Overseas Vietnamese player Maxwell unexpectedly eliminated, U.17 Vietnam 'study abroad' in Japan

According to the plan, the Vietnam U.17 team will train from September 30 to September 9, 2024 in Hamamatsu Prefecture (Japan). During the training period here, the team will have 3 friendly matches, respectively against Shizuoka University students (October 3), Shizuoka Sangyo University students (October 16) and Tokoha University students (October 9). In 2023, Hamamatsu will also be the training location of the Vietnam U.17 team in preparation for the 2023 AFC U.17 Championship.

After these matches, on October 10, coach Roland Cristiano and his team will return home to complete the final preparations before participating in the 2025 AFC U17 qualifiers.

List of U.17 Vietnam players leaving for Japan

Before the training trip to Japan, the Vietnam U.17 team with 28 players gathered to practice at the Vietnam Youth Football Training Center from September 16. During the 2 weeks of training, coach Cristiano Roland focused on optimizing the strengths and overcoming the remaining problems in the playing style that the team demonstrated at the international U.16 Peace Cup 2024 (August 2024). In this tournament, coach Cristiano Roland and his team won the runner-up position with the result of 2 wins and 1 loss: losing to China 0-4, winning Uzbekistan 3-0 and winning Japan 1-0.

During the training camp to prepare for the 2025 AFC U-17 qualifiers, coach Cristiano Roland also gave opportunities to a number of new faces, notably Vietnamese-American player Maxwell, who is playing for the Gold Coast Knights youth team in Queensland, Australia. However, due to not having much time to adapt to the weather conditions to integrate and get along well with his teammates, Maxwell was not selected by head coach Cristiano Roland for the training camp in Japan.

Coach Cristiano Roland said about this issue: "In this training session there are some new faces and we will continue to evaluate, not just any player. The players must not only adapt to the playing style but also the training intensity. I will always choose the best players when finalizing the list".

Maxwell is not on the training list of U.17 Vietnam.

Notably, in the U.17 Asian qualifiers, the Vietnam Football Federation will host the group of U.17 Vietnam. Specifically, U.17 Vietnam will play the role of host of group I, taking place at Viet Tri Stadium (Phu Tho) from October 23 to October 27, 2024. Coach Roland Cristiano and his team will meet U.17 Kyrgyzstan (October 23), U.17 Myanmar (October 25) and U.17 Yemen (October 27).

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/overseas-player-maxwell-unexpectedly-lost-u17-viet-nam-du-hoc-nhat-ban-185240930123112507.htm