Match schedule U.23 Vietnam - U.23 Yemen today: Home team must win

If U.23 Vietnam only draws with U.23 Yemen in the match at 7 p.m. today (September 9), U.23 Vietnam will maintain the top position in Group C and win the right to continue to the final round of the U.23 Asian Cup. But when playing at home in Viet Tri, coach Kim Sang-sik and his team need to show more. Must win and win beautifully!

U.23 Yemen has a difficult style of play

U.23 Yemen also won 2 matches, only a little behind us, having conceded 1 goal in the first match against Singapore. U.23 Yemen was well organized, actively controlled the ball, had a ball possession rate of about 55% and had more shots than their opponents in the last 2 matches. The strong points in the attack of this team are speed and suddenness. The agility, dexterity and determination of the Yemen strikers brought 2 penalties in the victory over U.23 Singapore. They also played extremely resiliently to get a late goal in the 90+4 minute in the victory over U.23 Bangladesh.

U.23 Vietnam (right) needs to be more careful in finishing shots.

PHOTO: MINH TU

U.23 Yemen has a relatively good physique and physical foundation, is always strong and dominates the opponent in 1-on-1 collision situations or speed races. These will be the factors that the defense of U.23 Vietnam must focus on to prevent. U.23 Yemen must win to officially qualify for the final round; a draw can also give them a chance to win the best second-placed team (7 points). But no matter what, U.23 Yemen will not dare to play an all-out attack against U.23 Vietnam, but will play cautiously with a safe game and wait for set pieces or when our defense makes mistakes.

Yemeni players like Abdulaziz Masnoum, Qassem Al-Sharafi and Hamza Mahrous need to be given special attention. During the FIFA Days in June, all three players were on the field in the matches against Bhutan and Lebanon in the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers. Hamza Mahrous is only 19 years old but is very outstanding with high speed, skillful technique and diverse finishing ability. Therefore, Hieu Minh, Nhat Minh and Ly Duc must be very focused.

NEED TO ADJUST THE "SIGHT"

It is true that we cannot be satisfied with the performance of coach Kim Sang-sik's students even though U.23 Vietnam won all 2 matches. U.23 Bangladesh or Singapore are really too weak, only knowing how to defend to limit the goals conceded. We can easily see the fatal weaknesses of the home team, the most worrying of which is the weak finishing ability of the strikers. U.23 Vietnam is still lacking a true conductor, there are no attacking midfielders who can create breakthroughs. Xuan Bac, Van Truong, Thai Son are all "box to box" midfielders, who tend to compete and recover the ball. They have good physique, move a lot, have good competition ability and often win in one-on-one duels. But when they have the ball, young Vietnamese players often only have safe passes to the wing or long passes. Very few have delicate through passes like their senior Quang Hai or breakthroughs and skillful ball retention like Hoang Duc. This makes U.23 Vietnam's attack plan a bit monotonous, just crosses from the two wings, a little better are the midfield breakthroughs of Thanh Nhan or Dinh Bac, lacking central attacking situations.

The second problem is that the "aim" of the main strikers is problematic. Overall, Thanh Nhan and Dinh Bac's performances are quite good when they actively move, are bold, confident and keep the ball to break through. In every match, our strikers have many opportunities, but unfortunately their finishing efficiency is too low. Sometimes it is bad luck when the crossbar and post have denied many powerful shots, but many times it is the haste and haste of the young strikers. Fortunately, U.23 Vietnam still maintains their strong flank attacks like when they recently played in the U.23 Southeast Asia tournament.

Mr. Kim Sang-sik also owns strategic reserve players such as Ngoc My and Van Thuan to be able to increase strength in the second half, when the opponent is out of strength. Through the first 2 matches of Group C, U.23 Vietnam did not play as well as expected, but somewhere, we still see the efforts and progress of the young players, especially the courage to overcome difficult times. Hopefully, this strength will continue to be promoted by U.23 Vietnam to win beautifully in the "final" match of the group.

Thanh Nien will report live the match between U.23 Vietnam and U.23 Yemen on thanhnien.vn .

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/lich-thi-dau-u23-viet-nam-u23-yemen-hom-nay-chu-nha-phai-thang-185250908195522361.htm