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On February 12, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) announced the contract with technical advisor Yukata Ikeuchi. Japanese experts joined the U.17 VN coaching committee as an advisor, play a role in supporting professional work such as opponent analysis, game planning, legal improvement and training of young players … for head coach Cristiano Roland. Mr. Ikeuchi is considered to be experienced when he used to train U.15 and U.17 Japan, and the time to teach the coach.
U.17 VN (right) focused again in March
As soon as VFF sent a record to Mr. Ikeuchi, the National Coach Council approved, with the belief that Japanese experts will bring what young Vietnamese football is lacking, it is a strategic vision, and the method of digging. Create standard players to reach Asia.
Advisor Ikeuchi and coach Roland are expected to combine well to raise U.17 VN. While Mr. Ikeuchi has experience and understands U.17 Japan (the strongest opponent that U.17 VN has to face in the group stage), coach Roland is good at doing mental work. The Brazilian strategist revealed the collective that had loses to Indonesia up to 5 goals not in the Southeast Asia, to become a good army, defeating both Japan and Uzbekistan at the international friendly tournament late last year.
The challenge of coach Roland and expert Ikeuchi is that U.17 VN force has not had much time to honry. 12 out of 23 players in the U.17 Asian qualifying round of 2025 are playing for teams in the V-League, but only Tran Gia Bao (HAGL) is tried to the first team to try. The rest or all have not been registered for the V-League, or just sitting on the reserve in first-class teams. Coach Roland saw this fact when sharing with Thanh Nien: “VFF tried to bring the youth tournaments, but the reality showed that the U.17 team players only had 8 to 15 matches per year. That number is too little for the player to get used to the pressure of the competition.
In order to overcome, U.17 VN will prepare as best as possible. The entire army team in March for long -term training. The preparation plan is being completed by VFF and advisers IKUCHI, mainly combining domestic and friendly training abroad for players to gain experience, find cohesion in the game. In the Asian finals, U.17 VN will compete with U.17 Japan, U.17 Australia and U.17 UAE for 2 tickets to continue, also the door to U.17 World Cup 2025 . The gameplay, forging more offensive and defensive pieces or improving the psychology and fitness for the player “.
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Not only U.17 VN, Southeast Asian teams also finally race for the ticket to attend U.17 World Cup 2025. Located in the difficult group with U.17 Saudi Arabia, U.17 Uzbekistan and U. 17 China, the U.17 Thailand team decided to surprise when brought in two Thai Kieu players, including Silva Mexes and Kai Laws. Both “young bamboo shoots” are highly appreciated, when Kai Laws wear U.17 Nottingham Forest, and Mexes is the potential star of the impressive MU, modern thinking and experience in training in The world’s leading football environment will help Mexes and Laws promise to raise U.17 Thailand.
In order to create the best conditions for U.17 Thailand, the President of Thai Football Federation Madam Pang plans to bring the team focused on February 15 to practice 1 month in the country. Then on March 15, the team left to Qatar to practice on the premises of Aspire Academy, where the best facilities in Asia. In 26.3, the team went to Saudi Arabia to get used to the competition conditions. With nearly 2 months forging troops and two Thai Kieu players back from the UK, U.17 Thailand decided to cross the group stage to get tickets to the World Cup.