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Vietnam’s U23 win praise from Japanese media

Japanese newspapers praised Vietnam’s U23 after the team made impressive victory against Asian powerhouse Qatar in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship held in China on January 23.
Vietnam’s U23 win praise from Japanese media ảnh 1Football fans in Hanoi flock out to streets celebrating Vietnam's win over Qatar (Photo: VNA)

Tokyo (VNA) – Japanese newspapers praised Vietnam’s U23 after the teammade impressive victory against Asian powerhouse Qatar in the Asian FootballConfederation (AFC) U23 Championship held in China on January 23.

TheNHK national public broadcastingorganisation wrote an article about the match publishing images offootball fans across the country flocking out to streets with the nationalflags in their hands to celebrate the victory.

Inthe semi final, Vietnam beat Qatar 4-3 in the penalty shootout after finishingthe thrilling match 2-2 in official time and no goals in extra time to play thefinal match against Uzbekistan on January 27.

Othernews sources in Japan including the Kyodo News Agency, Nikkan Sports, SankeiShimbun and Jiji press, along with a number of websites, also ran articlesabout Vietnam’s win over Qatar.

Japanesemedia also noted that in the final match of the AFC U23 Championship, Vietnamwill face Uzbekistan, which thrashed Japan 4-0 in the quarter final. Uzbekistanalso defeated the Republic of Korea 4-1 in the other semi final lasting for 120minutes.

Vietnambecame the first Southeast Asian country to enter the final of the AFC U23championship.

Theteam qualified for the semifinals of the championship on January 20 thanks to adramatic victory over Iraq.

Vietnamlost only to the Republic of Korea in a qualifying match where they scoredfirst, before knocking out powerhouses Australia, Syria and Iraq.-VNA

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