Historic hat trick!

FIFA's homepage wrote: "Well done boys!", with a picture of the Vietnamese flag and a clapping symbol. Through that, it was like congratulating the young Vietnamese players for having a brave final match and convincingly winning against their Indonesian opponents right at the "fire pit" of Gelora Bung Karno.

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On the social media accounts X of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and Southeast Asia (AFF), both posted congratulations to U.23 Vietnam: "Congratulations U23 Vietnam! You have officially won the 2025 U.23 Southeast Asian Championship. This is the third consecutive championship title, very amazing for the young "Golden Star Warriors" at this tournament. A historic hat trick to dominate Southeast Asian football!".

Meanwhile, the Indonesian press also acknowledged the bravery of the visiting U.23 Vietnam team when they played very bravely in a tight, fierce match, with many collisions and many controversies both on and off the field. The young Vietnamese players kept a cool head to successfully defend their achievements and deservedly won the championship right at the Gelora Bung Karno stadium.

"The Indonesian players were stuck in front of the tight and well- organized play of the Vietnamese players. They were too passive, only having throw-ins to hope for, they could not get close to the goal, and wasted a lot of their time," FaktaBola (Indonesia) expressed.

Meanwhile, an Indonesian netizen on social network X commented: "Honestly, since the match with the Philippines (in the second round of the group stage), the performance of the U.23 Indonesia team has been really poor, the ability to control the pass is really bad, the movements without the ball are completely ineffective, causing the ball to get stuck in the middle of the field and then be passed back. Next, in the U.23 Asian qualifiers, if they continue to play like this, it will be very difficult for U.23 Indonesia."

CNN Indonesia also commented: "U.23 Vietnam showed its excellent plan, when it took full advantage of the opponent's mistakes to take the lead in the first half. U.23 Indonesia's efforts only had a few insignificant opportunities and could not overcome the very disciplined defense of U.23 Vietnam. This was a shocking defeat for Indonesian football, showing that the naturalization strategy will not necessarily prevail against opponents with potential and courage like Vietnamese football."