TChallenge for young players
The SEA Games gold medal is no longer an obsession of the U.22 generation, when coach Park Hang-seo helped young Vietnamese football to solve the curse in 2019 with the 30th SEA Games championship. 22 VN successfully defended the throne in SEA Games 31 with a record of 6 unbeaten matches. The match without losing the young Vietnamese players lasted 17 matches for 4 years, only stopped in the semi -finals of the SEA Games 32 in 2023, when U.22 VN lost to U.22 Indonesia.
Vi Hao (right) is a rare U.22 player who has a place to stay in the Vietnamese team
In general, the position of young Vietnamese football has been very different. The runner -up U.23 Asia in 2018, the ticket to the U.20 World Cup 2017 … is a testament to the reach of a football background. Continuing the gems that have been trained in 2013 to date, contributing to creating the potential generation of Changzhou, bringing the Vietnamese team to break out in the 2018-2022 period. With Vietnamese football, the capacity of the generation U.22 seems to have a role in signaling the future. With quality young people, the Vietnamese team has the foundation to rise up, and vice versa.
However, it is impossible to require the U.22 VN age to be quality. Failure at SEA Games 32 is for example, when the player in the hands of coach Philippe Troussier is considered to be an international experience. The French military leader has made efforts to “nourish” students with training and friendly trips, and the thorough editing of tactical techniques and football thinking. However, U.22 VN could not transform in just a few months, when most young players lack the season, collision to face difficulties.
This is the U.22 VN Mountain of coach Kim Sang-Sik to overcome at the 33th SEA Games. Because of the same young age in the hands of Mr. Kim at this time there are many similarities with the time of Troussier coach. Of the 13 U.22 players who attended the U.23 Asian Finals 2024, only 3 players including Nguyen Thai Son (11 matches, 990 minutes), Bui Vi Hao (11 matches, 907 minutes) and Khuat Van Khang (10 matches, 703 minutes) has more than 10 appearances in the V-League. The rest is divided into 2 groups: reserve in the V-League, or the main kick in the first division. Only Vi Hao is the only U.22 face that squeezed into the main squad in the Vietnamese team for at least 4 matches at the AFF Cup 2024.
Coach Kim Sang-Sik understands the arduous understanding of U.22 VN will be bigger than the national team. Because instead of taking advantage of the experienced human platform that his predecessor left, Mr. Kim had to look for a new factor himself. He shared with Thanh Nien: “I will work hard to find the young player. They are the future of Vietnamese football.” It is possible that at the 33rd SEA Games, Mr. Kim was not forced to have gold medals. The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) will close the target soon with the Korean coach, most likely only require U.22 VN to be present in the final. But Mr. Kim emphasized that he always wanted to enter every tournament with the goal of victory and championship. The former Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors strategist has his own ambition and the rest of the time (9 months) is enough for him to prepare for a difficult adventure, but also full of interesting.
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According to commentator Vu Quang Huy, the SEA Games champion is no longer a must with U.22 VN, but keep boldly set the highest goal because this is the stimulation for young players to try to transform themselves.
“At SEA Games 33, U.22 VN will meet many strong opponents. U.22 Thailand is very potential, with many faces fostering Mr. Masatada Ishii in the national team. When many young players have revealed at the AFF Cup 2024, helping the Indonesian team only lose 0-1 before Vietnam in the group stage. strong enough, inexperienced, but we should understand that young football is constantly fluctuating and we can take advantage of that unpredictable to create advantages for ourselves.
I realize that in the years when the SEA Games, young Vietnamese players in particular and young Vietnamese football in general are always very focused, oriented and goals to overcome clear limits. I am optimistic with the youth of coach Kim Sang-Sik, due to many players such as Van Cuong, Quoc Viet, Van Truong, Van Khang … experienced in the Vietnamese team and have attended the 32nd SEA Games. Two years ago, barrel The SEA Games stone of U.22 VN is actually U.20. They had more time to honed so that this year would be stronger. There are also findings such as Dinh Bac, Nguyen Hoang … in the hands of Mr. Kim Sang-Sik is a list of 50 potential young players, and he will test and train students in the next focus “,” Mr. Huy said.
