New: Overseas Vietnamese player Tran Thanh Trung missed the U.23 Asian qualifiers, will see him at SEA Games 33?

Coach Kim Sang-sik's task is to lead the U.23 Vietnam team to compete well, pass the U.23 Asia qualifiers and, more importantly, show steady progress to serve important tasks in the next stage.

U.23 Vietnam finalizes list of 23 players

Unlike the Vietnamese team, which was somewhat affected by sudden injuries that prevented Doan Ngoc Tan, Nguyen Quang Hai, and Nguyen Hai Long from joining the team, the U.23 team had almost the strongest force (the two teams gathered at the same time). More importantly, the young talents are all in good form as they regularly compete in the V-League and many of them have created many professional highlights in each round.

Thanh Trung (second from left) will not compete in the U.23 Asian qualifiers.

PHOTO: MINH TU

This talented group of players has gone through an emotional journey with coach Kim Sang-sik and won the U.23 Southeast Asian Championship with a lot of experience. Together, they built a united team with a high fighting spirit. Van Khang - Dinh Bac and his teammates have shown comprehensive progress in many aspects, such as individual professional capacity, smooth coordination of the whole team. Notably, U.23 Vietnam has also formed a playing style with a strong professional mark. It is not necessarily the beautiful attacking ball control style as many people expected, but the way the team is organized, the way the game is controlled, and the match has shown many clear steps forward. In particular, the bravery and awareness of the young players in implementing tactics have been raised to a new level. This is extremely important, creating momentum for the next stage of upgrading.

It is quite unfortunate that Vietnamese-American player Tran Thanh Trung has a slight injury, so he will not compete in the U.23 Asia qualifiers this time. In the technical meeting at 9:30 on September 2, the teams will have a technical meeting and the U.23 Vietnam team will not register Tran Thanh Trung. He still has the opportunity to join the U.23 Vietnam team to prepare for the 33rd SEA Games.

This U.23 Asian qualifier is relatively simple when we play at home in Viet Tri ( Phu Tho ) against not-so-strong opponents like U.23 Bangladesh or U.23 Singapore. The most difficult opponent is probably U.23 Yemen with 3 national players in the attack.

When victory is imperative

Looking back at the journey to the throne at the 2025 U.23 Southeast Asian Championship, the most outstanding aspect of the young Vietnamese players' expertise is the ability to organize and control the match, the ability to defend and neutralize the opponent's attacking power. Perhaps in the upcoming matches at Viet Tri Stadium, U.23 Vietnam will still maintain and even upgrade this strength when the factors that played well a few months ago such as goalkeeper Trung Kien, Hieu Minh, Nhat Minh, Anh Quan, Phi Hoang in the defense line are continuously tested and compete successfully in the first rounds of V-League. Central midfielders such as Xuan Bac, Van Truong, Thai Son also regularly play and play well for their home clubs. Meanwhile, Van Khang - Cong Phuong have become important factors in the process of rebuilding The Cong Viettel by coach Popov, while Dinh Bac is still an important tactical card of coach Polking at the Hanoi Police Club.

In addition, in this training session, the U.23 Vietnam attack has an important return of Thanh Nhan. The young striker currently playing for PVF-CAND Club is in good form in the V-League. The super goal against Nam Dinh has shown the progress and maturity of the young talent from Tay Ninh. Thanh Nhan's speed, agility, versatility and modern playing style will help the U.23 Vietnam attack have more options and more attacking power.

There is only one day left until U.23 Vietnam enters the first match against U.23 Bangladesh (September 3), the ball has not rolled yet so we cannot say anything. But hopefully with the serious and thoughtful preparation of coach Kim Sang-sik and his colleagues, plus the addition of quality personnel, U.23 Vietnam will have an impressive qualifying round, not only winning but also winning convincingly.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/new-overseas-player-tran-thanh-trung-loi-hen-voi-vong-loai-u23-chau-a-hen-gap-sea-games-33-185250901214217715.htm