The only training session to prepare for the playoff match against Kyrgyzstan to compete for tickets to the 2024 Futsal World Cup, the psychology of the Vietnamese futsal team has improved. Diego Giustozzi and his team put aside the sadness and regret of losing the “golden” opportunity by losing to Uzbeskitan in the quarter-finals of the 2024 Asian Futsal Championship a day earlier.
Sharing with the media after the training session on the afternoon of April 25, goalkeeper Ho Van Y shared: “I will ignore the sadness and regret of the quarter-finals and devote my highest concentration to the match tomorrow.” , and at the same time try to show your best ability to win with the whole team. Whether in the quarterfinals or play-offs, the Vietnamese futsal team still has the same goal of winning tickets to the 2024 Futsal World Cup.”
Because there was only a day and a half to prepare for the first match of the play-off round, Giustozzi and his team took advantage of the time to do light stretching and stretching exercises in the morning at the gym, then play football. table for mental relaxation. In the afternoon of the same day, Van Y and his teammates went back to practice for an hour to prepare for the match against Kyrgyzstan.
Due to having to compete continuously, the whole team’s professional practice session also took place quite gently. Coach Giustozzi instructed the players and guided the players in some exercises on attacking and finishing goals such as performing fixed situations from corner kicks, direct free kicks or side kicks.
Van Y added: “During the team meeting, coach Giustozzi said that the players performed well in the match against Uzbekistan. However, the result is only win or lose, and we must accept the unexpected. Therefore, the whole team must be determined to regain their spirit to prepare for tomorrow’s match.”
According to Van Y, opponent Kyrgyzstan has developed strongly in recent times, especially when the representative from Central Asia defeated defending champion Japan to win the right to enter the quarter-finals of the Asian Futsal Championship, and is now compete with the Vietnamese futsal team for the final ticket to attend the 2024 Futsal World Cup.
“In all circumstances, the whole team always tries to perform to the best of their ability, not wanting to disappoint the expectations and support of the fans. I hope everyone will continue to accompany the Vietnamese futsal team to overcome this difficult period,” Van Y emphasized.
According to the schedule, the match between the two futsal teams of Vietnam and Kyrgyzstan takes place at 4 pm on April 26. If they pass this match, Giustozzi and his team will meet the winner of the match between Iraq and Afghanistan to determine the spot for the 2024 Futsal World Cup.
While coach Giustozzi quickly discussed: “Kyrgyzstan is a strong team, very good team play, experience and high bravery. This tournament format is very complicated. All teams have a great winning spirit. Kyrgyzstan’s physical strength is also very durable, good attack, good defense. We have improved ourselves. The Vietnamese futsal team had a good match against Uzbekistan, even though the opponent was very strong. The players showed high fighting spirit.”
HUU THANH
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