U23 Vietnam is determined to repeat the feat of defeating U23 Iraq like in Changzhou 2018 to gain the right to enter the semi-finals of U23 Asia 2024 and get closer to a ticket to the Paris Olympics.
The U23 Vietnam team will continue their journey at the U23 Asian Finals by facing U23 Iraq in the quarterfinals.
The match between U23 Vietnam and U23 Iraq will take place at 0:30 a.m. April 27 (Vietnam time) at Al Janoub Stadium.
This is the second time U23 Vietnam and U23 Iraq have had the opportunity to meet each other at the U23 Asian playground.
In the previous meeting in 2018, also in the quarterfinals, U23 Vietnam under the guidance of Coach Park Hang-seo achieved a miracle by winning 5-3 in the penalty shootout after the two teams tied 3-3 in 120 minutes.
That victory opened a miraculous tournament for the “Golden Star Warriors” when we then continued to overcome Qatar U23 and only lost to Uzbekistan U23 in the snow-white Changzhou final.
After 6 years, U23 Vietnam is now led by Coach Hoang Anh Tuan, who also wants to repeat the feat of overcoming U23 Iraq.
If they defeat U23 Iraq, U23 Vietnam will have their name in the U23 Asian semi-finals for the second time and, more importantly, get very close to getting a ticket to Paris to attend the 2024 Olympics.
However, this is definitely not an easy task when Iraq U23 is rated higher and is in impressive form.
After a shocking loss to U23 Thailand, U23 Iraq came back strongly with a 4-2 victory over U23 Tajikistan and then defeated defending champion U23 Saudi Arabia to enter the quarterfinals as group winner.
The match between U23 Vietnam and U23 Iraq will be live on the FPT Play system (FPT Play application and FPT Vietnamese Football YouTube channel) and VTV5./.
U23 Vietnam and U23 Iraq will face each other in the final match at the 2024 U23 Asia quarterfinals, at 0:30 a.m. April 27 (Vietnam time) at Al Janoub Stadium.
