U.17 Vietnam wins ticket to 2025 Asian Finals

It can be said that the achievements of U.17 Vietnam are thanks to the "contribution" of U.17 Myanmar. Specifically, because U.17 Lebanon withdrew from the tournament, Group H only has 3 teams, so to ensure fairness, the achievements of the second-placed teams are only counted with the third-placed team and the first-placed team. Therefore, if U.17 Myanmar could not defeat U.17 Kyrgyzstan in the last round and keep the third place of the Central Asian team, U.17 Vietnam would likely have been eliminated. Because at that time, the score of coach Cristian Roland and his team on the ranking of the second-placed teams with good achievements was only 2 points because we were held to a draw by U.17 Kyrgyzstan in the first round. However, before the match with U.17 Yemen took place, U.17 Vietnam received good news when U.17 Myanmar unexpectedly defeated U.17 Kyrgyzstan 2-1.

U.17 Vietnam (6) played resiliently to win a place in the final round.

In the match against U.17 Yemen, Coach Roland made 2 substitutions compared to the match against U.17 Myanmar. Specifically, Hoang Khanh and Van Duong gave way to Nguyen Luc and Anh Kiet. In terms of playing style, U.17 VN deployed a ball control style, actively passing the ball short and sometimes making long diagonal passes to change the direction of attack. The game that Coach Roland's students created in the first half was relatively stable. However, mistakes happened. In the 12th minute, U.17 VN lost the ball in the middle of the field, the ball was immediately passed to striker Abdulatef of U.17 Yemen. In a face-to-face situation with the goalkeeper, this striker did not make any mistakes to open the score of the match.

It can be clearly seen that the 2-0 victory over U.17 Myanmar in the second match has significantly improved the spirit of U.17 Vietnam. After conceding a goal against U.17 Yemen, our young players still played confidently and scored an equalizer. From the continuous pressing, U.17 Vietnam was awarded a free kick on the right wing. From this set piece situation, center back Le Huy Viet Anh took advantage of the opportunity with the ball at his feet and fired a close-range shot to equalize 1-1 for U.17 Vietnam.

In the second half, U.17 Vietnam still maintained a controlling style of play when holding the ball more than U.17 Yemen. In defense, Viet Anh and his teammates no longer made mistakes. Therefore, goalkeeper Hoa Xuan Tin's net remained intact in the remaining 45 minutes. On the other hand, U.17 Yemen did not show much determination because 1 point was enough for them to take the top spot in the group and get a direct ticket to the 2025 U.17 Asian Cup. The closer the match got to the final minutes, the slower the two teams played to avoid making mistakes. In the end, U.17 Vietnam drew 1-1 with U.17 Yemen and ranked 2nd in Group I with 5 points. This result helped U.17 Vietnam rank above at least 8 other second-placed teams in the 2025 U.17 Asian Cup qualifiers and qualify for the finals. According to the tournament rules, the 10 group winners and the five best second-placed teams will qualify for Saudi Arabia next year.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/u17-viet-nam-gianh-ve-du-vck-chau-a-2025-185241027222642023.htm