China U22 continuously receives bad news before the match against Vietnam U22

(Dan Tri) - Just like U22 Vietnam, U22 China was missing a series of key players for various reasons in the opening match of the Panda Cup friendly tournament.

At 6:35 p.m. today (November 12), U22 Vietnam entered the opening match of the Panda Cup friendly tournament with host U22 China in Chengdu. Before this match, U22 Vietnam encountered difficulties due to not having much time to prepare. The whole team hurriedly traveled to China right after the end of round 11 of V-League.

Kuai Jiwen could not attend the match with U22 Vietnam because he was busy competing at the National Sports Festival (Photo: Sina).

Many players such as Pham Ly Duc, Pham Minh Phuc, Nguyen Dinh Bac, Nguyen Van Truong, Le Van Ha and Viktor Le are likely to not play because they just arrived in China yesterday. They did not have time to practice and recover their fitness before the match with U22 China.

However, the situation of the home team is not better. This team lost many key players for different reasons. Accordingly, only 18/30 players named in the list of U22 China were present.

Among them, the three most important players are Liu Chengyu, Kuai Jiwen and Li Xinxiang who are absent due to attending the National Sports Festival. Although they are not yet 20 years old, they have experience playing for the Chinese national team.

Three players Peng Xiao, Wang Yudong and Zhang Aihui withdrew from the list of players participating in the match against U22 Vietnam due to injuries. It is even difficult for them to recover in time to play the remaining two matches against U22 Korea and U22 Uzbekistan.

China U22 lost half of the team in the match against Vietnam U22 (Photo: Sina).

According to Chinese media, coach Antonio Puche will use a makeshift squad for the match against U22 Vietnam. That will affect the playing style of U22 China. Remember, in March, at the friendly tournament in Yancheng, U22 China struggled to get a draw against coach Dinh Hong Vinh's team.

In addition to U22 Vietnam and U22 China, the 2025 Panda Cup also has the participation of two strong teams, U22 Korea and U22 Uzbekistan.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/u22-trung-quoc-lien-tiep-nhan-tin-du-truoc-tran-gap-u22-viet-nam-20251112104034522.htm