VHO – At 4:00 p.m. this afternoon, April 26, the Vietnam Futsal team will play the play-off semi-finals to compete for tickets to the 2024 Futsal World Cup with the Kyrgyzstan Futsal team. Coach Diego Giustozzi and his team have carefully prepared and are determined to achieve good results against Central Asia.
To prepare for the match with Kyrgyzstan, the Vietnamese team took to the field to practice on April 25. Before entering the tactical instruction, coach Diego Giustozzi encouraged his students’ spirit.
The players need to forget the defeat against Uzbekistan to focus on this afternoon’s match
“I know you are sad because we lost to Uzbekistan, but let’s be proud because we did our best and played a good match. Let’s forget the score of the match but remember our tactics, style of play, performance… in that match. If you can do that in the next two matches, I believe we will have a great chance to win tickets to the World Cup,” the captain of the Vietnam Futsal team expressed.
Due to having to compete continuously, the professional training sessions the day before the match also took place quite lightly. In this training session, coach Diego Giustozzi shows and guides the players in some exercises on attacking and finishing goals such as performing set situations from corner kicks, direct free kicks or throw-in kicks. .
Assessing opponents Kyrgyzstan, coach Diego Giustozzi said: “They are a strong team, with very good team play, experience and high bravery. Kyrgyzstan won against Japan in the group stage. This tournament format is very complicated. All teams have a great winning spirit. Their physical strength is very durable. They attack well, defend well.”
Coach Diego Giustozzi is confident about his students’ preparation
“We have improved ourselves. Vietnam Futsal team had a good match against Uzbekistan even though the opponent was very strong. The players showed high fighting spirit,” coach Diego Giustozzi said about his students.
The 2024 Asian Futsal Championship has 5 spots for the World Cup. Because Uzbekistan is the host of the 2024 Futsal World Cup finals, if this team enters the semi-finals, the remaining spots will be divided among the 4 losing teams in the quarter-finals.
If they win against Kyrgyzstan, the Vietnamese team will meet the winner of the match between Iraq and Afghanistan in the decisive match to win tickets to the 2024 World Cup.
