Eventful atmosphere in city as AFC U23 Championship Final underway
Published: January 28, 2018
Here are more photos about Da Nang’s fans who gathered at many entertainment venues and public areas to watch the Asian Football Confederation Under-23 (AFC U23) Championship final between Viet Nam and Uzbekistan at 3.00pm on Saturday in China.
Viet Nam claimed the silver medal after losing 2-1 to Uzbekistan in the last minute of extra time.
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Cheerful atmosphere at the Da Nang General Hospital when Midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai hit a spectacular free kick to score an equaliser for Viet Nam (Photo: Dac Manh) |
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Students at the Technical University of Medicine and Pharmacy cannot hide their happiness after a stunning free kick into the top-left corner by Nguyen Quang Hai (Photo: Thanh Tinh) |
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Hundreds of football lovers at the Duy Tan University … (Photo: Thanh Tinh) |
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… and the University of Technology and Science (Photo: Thu Thao) |
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Fans with eye-catching cheer headbands (Photo: Thanh Tinh) |
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A local entertainment place crowded with local fans waving the Vietnamese flag to cheer on the Vietnamese ‘warriors’ (Photo: Xuan Son) |
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(Photo: Xuan Son) |
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The joy of equalising goal by Viet Nam team (Photo: Kha Thinh) |
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(Photo: Kha Thinh) |
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(Photo: Kha Thinh) |
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A lovely little fan (Photo: Kha Thinh) |
When U23 Viet Nam lost to U23 Uzbekistan during the last minutes of extra time, thousands of local fans cannot hide their regrets, and some of them moved to tears.
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(Photo: Xuan Son) |
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(Photo: Thanh Tinh) |
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(Photo: Xuan Son) |
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(Photo: Xuan Son) |
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(Photo: Kha Thinh) |
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A foreign visitor in red T-shirt said “I love Viet Nam” (Photo: Kha Thinh) |
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