ASIA U23 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE 2024
9:00 p.m. April 25: U23 Qatar 2-4 U23 Japan (Quarterfinals 1)
00:30 April 26: U23 Korea 2-2 U23 Indonesia, Penalty 10-11 (Quarterfinals 2)
9:00 p.m. April 26: U23 Uzbekistan – U23 Saudi Arabia (Quarterfinals 3)
00:30 April 27: U23 Iraq – U23 Vietnam (Quarterfinals 4)
9:00 p.m. April 29: U23 Japan – Won Quarterfinals 4 (Semifinals 1)
00:30 April 30: U23 Indonesia – Won Quarterfinals 3 (Semifinals 2)
10:30 p.m. May 2: Lose Semi-final 1 – Lose Semi-final 2 (Third place match)
10:30 p.m. May 3: Won Semi-final 1 – Won Semi-final 2 (Final)
At 00:30 on April 27, U23 Vietnam will enter the quarterfinals of the U23 Asian Championship with U23 Iraq at Al Janoub Stadium (Doha, Qatar). This is a very important match for both teams. In addition to a ticket to the semi-finals, the winning team also has a great chance to participate in the Olympics.
Iraqi newspaper highly appreciates the strength of U23 Vietnam (Photo: VFF).
That makes the nature of the match extremely tense. Even though Iraq is rated higher, they cannot be subjective in this match. The West Asian country’s press is quite cautious when talking about U23 Vietnam.
Win Win newspaper commented: “U23 Iraq is getting closer to the goal of winning tickets to attend the 2024 Olympics. It seemed that the door to continue for the “Lions of Mesopotamia” had closed after a 0-2 loss to U23 Thailand. Lan.
However, U23 Iraq showed great effort to win against U23 Tajikistan and U23 Saudi Arabia. Thanks to that, coach Radhi Shenaishil’s team finished at the top of Group C.
If you watch U23 Vietnam compete in the group stage, you can see that this is not an easy opponent for U23 Iraq. Coach Hoang Anh Tuan’s team played extremely uncomfortable defense. They won against U23 Kuwait and U23 Malaysia.
U23 Vietnam’s defeat in the final match against U23 Uzbekistan did not have much meaning. They proactively fielded the reserve squad to maintain strength for the match against U23 Iraq.”
U23 Vietnam has the basis to win against U23 Iraq (Photo: AFC).
Win Win newspaper quoted assistant coach of U23 Iraq, Qusay Munir: “We have to face a team that has improved greatly in recent years. They also have ambitions to go far in the U23 Asian tournament.
Anyway, members of Iraq U23 all believe in their talent. We will get positive results in the upcoming match. The spirit of the entire Iraq U23 team is rising. We are trying to win tickets to attend the 2024 Olympics.”
Of course, U23 Vietnam can also be optimistic about their ability to win against U23 Iraq. In the 2018 tournament, we also clashed with this opponent in the quarterfinals. At that time, the team led by coach Park Hang Seo tied this opponent with a score of 3-3 after 120 minutes, before winning in the penalty shootout. In that year’s tournament, U23 Vietnam reached the final and only lost to U23 Uzbekistan in the final match.
