U23 Vietnam passed the U23 Asia 2024 group stage, completing the first step in coach Hoang Anh Tuan’s goal. Below are some notable statistics, reflecting the performance of Quan Van Chuan and his teammates after 3 matches.
U23 Vietnam is one of the 5 teams with the most goals in the group stage. Coach Hoang Anh Tuan’s students have 5 goals (equal to U23 Indonesia), only behind U23 Iraq (6 goals), U23 Saudi Arabia and U23 Uzbekistan (both 10 goals).
U23 Vietnam 0-3 U23 Uzbekistan.
U23 Vietnam’s opponents in the first two matches in Group D are not strong. U23 Vietnam scored 3 goals against U23 Kuwait and 2 goals against U23 Malaysia. Of these, 2 goals came from fixed situations and 1 goal was due to the opponent making a mistake. U23 Vietnam only had 2 goals from sharp combinations.
When facing U23 Uzbekistan – one of the strongest teams in the tournament, coach Hoang Anh Tuan’s students clearly showed their limitations when they only had 1 shot on target (no goal).
However, if only considered from a purely statistical perspective, the number of 5 goals scored in the group stage is an outstanding achievement compared to previous generations of U23 Vietnam in the tournament. In four previous participations in the U23 Asian Championship, U23 Vietnam has never reached the number of 5 goals in the group stage.
U23 Vietnam finished the group stage for the first time with 6 points. (Photo: AFC)
In addition, U23 Vietnam got 6 points after 3 matches in the group stage. This is also the best achievement among Vietnam’s U23 groups that have participated in the U23 Asian Finals. Coach Hoang Anh Tuan and his team are also the first Southeast Asian representative to win the right to continue in the U23 Asian tournament after only 2 matches.
Regarding personnel, U23 Vietnam has the youngest average age at the 2024 U23 Asian Finals (20.21). In the list of 23 players, there are 10 people from the U21 group. The youngest member of U23 Vietnam is midfielder Nguyen Manh Hung, born in 2005.
U23 Vietnam is also one of the teams that uses the most players in the group stage. Coach Hoang Anh Tuan put 21 people on the field out of the 23 players he brought to the 2024 U23 Asian Finals. Only goalkeeper Doan Huy Hoang (goalkeeper number 3) and striker Nguyen Quoc Viet (sick) have yet to play. used in the group stage journey.
The use of many players also shows the flexibility in the team arrangement of coach Hoang Anh Tuan. That means U23 Vietnam will have more experiments and more choices. In addition, the young players all have experience at the tournament, which is also good for gaining experience.
U23 Vietnam commits many mistakes. (Photo: AFC)
U23 Vietnam also has some worrying statistics. After 3 group stage matches, U23 Vietnam committed 38 violations. This number puts us in the top 5 teams with the most fouls in the group stage (U23 China 46 times, U23 Tajikistan 45 times, U23 Indonesia 4 times and U23 Kuwait 44 times).
More alarming than looking at the above statistics, we can see that among the 8 teams participating in the quarterfinals, U23 Vietnam is one of the teams that commits the most fouls in the group stage. We are only ranked behind U23 Indonesia in this indicator.
With 38 fouls, it is easy to understand that U23 Vietnam had to receive 8 penalty cards. Among them, there are 7 yellow cards and 1 red card (direct).
Another noteworthy number is 3 minutes 17 seconds – the time U23 Vietnam conceded the first goal in the loss to U23 Uzbekistan. Coach Hoang Anh Tuan and his team became the team that conceded the earliest goal in a match in the group stage.
Besides, with 3 goals conceded in the first half of the match against Uzbekistan, U23 Vietnam became the U23 Vietnam team that had to concede the most goals in the first half of the match. This shows the problem of U23 Vietnam when entering the game and in the first half of each match. In fact, against U23 Kuwait and U23 Malaysia, U23 Vietnam did not play well in the first half.
These statistics partly reflect the journey of U23 Vietnam in the group stage of the 2024 U23 Asian Finals. U23 Vietnam has remarkable achievements in the group stage, but besides that, there are still weaknesses that need to be overcome. to make the journey to conquer Asia more convenient.
