It can be said that yesterday was a sad day for Vietnamese football, as our U23 team suffered a humiliating defeat against the U23 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, finishing the tournament in last place without winning a match and scoring only one goal. This is a rather disappointing achievement, especially considering that the U23 Vietnam entered the tournament as the defending runners-up.
In reality, the U23 Vietnam team did not perform poorly and even took the lead, but just a moment of complacency and a rare mistake by goalkeeper Bùi Tiến Dũng completely turned the outcome of the match, as the fighting spirit of the U23 players seemingly dropped immediately after. And of course, as expected, after the match, Bùi Tiến Dũng’s name became the focal point of criticism from the online community shortly thereafter.
However, there is also a considerable portion of netizens voicing their support for Bùi Tiến Dũng, simply because, as humans, who doesn’t make mistakes?
After the match, the goalkeeper also wrote a heartfelt letter apologizing to all Vietnamese fans.
The original status message reads:
“Ending my youth, my age of 23. Today is the last match. We have failed, suffering, and tormenting ourselves. Everything is really bad now, but it ends here. Thank you for everything that has brought me, success, failure. The storms I experienced at the age of 23. It is my life, thanks to those things I grew and matured. And finally, I thank those who always love and protect me. I know many people have really struggled to defend and love me. Everything at the age of 23 has stopped, I will continue to live my life, always striving for the best things, for those who love me. Thank you all“.