Moulay Azzeggouarh and his team held a 0-0 draw with home team U23 Tajikistan in the rematch taking place on the evening of March 23 (Vietnam time), thereby ending the training trip in their country with a series of positive results.
Compared to the 1-0 victory over U23 Tajikistan in the first leg, assistant Moulay only kept striker Bui Vi Hao in the starting lineup and changed the remaining 10 players. However, there were no signs of disarray in terms of the squad, but instead there was a confident entry from the U23 Vietnamese players. In the 14th minute, Vi Hao, when entering the opponent's penalty area, was pushed behind by a Tajikistan U23 player. However, the referee did not give the away team a penalty.
A tense match was created by both sides, but the certainty of U23 Vietnam's defense system did not allow the home team to have any dangerous ball situations in the first half. Even assistant Moulay's team Almost had the opening goal in the 1th minute. Coming down from the left wing, striker Nguyen Minh Quang put the ball beyond the reach of goalkeeper Khasanov Muhriddin, but his subsequent shot narrowly missed the target. inch.
Closing the first 45 minutes with a 0-0 draw, U23 Vietnam continued to create a safe position for the remaining time. Minh Quang had another chance to reach Tajikistan U23's goal in the 56th minute, but missed it because he could not find a common voice with fullback Ho Van Cuong. In the 63rd minute, Sangov Shohrukh responded by sending the ball just centimeters over Vietnam's U23 crossbar.
Towards the end of the match, the match speed gradually decreased because of the insufficient physical strength of both sides. In the 87th minute, substitute striker Nguyen Quoc Viet was facing the opportunity to score in the penalty area, but goalkeeper Muhriddin promptly saved U23 Tajikistan. At minute 90+4, "spider" Doan Huy Hoang successfully blocked a shot from a U23 Tajikistan player, ending the match with a 0-0 draw.
Moulay's team won one victory and one draw in two friendly matches with the home team U23 Tajikistan. A positive result when the coaching staff allowed all 23 players to play on this trip. On March 24, U3 Vietnam will return to the country, temporarily disband and before regrouping near mid-April to enter the final preparations for the final round of the U23 Asian Championship, which is also the qualifying round. Paris 4 Olympic men's soccer.
HUU THANH
