Chinese newspaper points out big difference of U23 Vietnam

(Dan Tri) - Instead of playing with ball control under coach Troussier, U23 Vietnam has shown a rougher, more edgy style of play under coach Hoang Anh Tuan. That has helped the team achieve good results.

Vietnam U23 has secured a ticket to the quarter-finals of the AFC U23 Championship one round early after winning two matches against Malaysia U23 and Kuwait U23. We are very close to the ticket to the Olympics (for the 3 teams with the best results in the tournament).

U23 Vietnam pursues a defensive counter-attacking style of play under coach Hoang Anh Tuan (Photo: VFF).

Chinese media pointed out that U23 Vietnam succeeded thanks to returning to a defensive counter-attacking style of play. The team was ready to endure pressure from opponents, before delivering "fatal punches" when necessary. This was in contrast to the ball-controlling style of play under coach Troussier. 163 analyzed: "Under the leadership of coach Troussier, Vietnamese teams pursued a ball-controlling style of play. However, the U23 team as well as the Vietnamese national team were both eliminated early at the ASIAD or Asian Cup. After coach Troussier left, coach Hoang Anh Tuan temporarily took over the U23 Vietnam team to participate in the U23 Asia tournament. They demonstrated a pragmatic style of play. For example, in the recent match against U23 Malaysia. In this match, U23 Vietnam only controlled 41% of the time. They launched 11 shots, less than the 14 shots of U23 Malaysia. The "Golden Dragons" even did not have any corner kicks, compared to 8 of U23 Malaysia. The important thing is that U23 Vietnam still kept a clean sheet and played effectively. Thanks to that, the team won two matches against U23 Kuwait and U23 Malaysia to win a ticket to the quarter-finals of the U23 Asia tournament".

Despite being inferior to U23 Malaysia in terms of ball control time and number of shots, U23 Vietnam still won (Photo: VFF).

Sohu newspaper compared U23 Vietnam and U23 China: "U23 Vietnam has passed the group stage of the U23 Asian Cup for the third time. They won the runner-up position in the 2018 tournament and reached the quarter-finals in 2022. U23 Vietnam's achievements in the U23 Asian Cup are completely superior to U23 China. In 5 times participating in the tournament, the young Chinese team has never passed the group stage. In fact, U23 China has only won 1/14 matches in this tournament." U23 Vietnam also has a match to decide the top spot in the group with U23 Uzbekistan taking place at 10:30 p.m. on April 23. Coach Hoang Anh Tuan's team only has a chance to win against the Central Asian team that has just won the top spot in Group D when they are behind them in goal difference.

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