U.23 Vietnam tasted the 'specialty' of traffic jams in Jakarta, what did coach Kim Sang-sik do on July 15?

During the first training session in Indonesia, the U.23 Vietnam team took nearly 1 hour to travel a distance of only 5 km, surprising coach Kim Sang-sik.

Coach Kim Sang-sik and the U.23 Vietnam team stepped out into the alley and immediately encountered Jakarta's traffic jams.

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U.23 Vietnam had its first light training session in Jakarta

The Vietnamese teams are no strangers to Indonesia in general and especially the capital city of Jakarta, as the archipelago country regularly hosts regional and continental football tournaments. However, the experience of the traffic jam on July 14 still left a strong impression on the U.23 Vietnam team.

On the evening of July 14, after resting to recover their physical condition, the Vietnam U.23 team had their first training session in Jakarta to prepare for the opening match of the 2025 Southeast Asian U23 Championship, with the training ground about 5 km from the team's hotel - a perfect distance.

However, due to the frequent traffic jams in Jakarta, coach Kim Sang-sik and his team took nearly 50 minutes to reach the training ground. However, the players still maintained a serious training spirit, showing their determination to defend the regional title.

U.23 Vietnam players in the first training session in Indonesia

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The weather in Jakarta currently ranges from 24 to 32 degrees Celsius, not too hot and quite favorable for training.

Because the players had just traveled a long distance from Ho Chi Minh City, coach Kim Sang-sik built a training plan with mainly light exercises to help the whole team relax and get used to the weather and field conditions in the host country.

At the end of the training session, the Korean coach took the opportunity to practice some more content on tactical movement, organizing offensive and defensive formations, creating a foundation for more in-depth professional training sessions in the following days.

Le Viktor is energetic before the first official tournament with the Vietnam U.23 team.

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It is expected that tomorrow morning, July 15, team leader Nguyen Anh Tuan and some assistant coaches in the coaching staff will attend the pre-tournament technical meeting with the Organizing Committee, while head coach Kim Sang-sik will attend a press conference before the group stage.

According to the match schedule, the U.23 Vietnam team will meet 2 opponents: U.23 Laos in the opening match on July 19 and U.23 Cambodia on July 22, within the framework of group B.

All matches at the 2025 Southeast Asian U.23 Championship will be broadcast live onFPT Play, VTV5, VTV7, VTV Can Tho to serve a large number of fans watching and cheering on the Vietnam U.23 team on their journey to defend the championship title.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/u23-viet-nam-nem-dac-san-ket-xe-jarkata-hlv-kim-sang-sik-lam-gi-vao-ngay-157-185250714230306275.htm