The 2022 SEA Games football semi-finals are here, get dates, kick-off times, a preview, & more right here as hosts Vietnam aim to lớn retain their title at home under coach Park Hang-seo.
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To say that the Vietnamese are football crazy is a bit of an understatement.
On any given Saturday you can watch as many games from the big European leagues as you can in Europe và it"s common to see people knocking about in Barcelona, Real Madrid, Liverpool, PSG, & Borussia Dortmund shirts.
The passion for the trò chơi is real over here, and now they have both a men"s and a women"s team to be proud of.
The men have had a sustained period of success under South Korean coach Park Hang-seo with a golden generation that has the entire nation on board.
The women recently qualified for the 2023 Women"s World Cup, the first Vietnamese side - men"s or women"s - to make it khổng lồ the big one.
Now both sides are reigning SEA Games champions và are determined to lớn retain their titles in front of their adoring home fans who are packing out stadiums lớn see them.
For a women"s competition preview, schedule & results click here, for the men"s, read on.
31st SEA Games Football semi-final preview: Vietnam - Malaysia
The hosts finished vị trí cao nhất of Group A & will face Malaysia who were Group B runners-up.
Three wins & a draw was a solid group stage chiến dịch for Vietnam, defeating Indonesia 3-0, drawing 0-0 with the Philippines, overcoming a resolute Myanmar 1-0, và finishing up with a comfortable 2-0 over Timor L"Este (East Timor).
Captain Do Hung Dung has led from the front scoring a couple of important goals, including the winner against Myanmar.
Players khổng lồ watch include attacking midfielder Nguyen quang Hai, defensive duo Do Duy Manh and Doan Van Hau, 27-year-old Nguyen Cong Phuong and the talented Luong Xuan Truong.
Malaysia had two wins and two draws on their path khổng lồ the semi-final, defeating Laos và eventual Group B winners Thailand, but then drawing with Singapore và Keisuke Honda"s Cambodia.
Thailand - Indonesia SEA Games 2021 in 2022 preview
Thailand topped Group A with three wins và that loss to lớn Malaysia, scoring 12 goals on the way & letting in just two - both khổng lồ the Malaysians, and with a man sent off.
The "Fighting Elephants" had two 5-0 wins against Singapore and Cambodia. Oxford United"s 21-year-old Ben Davis has looked good, và Thai-Swedish striker Patrik Gustavsson has also chipped in with a couple of goals.
As has Korawich "Sun" Tasa.
But Indonesia are a talented young team too - all the teams are U23 with three overage players allowed just like at the myphammioskin.com.vn - & have impressed.
An opening 3-0 loss to lớn Vietnam in Group A was a little skewed as some of their vị trí cao nhất players hadn"t arrived in Hanoi, & the difference is marked since that game.
A 4-1 victory over East Timor kickstarted their campaign, & they followed that up with a hugely impressive 4-0 dismantling of the Philippines, securing qualification with a 3-1 first half blitz against Myanmar.
And all that without Ipswich Town"s Elkan Baggott who sadly won"t make it to lớn Hanoi despite being registered to lớn play.
Two players who have starred are Egy and Marselino, the former has scored in three of four matches và the latter has a brace to his name.
Both were named in the Guardian"s vị trí cao nhất 60 most promising players, Egy in 2017 và Marselino in 2021, & are worth the ticket price alone.
