In the official list of 26 Vietnamese players registered by coach Troussier to attend the 2023 Asian Cup, there are many very young attacking players.
Mr. Troussier kept midfielders Hai Long and Khuat Van Khang, and strikers Nguyen Van Tung, Nguyen Dinh Bac, and Nguyen Van Truong.
Dinh Bac (15) - a promising young face on the attack line of the Vietnam national team
4 out of the 5 players mentioned above (Van Khang, Van Tung, Dinh Bac, Van Truong) are still at the age to participate in the U.23 Asian tournament in April and May, the remaining one (Hai Long) has just passed the above age.
That means the Vietnamese team's attack at the 2023 Asian Cup promises to be full of youth. Youth means agility, resilience and enthusiasm.
In addition, the players mentioned above are all quite new to the international football scene. Hai Long and Van Truong have never played for the national team in official tournaments, while Dinh Bac and Van Tung have only played a few matches at this level. The newness of these players will make it difficult for the Vietnamese team's attack to be predicted, because opponents have almost no information about these players before.
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New, but these players also have potential. Among them, Dinh Bac scored for the Vietnamese team in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in Asia, in the match against the Philippines last November.
This player can play as a striker or a winger. Dinh Bac has good technique and a good physique (1.80 m tall).
Meanwhile, Khuat Van Khang is one of the most technical and creative players of his generation. Hai Long is a character that the former head coach of the Vietnam national team, Mr. Phan Thanh Hung, assessed as capable enough to replace Nguyen Quang Hai in the near future.
According to Mr. Phan Thanh Hung, Hai Long has good tactical vision, complete technique, and good finishing ability. This is a modern midfielder.
What Hai Long lacks at the moment is experience, but this player will equip himself with more experience if he plays more internationally.
Hai Long is expected to be capable of replacing Quang Hai in the future.
In theory, it seems that Coach Troussier is gradually solving the problem of attacking for the Vietnamese team. In the hands of the French coach, there are very cunning players like Quang Hai, Tuan Hai, fast strikers like Van Toan, and young players who are not afraid of collisions and not afraid to compete with opponents like Dinh Bac, Van Tung.
The only remaining issue is the performance of these players at the Asian Cup. Mr. Troussier's team is in a very difficult group, facing two strong teams, Japan and Iraq, and a fateful opponent, Indonesia. Who knows, in this difficult situation, the French coach will be able to introduce new features to Vietnamese football, successfully train a new generation of players, and improve the quality of these players.
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