U.23 Kuwait is the first opponent of coach Hoang Anh Tuan and the young Vietnamese players at the 2024 U.23 Asia. The clash between the two teams will take place at 10:30 p.m. (Vietnam time) on April 17 at Saoud Bin Abdulrahman Stadium.
Coming to the 2024 U.23 Asia, U.23 Kuwait is considered a "mysterious" opponent of U.23 Vietnam. Although Vietnam has participated in the U.23 Asia 4 times, they have never met Kuwait. Information about their squad status and preparation for the tournament has not been disclosed. In addition, U.23 Kuwait's friendly matches before the U.23 Asia tournament were mostly played behind closed doors.
The head of the Kuwait Football Federation's Technical Committee, Abdul Al Rashdan, criticized: "As far as I know, the U.23 Kuwait team will gather and play friendly matches with two strong teams to gain experience and find out the positive and negative points. But in the end, that did not happen because of many problems that arose, such as the coach was also afraid of revealing his tactics.
In addition, U.23 Kuwait is suffering from the secrecy of information from the media. Young players are required to take it seriously, which is very strange, especially since the media are essential partners, objective critics.
Mr. Abdul Al Rashdan also emphasized that the U.23 Kuwait coaching staff does not allow the country's media to work during training sessions. At the same time, announcements are only made 24 hours before the match starts, whether it is a friendly or an official match. Therefore, any media updates on the situation of the U.23 Kuwait squad are very difficult.
Information about U.23 Kuwait in this country is always kept secret.
Kuwait U.23 team gathered and left for Qatar on April 9, but on April 8, round 21 of the national championship of this country still took place. Most of the Kuwait U.23 players play domestically and have to sit on the bench, but the clubs still refuse to release their players early.
Mr. Abdulaziz Hamada - Director of Development and Training of the Kuwait Football Federation criticized the clubs: "The domestic coaches do not create conditions for young players to compete. That is a big problem for the clubs, they use the excuse of wanting to preserve the physical condition of young players but it directly affects the U.23 Kuwait. Officials of the Kuwait Football Federation, coach Emilio Peixe have complained many times but it is meaningless.
Obviously, the preparation of the U.23 Kuwait team for the tournament at the Asian level is not up to par. How can the coaching staff say that the preparation is going well when the team has not had a single friendly match? Now, we have to rely on the fighting spirit of the players in the tournament and the support of everyone."
Domestic clubs also do not create conditions for U.23 Kuwait to compete.
When asked about the goal at the 2023 AFC U23 Championship, Mr. Jarrah Al Ateeqi - Head of the Kuwait U23 delegation refused to comment. He also denied that the Kuwait Football Federation set a goal for the team to reach the semi-finals to compete for a ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics as revealed by the country's media. Instead, he expected the Kuwait U23 team to play their best in the upcoming tournament so as not to disappoint fans.
Mr. Jarrah Al Ateeqi said: "We do not talk about goals because U.23 Kuwait is still trying its best in training. As long as the fans still support us, we will go out and play our best. U.23 Kuwait can make a surprise against U.23 Vietnam and Malaysia. They have made remarkable progress in recent times, but we have many good players who are strong enough to block their way."
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