Coach Hoang Anh Tuan and his team face strong opponents

Coach Hoang Anh Tuan and his team have a certain advantage in terms of schedule when in the first match of the group stage they met the Mongolian Olympic team - an opponent that is not considered to be very professional. Under the guidance of Japanese coach Ichiro Otsuka, in the 2024 U.23 Asian qualifiers, Mongolian Olympic team drew 1-1 with Lebanon, lost 1-3 to Saudi Arabia and lost 1-2 to Cambodia. The two stars of this team are former U.19 Danish player Filip Andersen (with dual Mongolian and Danish citizenship), currently playing for FC Slavia Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic 3rd division) and midfielder Tsogtbayar Batbayar, born in Austria, currently playing for Austrian club SU Rebenland.

Iran Olympic (white shirt)

U.23 Saudi Arabia is considered the strongest team in Group B.

If they can get 3 points in the first match, Olympic Vietnam will have an advantage when entering the confrontation with Olympic Iran on September 21 - a decisive match for the hope of competing for a ticket to the next round in Group B. Iranian football has won the ASIAD 4 times, but their achievements have not been as expected in the last 2 tournaments (being eliminated in the group stage in 2014 and stopping in the round of 16 in 2018). To enter the final round of the 2024 U.23 Asian Cup, Olympic Iran achieved quite good results in the qualifying round when defeating Hong Kong (3-0), Afghanistan (4-0) and losing narrowly to host Uzbekistan (0-1). Iran's strengths are counter-attacking speed, playing very well in the air and being physically fit. Their stars are midfielder Allahyar Sayyadmanesh (playing for Hull City Club of England) and the defender duo Mohammad Ghorbani, Hossein Goudarzi. In the group stage of ASIAD 17, Iran lost to Vietnam with a score of 1-4, so the upcoming encounter promises to be very exciting.

Coach Hoang Anh Tuan

Vietnam Olympic Team

In the final match on September 24, coach Hoang Anh Tuan's team will face a big challenge from Saudi Arabia - the reigning champion of the U.23 Asian Cup and considered the strongest team in Group B. In the last two ASIADs, Saudi Arabia reached the quarterfinals. Coach Saad Al-Shehri's team entered the 2024 U.23 Asian Cup finals thanks to a series of 3 consecutive wins in the qualifying round. Although they no longer have stars like Hassan Al-Tambakti, Moteb Al-Harbi, Ayman Yahya and Firas Al-Buraikan, the Saudi Arabian Olympic team is still very good thanks to the strength of good pillars including Haitham Asiri, Awad Al-Nashri, Ahmed Al-Ghamdi. These are the factors that were present in the squad that defeated U.23 Vietnam 2-0 in the quarterfinals of the U.23 Asian Cup last year. The West Asian team is praised for possessing a strong attacking style of play, abundant physical strength and very skillful individual techniques.

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