After the group stage of men's football at the 19th ASIAD, Olympic Vietnam was the only Southeast Asian team to be eliminated.
Vietnam Olympic team is the only Southeast Asian team eliminated after the group stage of ASIAD 19.
Meanwhile, Olympic Thailand, Indonesia and Myanmar have all booked their tickets to the round of 16.
However, Okezone newspaper believes that Olympic Vietnam is not the worst team in the region.
Indonesian newspaper asserted that Olympic Thailand was the Southeast Asian representative with the least convincing performance.
"Thailand is the worst Southeast Asian representative in the ASIAD group stage, not Olympic Vietnam," wrote Okezone.
Author Ramdani Bur commented: “The reason why Vietnam Olympic team did not advance is due to the tournament rules, when the results with the bottom team are not counted. Therefore, when considering the list of third-place teams, Vietnam only has 0 points.
However, if we consider the final results, they are not the Southeast Asian representative with the worst performance. Instead, the worst team is Olympic Thailand," commented Okezone.
Indonesian newspaper reported that Olympic Thailand only got 2 points after 3 matches in the group stage, even though they only met moderate opponents such as Bahrain and Kuwait.
Meanwhile, CNN Indonesia expressed regret that the Vietnam Olympic team had to say goodbye to the 19th ASIAD early.
“Vietnam Olympic team experienced unexpected things at ASIAD 19. They are not a bad team, remember they reached the semi-finals at ASIAD 18”, CNN Indonesia writer commented.
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