Indonesia always loses against Vietnam, this is the fact!

Gilabola.com -Vietnamese media shows high confidence ahead of the 2025 AFF U-23 Cup final against Indonesia, even calling Garuda Muda only relying on profits as a host and suffering from a “curse” in the duel against Vietnam.

Vietnam’s dominance is the main capital

The top match between the Indonesian U-23 and Vietnam U-23 national team which will be held on July 29, 2025 at the Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, received great attention from the public and the media, especially from Vietnam. The famous media Soha expressed his belief that their team would again win over Indonesia as it had often happened in the past decade.

Soha emphasized that the burden actually exists in Indonesia’s shoulders. They claim that Vietnam consistently dominated meetings with Indonesia at the U-23 and U-22 levels, with a worrying record for Garuda Muda: Since 2015, from seven matches, Indonesia has never won. The only positive result is a draw, while the remaining six ended in defeat.

“Vietnam U-23 has repeatedly made Indonesia U-23 ‘victim’, and the scenario in the upcoming final match is likely to be repeated,” Soha wrote in his article.

The 2019 SEA Games wound is still imprinted

In his report, Soha also brought back the bitter moment for Indonesia in the 2019 SEA Games Final, where Garuda Muda fell 0-3 from Vietnam. The defeat was not only painful because of the landslide score, but also because of the incident that befell Evan Dimas, the Indonesian captain who had to be pulled out of the field because of an injury after a collision with Doan Van Hau.

“Media Indonesia still considers this as one of the worst defeats of the national team when facing Vietnam,” Soha added.

Not only in the final, defeat also occurred in the 2019 SEA Games group phase with a score of 1-3, strengthening the claim of Vietnam’s dominance over Indonesia.

Statistics of Vietnamese Excellence

Statistical data highlighted by Soha shows a series of impressive results of Vietnam over Indonesia. Including a 5-0 win at the 2015 SEA Games, 1-0 win in the 2019 U-23 Asian Cup qualifiers, 2-1 and 3-0 results at the 2019 SEA Games, as well as 6-5 penalty shootouts in the 2023 edition of the AFF U-23 Cup final.

With the row of results, Soha said that Indonesia’s excellence is currently only in the host factor, not the quality or team’s performance.

Indonesia is considered “condemned”

Soha even pinned the “damned” label to Indonesia every time I met Vietnam at the U-23 level. Although recognizing the final match this time will take place more balanced, they still champion the team of Hoang Anh Tuan.

“The Indonesian national team only has the advantage of playing at home. However, the most worrying about them now is the ‘curse of defeat’ every time they have to face Vietnam U-23,” Soha wrote.

The media also highlighted Vietnam’s chances of making a new history by winning the title of regional tournament three times in a row if it succeeded in overthrowing Indonesia in the final.