Today, the final match between Vietnam and Uzbekistan of Asia Championship took place in China. I didn't have the feeling of eager mingled with worried, thrilling anymore. Instead, I felt full of love, full of sympathy, full of mercy and just a little bit of pity. All in all, U23 Vietnam Team is actually the national heroes, they are the super men in our hearts. That match went beyond a match, VN Team was beyond a Victory.
More than a Match
The final match took place in a very awful condition. The heavy snow kept falling all the time, the temperature went under 0*C. For a tropical country like Vietnam, this kind of weather was really a big big challenge. Looked at the hard red faces of Vietnam Team on the field made me wanna cried. They played extraordinarily well, given the tough condition. They devoted themselves to bring to Vietnam a great pride.
It was not a match. It was a chance for them to show their high spirit, the spirit of Vietnam, the spirit of Youth, the spirit of Devotion, the spirit of Civilization. They were not playing, they were showing the national Ego.
Thus, In addition to silver medals, the second prize: the Fair Play Award for its performance throughout the competition was extremely deserved. It is much more worthy than any other prize. It is the proof for a pure and advanced football that Vietnam Team has excellently got.
More than a Victory
Their historic run in China at the AFC U23 Championship 2018 is more than a Victory. They brought more than 90 millions Vietnamese come close together to go in the same way, to look forward the same position.
They won themselves, defeated their own scare to go further to achieve a result that has never happened before.
They found back the trust in Vietnam football for the million millions crazy fans. Never before, have they had a crazy experience like that.
They proved to the world that We, Vietnamese, could stand up strongly and chin up highly to do the things all the world is doing. And actually, we did it great. That's enough, U23 Team. All of you have created new pages for Vietnamese football to take the further steps to the world level.
Set fire to the Snow
Yep, definitely. They set fire to the snow. Never in my life, could I see any red color as much beautiful as that is. They looked like the red fire burning the cold ice and snow. They were like the torches glowing on the field.
Look at them. Their fires from their hearts pushed them into a team, an union. Look at the way the team was in hurry to wash away the cold snow for Quang Hai to kick the ball. They became one, they were the one, the only. They set a brightest fire for all fans and team as well.
Yep, a tough fight in a terrible conditions but the future is bright. Like a quote in Vietnamese: Thời thế tạo anh hùng (mean: Circumstances alter cases). Definitely true. They are the national heroes in our hearts.
We would like to say many thanks and we love all of you all the time. Everything has just begun. it's them who created these memorable moments for all fans.
Source: Images from Internet; Deep and True emotions from Me (from the bottom of my heart).