Many flaws in the draw of U17 Vietnam
After the match between U17 Vietnam and U17 Australia in the U17 Asian Cup on the evening of April 4, Football Australia said that the Kangaroo team was very unlucky. They cited the fact that the home team had 3 shots that hit the U17 Vietnam goal frame. The most regrettable of these was the situation where Logan Sambrook shot against the crossbar of goalkeeper Hoa Xuan Tin in the extra minutes of the second half.
That situation is a typical example to show that the U17 Vietnam defense was lucky not to pay the price for the mistake. Coach Cristiano Roland's system almost forgot to let Logan Sambrook comfortably finish in the penalty area.
Vietnam U17 still has many things to improve after the match with Australia U17 (Photo: Getty).
Another situation appeared in the 66th minute, when three U17 Australia players freely exchanged passes in the penalty area but unfortunately MacNicol's shot was not good. Or typically the opening goal of U17 Australia, we lost the ball in the midfield area but did not block well so MacNicol comfortably finished past goalkeeper Hoa Xuan Tin.
If you pay close attention, in the last match, we had many situations where we made such mistakes. That said, U17 Vietnam cannot be optimistic about the draw against U17 Australia. Behind that, the team has revealed many weaknesses.
Not only in defense, even the U17 Vietnam attack has not really done well. We often fall into the situation of "using less to fight more". The equalizer from a tight angle seems to be the only move we can make to surprise U17 Australia. This leads to the risk of our opponents easily breaking our attack in the next matches.
In addition, U17 Vietnam also revealed many psychological weaknesses. The situation of bad passes and losing the ball still appeared frequently. In addition, U17 Vietnam players are also very easily confused when being pressed by the opponent. The situation of Hong Phong committing a rather rough foul on Amlani Tatu leading to a penalty for U17 Australia in the 26th minute is a typical example of this.
But looking at it from a more positive perspective, it is difficult to expect U17 players to be stable both mentally and technically at this age. Therefore, matches against opponents like U17 Australia are very necessary for U17 Vietnam.
Coach Cristiano Roland looked straight at the truth when admitting: "We had a bit of luck but that was the result of relentless effort. Especially in the second half, the players showed a fighting spirit of not giving up. I am proud of them."
The Brazilian coach showed that he knew himself and his opponent when he arranged the 4-5-1 formation with a very cautious approach against U17 Australia. The U17 Vietnam defenders were Duc Duy (right), Viet Anh, Hong Quang and Tan Dung (left). The 5 midfielders were Viet Long (right wing), Duy Khang (left wing), Hong Phong, Van Khanh and Nguyen Luc (central midfielder). The highest player on the attack line was Thien Phu.
Coach Cristiano Roland's pragmatism helped Vietnam U17 limit many weaknesses and stop Australia U17 (Photo: Getty).
With this arrangement, coach Cristiano Roland helped U17 Vietnam limit many weaknesses and prevent U17 Australia thanks to the large number of players defending the goal. Overall, it is difficult to criticize the Brazilian coach's approach because U17 Vietnam is at a much lower level than its opponent.
The good news is that U17 Vietnam showed great determination, as coach Cristiano Roland commented. Our sudden approach with consecutive attacks at the beginning of the second half was unexpected and made U17 Australia unable to prepare a response plan. Up to now, mental strength has always been an undeniable strength of the Vietnamese teams. If we know how to ignite this strength, we will always be very formidable.
Of course, it must be said that the young players of U17 Australia are not really sharp and have good character. That is the reason why youth football matches always have many surprises. U17 Vietnam seized the opportunity to win a valuable draw against U17 Australia. In many aspects, this was a more successful match than expected for the team of coach Cristiano Roland.
Keep your feet on the ground, fight for the World Cup dream
Looking straight at the flaws of U17 Vietnam is not to blame the players. Instead, they need to take advantage of the valuable lessons from the match with U17 Australia to continue to improve themselves.
Japan U17 is a huge challenge for Vietnam U17 (Photo: AFC).
A ticket to the World Cup could take U17 Vietnam to a new journey, with many strong opponents. It is an opportunity to rub shoulders "money cannot buy" with young Vietnamese players. Therefore, the draw against U17 Australia is not too big a deal for the players to "delud themselves".
Coach Cristiano Roland tried to keep his players' feet on the ground. "We still work like that, preparing for each match, having tactics and studying each opponent carefully. Japan is very strong but U17 Vietnam will have the best preparation," the Brazilian coach shared.
Seeing how Japan U17 crushed UAE U17, perhaps Vietnam U17 can understand the strength of the opponent ahead. The team from the Land of the Rising Sun plays very quickly, strongly and has very good tactics. Most of the Japanese players were trained from professional clubs or school football movements. Therefore, they play much more maturely than their 17 years old.
In particular, Japan U17 is strong in all attacking options. Their four goals against UAE U17 came from their right foot, left foot and header. In particular, the young Japanese team has a style of dominating the game and coordinating quite similar to the national team. That shows that Japanese football has developed throughout from the youth level to the national team.
It is not an exaggeration to say that U17 Japan will be a huge challenge for U17 Vietnam. Calculating a plan to deal with the Rising Sun team is not simple when they play very diversely. Most importantly, U17 Vietnam needs to "patch" the holes in the match with U17 Australia if they want to have a good result against the "Blue Samurai".
U17 Vietnam needs to keep their feet on the ground and focus fully on the task of winning a ticket to the World Cup (Photo: VFF).
Meanwhile, U17 UAE is not too strong but has an advantage over U17 Vietnam in terms of physique and physical strength. This has always been the strength of West Asian teams. If they cannot keep up with the speed and strength of U17 UAE, U17 Vietnam could face a bitter end.
In conclusion, U17 Vietnam has succeeded in 1/3 of the way to win tickets to attend the World Cup (for the top two teams). We still have two very important matches with U17 Japan (April 7) and U17 UAE (April 10). Like coach Cristiano Roland said: "Every match with U17 Vietnam is no different from the final".
Therefore, the whole team needs to prepare mentally like entering the final match, with the spirit of not backing down. Hopefully, U17 Vietnam will improve with each match and show an increasingly bright face.
A ticket to the World Cup will be a reward for the worthy.
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