Khuat Van Khang is the best player on the U.23 Vietnam team after the first two matches - photo: Dong Nguyen Khang
How impressive is Khuat Van Khang's play?
On July 22, U.23 Vietnam was held to a 0-0 draw by U.23 Cambodia, who played very aggressively and tightly. Khuat Van Khang suddenly changed his corner kick in the 36th minute, sending the ball high into the second post, out of reach of the goalkeeper, allowing Ly Duc to head the ball in strongly to open the score.
That was the situation where captain Khuat Van Khang and his teammates once again solved the knot of the match, opening up victory. Three days earlier, he had taken advantage of Nhat Minh's cross and kicked the ball to open the score in the match against U.23 Laos in the opening match of the U.23 Southeast Asian tournament.
Also in the opening match on July 19, Hieu Minh's winning goal of 3-0 also came from Khuat Van Khang's difficult corner kick, leading to chaos in the penalty area of the Laos U.23 team.
Van Khang and Huu Thang shine in The Cong Viettel shirt at V-League 2024 - 2025 - photo: Minh Tu
In fact, that was the 11th match of the U.23 Vietnam team, who was considered the most outstanding player, creating countless sharp passes, but unfortunately, his teammates who were not in "form" all missed them regrettably.
In the second match against U.23 Cambodia, Khuat Van Khang once again shone, leaving his mark in most of the U.23 Vietnam team's attacks, continuing to make brilliant passes, including opportunities for Anh Quan, Quoc Viet...
Great growth
The 2024 - 2025 season marked the explosion of Khuat Van Khang with a total of 6 goals and 10 assists for The Cong Viettel in professional tournaments (according to transfermarkt), helping him become an extremely important factor in the attack of the army team.
In particular, the midfielder born in 2003 scored 5 goals and had 9 assists in the V-League, played 2 National Cup matches with 1 goal and 1 assist. Looking at it, Van Khang has doubled the statistics of the previous season and probably has the highest number of assists in the V-League 2024 - 2025.
Khuat Van Khang plays wide and often makes reasonable passes for his U.23 Vietnam teammates - photo: Dong Nguyen Khang
At the same time, Khuat Van Khang also asserted himself in the Vietnamese national team, with an impressive starting rate, being regularly used by coach Kim Sang-sik in most matches at the AFF Cup 2024 and then the Asian Cup 2027 qualifiers.
With 64 professional matches for Viettel The Cong Club, Khuat Van Khang has truly shown his maturity and is ready to step up to a new level in his career. Coach Kim Sang-sik's handing him the captain's armband for the first two matches of the Southeast Asian U.23 tournament has shown special trust.
Ahead of Van Khang and the U.23 Vietnam team will be a semi-final match with a potentially surprising opponent, U.23 Philippines, at 4:00 p.m. on July 25 before U.23 Indonesia and U.23 Thailand face off at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium at 8:00 p.m.
Dinh Bac's goal to seal a 2-1 victory over U.23 Cambodia will be good news for the U.23 Vietnam team's attack. Meanwhile, Quoc Viet, Le Viktor, Van Truong... are still playing aggressively with the belief that Khuat Van Khang will have more space to continue to make sharp passes for them.
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