This week the city has been talking about soccer! The Vietnam team has been in China playing for the Asian Football Confederation U23 competition. On Tuesday the team won the semi-finals (beating Qatar) and advanced to the final game against Uzbekistan. All week the country has been excitedly preparing for Saturday's match.
We made reservation at a favourite Pub with large viewing screens. We joined thousands of others wearing Vietnam flag t-shirts to cheer on the team. It was a disappointing loss in the last 2 minutes of play in the second overtime. But, even still, people were still smiling and chatting at cafes for hours after.
