The door to victory and the mental boost

After 2 matches, U22 Vietnam, U22 China, U22 Uzbekistan and U22 Korea all have 3 points, with a chance of winning the championship for each team.

In an attractive scenario, if U22 Vietnam defeats U22 Korea, and the match between U22 Uzbekistan and U22 China ends in a draw, coach Kim Sang Sik's team will officially be crowned the champion of the 2025 Panda Cup.

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U22 Vietnam needs to improve weaknesses

Obviously, defeating U22 Korea, a representative of a leading football team in the continent, always brings special emotions. If they win and become champions, it will be a very strong dose of "mental doping" for U22 Vietnam.

Because this is not only a temporary joy, but also fuels the fire of confidence for Coach Kim Sang Sik's students in the long journey ahead, especially the goal of conquering the SEA Games 33 gold medal and going far in the U23 Asian Cup.

A championship in China, against formidable opponents of the continent, is certainly not a bad affirmation of Dinh Bac, Van Khang and teammates.

But need to be different first

However, we need to look at reality soberly: winning a friendly tournament cannot cover up professional shortcomings.

Before thinking about beating Korea or lifting the cup, U22 Vietnam needs to make a difference compared to itself in the past journey, not just in the 2 matches against U22 China or U22 Uzbekistan.

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And more perfect before thinking about the 2025 Panda Cup championship

The difference that U22 Vietnam needs to find must come from core changes. For example, in defense, Ly Duc and his teammates need to thoroughly improve their ability to counter high balls and maintain higher concentration, which has not been the best in recent times.

The vast gaps on both sides or the confusion when the opponent pessing right on the home field need to be overcome more thoroughly by our players, from positional errors, wrong passes...

More importantly is the freshness in the attack. U22 Vietnam needs to create the highest difference, from coordination, finishing to even the transition from defense to counterattack.

It can be seen that, facing U22 Korea at 2:30 pm this afternoon (November 18), U22 Vietnam needs to win against itself, overcome inherent weaknesses before thinking about winning against the opponent or dreaming about the championship.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/u22-viet-nam-dau-han-quoc-khac-biet-lam-nen-chien-thang-2463696.html