Quang Hai, Tien Linh, Dinh Thanh Binh practice separately on the afternoon of March 13 - Photo: QUANG THINH
Center back Bui Hoang Viet Anh left the Vietnam national team on the afternoon of March 13 after failing to recover from a knee injury. Goalkeeper Dinh Trieu was also absent due to back pain. The three players Quang Hai, Tien Linh and Dinh Thanh Binh all only practiced lightly after not playing in the first training session.
Plans affected
After only 3 training sessions, striker Dinh Bac had to say goodbye to the U22 Vietnam team due to a broken little toe on his right foot. Therefore, Dinh Bac cannot participate in the CFA China Team 2025 Friendly Tournament taking place from March 20 to 25 in China.
Although he still recovered in time for the 2026 U23 Asian qualifiers in September as well as the 33rd SEA Games later this year, Dinh Bac's injury also affected coach Kim Sang Sik 's preparation plan for U22. First, the team's formation and tactics were not completed when the best squad was not available. Second, Mr. Kim's key player lost an important opportunity to compete against U22 Uzbekistan, South Korea and China.
Along with Bui Vi Hao, Dinh Bac is one of the two most experienced strikers of the U22 Vietnam team in the gold medal hunt at the 33rd SEA Games. With Vi Hao playing better and better in the Vietnam team, coach Kim Sang Sik does not need to worry. However, Dinh Bac has not shown much since being called up by Mr. Kim to the Vietnam team and was eliminated in the 2024 ASEAN Cup campaign. Therefore, Dinh Bac's call-up to the U22 Vietnam team this time was to give him a better chance to test himself in the 2025 CFA China Team Friendly Tournament, but in the end, that plan was ruined.
Opportunity to test
After parting ways with Viet Anh, coach Kim Sang Sik still has 5 central defenders to use for the friendly match with Cambodia. The opponent has 5 naturalized players, including Ivorian striker Abdel Kader Coulibaly, which will be an ideal test for the Vietnamese team's defense during the testing process when there is 22-year-old rookie Pham Ly Duc. Remember, Coulibaly scored against Malaysia and Thailand at the 2024 ASEAN Cup. It is also an opportunity for Ly Duc to get acquainted and be ready to be a pillar for the Vietnam U22 team at the 33rd SEA Games.
The fact that Dinh Thanh Binh and Tien Linh still have to practice separately also brings a lot of worry, because the Vietnamese team has no more strikers for him to test for the friendly match with Cambodia on March 19. If both can recover and regain their best physical condition in the coming days to practice normally with their teammates, that would be great. If not, that would be an opportunity for Mr. Kim to build a new strategy for the Vietnamese team.
Coach Kim Sang Sik has many wingers and central midfielders who are in good form and scoring many goals at the club such as Hai Long, Chau Ngoc Quang (both scored 4 goals) or new player Minh Khoa (3 goals). In the context that Quang Hai still has to practice separately, testing new central midfielders compared to ASEAN Cup 2024 is a positive thing for the future. Thai Son needs to play for the gold medal campaign at SEA Games 33, Minh Khoa also really needs to show himself in his first time on the national team and who knows, he will be a new discovery like Doan Ngoc Tan at ASEAN Cup 2024.
Meanwhile, Dinh Trieu's back pain makes coach Kim Sang Sik worried if the "best goalkeeper of ASEAN Cup 2024" does not recover in time. Because the Vietnamese team has said goodbye to Vietnamese-American goalkeeper Nguyen Filip due to family matters. The two remaining goalkeepers, Nguyen Van Viet and Trung Kien, are both young. Therefore, yesterday (March 13), Mr. Kim decided to urgently call up goalkeeper Trinh Xuan Hoang (Thanh Hoa) to the national team.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/hlv-kim-sang-sik-dau-dau-voi-chan-thuong-20250314081538782.htm
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