The U.23 Vietnam team soon won a ticket to the quarterfinals of the 2024 U.23 Asian Championship
The U.23 Vietnam team ended the group stage of the 2024 U.23 Asia tournament with a record of 2 wins (against U.23 Kuwait, U.23 Malaysia) and 1 loss against U.23 Uzbekistan in the match. took place on the evening of April 23 after having tickets to the quarterfinals.
At 0:30 on April 27, coach Hoang Anh Tuan and his team will enter the first knock-out match, against strong opponent U.23 Iraq with the goal of winning, to be able to participate in the semi-finals.
Regardless of the result, we believe that the U.23 Vietnam team has completed its self-set task, becoming one of two Southeast Asian representatives (besides the U.23 Indonesia team) to pass the group stage. Asian U.23 Championship 2024.
Khuat Van Khang scored against the U.23 Malaysia team
Looking more broadly, fans can feel somewhat reassured about the maturity of the young generation representing the future of Vietnamese football, gradually filling in the disappointment left behind by coach Philippe Troussier’s reign.
In fact, we have a generation of young players with potential, the core of which is the group born in 2003. At the age of 21, they are the mainstay of the U.23 Vietnam team, even playing in the team’s jersey. Vietnam will definitely be the “main pair” at the 33rd SEA Games held in Thailand in 2025.
Names born in 2003 such as Ho Van Cuong, Nguyen Thai Son, Khuat Van Khang, Nguyen Quoc Viet, Nguyen Van Truong, Nguyen Hong Phuc, Nguyen Duc Phu, Bui Vi Hao or goalkeeper Doan Huy Hoang will create the main framework. for the U.22 Vietnam team in the mission to reclaim the gold medal they missed at the 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia in 2023.
Thai Son is one of the best players of the U.23 Vietnam team
That’s not to mention the names absent from the U.23 Asian Championship for many different reasons, such as midfielder Nguyen Duc Anh, striker Nguyen Thanh Nhan, midfielder Dinh Xuan Tien… all contributed to the championship. U.23 Southeast Asia often competes at ASIAD Hangzhou in 2023.
Besides, we still have potential names like Nguyen Duc Viet, Nguyen Dinh Bac, Tran Nam Hai (born in 2004), Le Nguyen Hoang, Nguyen Manh Hung (2005)… all have been tested and appeared on the field. At the highest level of continental youth football is the 2023 Asian U.23 Championship.
With such a force, Vietnamese fans have the right to compete at the 33rd SEA Games, where we will compete with the strongly developing rival Indonesia, the host country Thailand or Malaysia who are determined in their goal. destroyed the gold medal in men’s soccer.
We will face fierce competition when our Thai opponent is always very strong. In particular, Indonesia is the leading flag of Southeast Asia after winning the gold medal at the 32nd SEA Games, reaching the quarterfinals of the 2023 Asian Cup, and just reaching the semi-finals of the 2024 U.23 Asian Championship with many players old enough to play. SEA Games 33.
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Indonesian football has soon shown its strong resilience, which is also a good sign for us. Because right now, Vietnamese football can identify how strong the opponent is to soon plan long-term preparations, have a methodical and professional roadmap.
We will have 20 more months to set the gold goal of SEA Games 33 (scheduled to be held in December 2025). It seems like a long time, but time will pass very quickly. If you don’t start preparing right away, it may be too late.
Our advantage will lie in the fact that there are many names playing regularly in the V-League, while VFF also has a strategy to give continuous testing opportunities to players born in 2003 and above. later on the U.23 Vietnam team and even the Vietnam team.
That will be the foundation for us to place expectations on the group of players born in 2003 and later of the U.23 Vietnam team, that they will be “trained” to be even stronger and braver to be able to compete for the highest goal in men’s soccer at SEA Games 33.
