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Vietnam beat Indonesia on penalty shootout to win AFF U23 Championship

By Hoang Nguyen       AUG. 26, 2023

Vietnam defended their AFF U23 Championship title with a 6-5 victory against Indonesia in penalty shootout in Rayong Stadium Saturday night.

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  • Vietnam are the champions!

    Thai Ba Dat buried it into the right corner and it's game over. Vietnam are the winner of the 2023 AFF U23 Championship after the intense penalty shootout!

  • Vietnam keeper saved a penalty

    Keeper Ari couldn't convert the penalty as it was blocked by keeper Van Chuan. Vietnam are only one accurate penalty away from the title.

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    Keeper Van Chuan made a decisive save for Vietnam in the penalty shootout. Photo by Lam Thoa

  • This time, Van Chuan guessed the direction correctly but could not catch Sananta's shot. Then Luong Duy Cuong beat keeper Ari with a shot to the left corner. The score is 5-5 now.

  • Sroyer continued to trick Van Chuan with a shot to the right corner. Tran Nam Hai then finished into the top left corner to equalize 4-4.

  • Frengky Missa tricked keeper Van Chuan to make it 3-2 for Indonesia and Vo Nguyen Hoang made it 3-3 for Vietnam.

  • Arkhan Fikri got the second penalty right for Indonesia and Dinh Xuan Tien made it 2-2 for Vietnam on the spot.

  • Nguyen Duc Viet scored the first penalty for Vietnam. 1-1.

  • 121'

    Dewangga took the first penalty for Indonesia and he succeeded.

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    Penalties incoming

    After 120 minutes without a goal, the game will be decided by the penalty shootout.

  • 120'

    Three minutes are added to the second half of extra time, then the game will enter the penalty shootout if no goal is scored.

After winning two group stage matches, defeating Laos 4-1 and Philippines 1-0, Vietnam entered the semifinals and thrashed Malaysia 4-1.

Shin Tae-yong's team advanced to the semifinals as the best second-placed team. But in the semifinal, they were dominating hosts Thailand and winning 3-1. Thailand beat Malaysia to win the bronze medal in an earlier match on Saturday.

In this title clash, Vietnam will be eyeing revenge for their SEA Games semifinal loss to Indonesia in May.

 
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