Vietnam lauds South Korean coach as football 'wizard'


Vietnamese soccer fans celebrate the victory after Vietnam's soccer team won the match against Syria during the Asian Games 2018, on the street in Hanoi, Vietnam August 27, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnamese football fans have dubbed national coach Park Hang-seo a "wizard" following a rare string of successes by the Southeast Asian country's "Golden Star" team.

Thousands of people took to the streets of Hanoi late on Monday night to celebrate an otherwise minor event in international football - a 1-0 victory over Syria in the quarter-finals of the Asian Games in Indonesia.

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