Who are the opponents and what time are they playing?

According to the announcement of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), U.23 Vietnam will start training from March 13 at the Vietnam Youth Football Training Center. On March 17, the whole team will move to Tajikistan. Here, U.23 Vietnam will play 2 friendly matches with U.23 Tajikistan, on March 20 and March 23, 2024 respectively.

In the past, Vietnamese youth football rarely encountered Tajikistan. The most recent meeting was when U.22 Vietnam played a friendly match with U.22 Tajikistan in the UAE in 2021. At that time, U.22 Vietnam was led by Korean coach Kim Han-yoon. Xuan Tu helped U.22 Vietnam take the lead in the 82nd minute, but unfortunately the defense made mistakes in the final minutes, allowing U.22 Tajikistan to hold the score 1-1.

Friendly match schedule between U.23 Vietnam and U.23 Tajikistan

On March 11, the list of 24 players for the U.23 Vietnam team was also announced. The PVF-CAND team contributed the most players with 4 players. The Hanoi Police Club and SLNA followed with 3 players. Outstanding players who have brought much success to Vietnamese youth football recently such as Van Chuan, Quang Thinh, Ngoc Thang, Duy Cuong, and Quoc Viet are still present.

Outstanding striker Quoc Viet (number 14) is still present.

One player who received a lot of attention in this training session is Hoang Vinh Nguyen. The midfielder born in 2002 was once sent to Cadiz (a team playing in La Liga - Spain) for training. When returning to Ho Chi Minh City Club, Hoang Vinh Nguyen also had a positive performance when he started in 2 victories of the "Red Battleship" in V-League 2023 - 2024 against Binh Dinh and Binh Duong.

In addition to Hoang Vinh Nguyen, his teammate at Ho Chi Minh City Club, Bui Ngoc Long, was also called up. In 2021, Ngoc Long was sent by Saigon Club to Japan to "study abroad" at Azul Claro Numazu (a team playing in J-League 3) and had 3 impressive matches.

Vinh Nguyen is a player who receives much attention.

Ngoc Long (blue shirt) also played football in Japan.

Notably, during the tour to Tajikistan, U.23 Vietnam will not be led by coach Troussier. The 68-year-old coach will join the Vietnam team in two important matches against Indonesia in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers on March 21 and 26, respectively. Instead, Troussier's assistant coach Moulay Lahsen will take charge. However, the two men's styles will not be much different as coach Moulay Lahsen has worked with Troussier since 2018.

VFF considers U.23 Tajikistan to be an equal opponent and could not be more suitable for U.23 Vietnam to have a perfect preparation before U.23 Asia, the tournament will take place from April 15 to May 3, 2024. U.23 Vietnam is in Group D with opponents U.23 Kuwait, Uzbekistan and Malaysia.

U.23 Vietnam will play their opening match against U.23 Kuwait at 10:30 p.m. (Vietnam time) on April 17 at Saoud Bin Abdulrahman Stadium. They will then play against U.23 Malaysia (8:00 p.m. on April 20) and U.23 Uzbekistan (10:30 p.m. on April 23). Both of U.23 Vietnam's final group stage matches will take place at Khalifa Stadium.

Asian tournament schedule of U.23 Vietnam

Experts say this group is suitable for U.23 Vietnam. In addition to the superior U.23 Uzbekistan, U.23 Vietnam is on par with U.23 Kuwait and Malaysia. At the 2022 U.23 Asia, U.23 Vietnam under the leadership of coach Gong Oh-kyun played very well and reached the quarterfinals.

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