U17 Vietnam "rehearses" with U17 Yemen before finalizing the list for the 2023 AFC U17 Championship

Sunday, June 11, 2023 | 12:35:21

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The Vietnam U17 team had an internal practice match with Yemen U17 to review and evaluate the team's strength one last time before finalizing the list of 23 players to participate in the 2023 AFC U17 Championship.

In the match against U17 Yemen, a team also participating in the upcoming U17 Asian Cup, U17 Vietnam lost an early player when a player received a red card after a foul right in front of the penalty area. The team from West Asia took control of the ball in the following minutes. Meanwhile, U17 Vietnam was forced to retreat to their own half to play defensive counter-attacks.

Although they rarely attacked, coach Hoang Anh Tuan's players always knew how to create highlights with sharp attacks. Cong Phuong was one of the most active players in the midfield. There were a few situations created but U17 Vietnam failed to take advantage of them. Near the end of the first half, after a fast attack, U17 Yemen scored the opening goal.

In the second half, coach Hoang Anh Tuan made a series of changes and U17 Vietnam played very coherently. Controlling the game and creating many attacks. Unfortunately, Cong Phuong and his teammates could not score an equalizer. In the 39th minute, U17 Vietnam conceded another goal after an attack by U17 Yemen.

U17 Việt Nam “tổng duyệt” với U17 Yemen trước khi chốt danh sách dự VCK U17 châu Á 2023 - Ảnh 1.

Losing 0-2 to their opponents, the coaching staff admitted that U17 Vietnam still has some points to improve before entering the tournament. However, the determination and good execution of the proposed tactical ideas are also plus points that bring positivity to the young players.

"In this match, the two teams changed many players to serve professional work, so they could not show anything. The coaching staff created conditions for all the players to enter the field in a practice match like this so that they could gain more experience. Of course, we need to make more reasonable adjustments to the goals conceded against a team with a physical condition not better than U17 Vietnam. I also added that yesterday, the players practiced hard, you could say very hard, so it is understandable that in the match with U17 Yemen they could not show much. We are preparing for a tournament, not this match, so in the next week the coaching staff will make adjustments to prepare for the tournament in the best way," said coach Hoang Anh Tuan.

As planned, at 8:45 a.m. on June 14, U17 Vietnam will board a flight to Thailand to attend the 2023 AFC U17 Championship taking place in Thailand from June 15 to July 2. According to the draw results, U17 Vietnam is in Group D including U17 Vietnam, Japan, India, Uzbekistan. At this year's finals, the teams will compete in a round robin to calculate points. The top two teams in each group will advance to the quarterfinals. The quarterfinals will take place on June 25-26, the semi-finals will take place on June 29 while the final will take place at 7:00 p.m. on July 2. The four teams in the semi-finals will qualify for the U17 World Cup.

According to the organizers' arrangement, U17 Vietnam will play all 3 group stage matches at Thammasat Stadium at 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Mr. Hoang Anh Tuan's team will have their opening match against the lightest opponent, U17 India, on June 17, then face U17 Japan (June 20) and U17 Uzbekistan (June 23).

According to vtv.vn

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