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"Kim Sang-sik-ho" Vietnam's U-23 soccer team, which beat South Korea's under-23 (U-23) soccer team after a penalty shootout to rank third at the 2026 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-23 Asian Cup, has written as many as 10 "new histories."
Vietnamese media VN Express reviewed Vietnam's AFC U-23 Asian Cup, which finished third under the leadership of Kim Sang-sik (50), and highlighted, "Vietnamese soccer set unprecedented records in the process of reaching third place in the tournament."
Among the records mentioned by the media is Vietnam's U-23 national team's first-ever victory against Korea.
Earlier, South Korea, led by head coach Lee Min-sung, lost 6-7 in the penalty shootout after failing to compete 2-2 until regular time and overtime in the third-place match of the tournament. The penalty shootout defeat remains a draw on the official record, but as a result, it is the first time in the history of the U-23 national team that it has knelt on Vietnam.
VN Express said, "Vietnam's U-23 national team has faced South Korea nine times before, falling behind to three draws and six losses. However, this victory broke the winless streak against Korea in the 2006 and 2018 Asian Games and U-23 Asian Cup events, he added.
On top of that, Vietnam continued its record of winning the AFC U-23 Asian Cup shootout following the quarterfinals of the 2018 tournament in Iraq and the semifinals in Qatar.
In addition, Vietnam won five games in this tournament alone, the most in a single tournament. Vietnam won all three games in the group stage alone, and won the quarterfinals and the third-place match, respectively. This is the most winning record, exceeding three wins at the 2018 tournament, when head coach Park Hang-seo led and wrote the runner-up myth.
In addition, Vietnam ranked first in the group league for the first time in the history of the Asian tournament, and also achieved the most goals scored (10 goals) in a single tournament. The record for the most goals scored in a single tournament is also a record that exceeded eight goals at the 2018 tournament led by head coach Park Hang-seo.
On top of that, it won its first-ever victory against Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as well as against Korea, and its victory against Kyrgyzstan remained the history of its first victory against the Central Asian team.
Nguyen Din Park, who beat Japan's Ryunosuke Sato (Japan) in scoring with four goals and two assists, was named Vietnam's first individual winner of the Continental Congress.
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