporean account Neptune Eve commented on Asean Football page after witnessing U23 Vietnam defeat U23 Singapore with a score of 1-0 in the second match of the 2026 U23 Asian qualifiers held at Viet Tri Stadium ( Phu Tho ) on the evening of September 6.

Phản ứng của CĐV Đông Nam Á sau khi U23 Việt Nam đánh bại U23 Singapore - 1 — U23 Vietnam had many shots throughout the match against U23 Singapore but only scored 1 goal (Photo: Do Minh Quan).

In this match, U23 Vietnam created dozens of dangerous opportunities in front of Singapore's goal. In particular, two players Le Viktor and Thanh Nhan hit the crossbar and the post twice in the two halves of the match.

Strikers like Dinh Bac, Quoc Viet, Thanh Nhan, Viktor Le all appeared to be quite hasty and impatient in their final shots. Fortunately, coach Kim Sang Sik's team also scored a goal in the 79th minute thanks to a header by Van Thuan.

This goal gives U23 Vietnam a big advantage in the final round when they are ranked above U23 Yemen thanks to a better goal difference and only need a draw for coach Kim Sang Sik and his team to win a ticket to the 2026 AFC U23 Championship finals in Saudi Arabia.

However, many Southeast Asian fans believe that the victory of U23 Vietnam is not really convincing, especially the finishing needs to be improved a lot if they want to defeat U23 Yemen.

"Vietnam U23 kept the ball at their feet throughout the match. But their finishing was terrible. Luckily for Vietnam U23 they scored the final goal," said Rice from the Philippines.

"Congratulations to U23 Vietnam. You guys have tried very hard. You just need to improve your finishing in the upcoming matches," commented Hahap Glup from Indonesia.

"It's youth football so young players seem to be very hasty and impatient in finishing. U23 Vietnam just needs to improve their mentality and be more confident to play better," Natipong Chatchai, a Thai account, also spoke up.

"The captain of U23 Singapore spent the entire match playing on their home field. They did not dare to attack, only knew how to defend passively. Is this the future of Singapore football?", Singaporean account Gazz Mosssino commented in disappointment.

"U23 Vietnam's finishing is too poor. Playing football is like playing chess (both Chinese chess and Chinese chess), you have to know how to play the endgame. The purpose of playing chess is to bring the game to an end to win, so if you play football without knowing how to finish, how can you win?!", Doan Van Duong, an account from Vietnam, affirmed.