Vietnam Calls The Meeting With The Indonesian National Team In The 2024 AFF Cup As Hell

JAKARTA - The results of the 2024 AFF Cup draw show that the Indonesian national team is in the same group as Vietnam. Vietnamese media said that The Golden Star was in the hell group.

In the draw conducted on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, in Hanoi, Vietnam, The Golden Stars are in Group B with Indonesia, the Philippines, Myanmar, and Laos.

While Group A is inhabited by defending champions Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, and winners of the qualification between Brunei Darussalam vs Timor Leste.

Based on the results of the draw, Vietnamese media, Soha, said that Kim Sang Sik's squad was in the hell group because they would meet the Garuda Squad.

"As a result of the 2024 AFF Cup draw, the Vietnam team met Indonesia in the hell group," Soha wrote as quoted on Wednesday, May 22, 2024.

Not only because he met Indonesia, Soha assessed that the Philippines also put their team under pressure because they planned to add a series of naturalized players.

"Group B is believed to be a difficult group for Vietnam. Indonesia is an opponent who has always won over Vietnam in the last three meetings," Soha wrote.

"The Philippines plans to add to a series of naturalized stars who have careers in Europe. While Myanmar has always been an annoying opponent and has held Vietnam to a draw in the 2018 AFF Cup," the narrative continued.

The pressure expressed by Vietnamese media is not without reason. The reason is, it is known that currently Indonesia is starting to appear as a strong competitor.

After winning in the 2023 Asian Cup group phase, the Garuda Team also managed to win two consecutive victories over Vietnam in the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers.

Moreover, currently Shin Tae-yong's squad is also ambitious to win the AFF Cup title for the first time after failing to qualify for the 2024 Olympics.