HO CHI MINH CITY: Following the high of reaching the 2003 SEA Games football final on their home turf, the Vietnamese public set lofty hopes when the Tiger Cup competition swung into town last week.
A year ago, the nation of 81million people celebrated each of their team's wins by taking to the streets to celebrate. They continued cheering even when their players went down fighting 1-2 in extra time in the final to Thailand.
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