P ARIS 2024 LYMPIC DREAM
With players who are not too similar, in just the past few months, the U.23 Vietnam team led by coach Troussier won the bronze medal at the 32nd SEA Games, while the U.23 Vietnam team led by coach Hoang Anh Tuan successfully defended the championship title of the U.23 Southeast Asia tournament. The personnel selection formula of the two teams has something in common: replacing young players who are not capable of development with younger players who have more talent and desire. The fact that the U.23 Vietnam team has just won the U.23 Southeast Asia tournament with many very young players is a vivid proof that the comprehensive rejuvenation strategy that the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and coaches Troussier and Hoang Anh Tuan established is completely correct. The qualifying round of Group C of the 2024 U.23 Asia tournament, starting on September 6, will be the beginning of a new question: how far will Coach Troussier's revolution help Vietnamese football take off and fly?
Coach Troussier sets big goals
When training with the Vietnam national team, the level of U.23 Vietnam (right) will also be improved.
The answer is the 2026 World Cup qualifiers and the 2024 AFC U-23 Championship - where the four semi-finalists will qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics (the fifth team will play a play-off with an African representative - PV). Mr. Troussier wants Vietnam to reach the 2024 AFC U-23 Championship and if this becomes a reality, Vietnamese football will have its fifth appearance in the finals of this tournament. From there, they aim for a higher level of competition, the Olympics.
Commentator Huynh Sang commented: "The U.23 Vietnam team reached the final of the 2018 U.23 Asian Cup and was present in the semi-finals of the 2018 ASIAD. At the age of U.23, the stability of the players is still not high, even in the top football countries in Asia. Therefore, we must prepare well. The opportunity for Vietnam to attend the Olympics through the U.23 Asian Cup is there, especially since in addition to the 4 tickets in the semi-finals, there is also a play-off spot. But first, we must conquer the 2024 U.23 Asian Cup qualifiers".
Urge U.23 Vietnam to accelerate upgrading level
The U.23 Vietnam team has all the "heavenly time, geographical advantage, and human harmony" when hosting Group C of the U.23 Asia qualifiers at home in Phu Tho (we will meet the U.23 Guam team on September 6, U.23 Yemen on September 9 and U.23 Singapore on September 12). The team's personnel are gathering the best players in Vietnam at this age such as Tuan Tai, Van Khang, Thai Son, Thanh Nhan, Minh Trong... But to achieve the set goal, Coach Troussier has brought the U.23 Vietnam team into fierce competition, no one dares to be subjective because the risk of losing their place can happen at any time. Mr. Troussier is urging U.23 Vietnam to accelerate upgrading their level, not only to defeat the 3 opponents in the U.23 Asia qualifiers (all from football backgrounds ranked below Vietnam in the FIFA rankings), but also to be able to compete at the continental level.
The U.23 Vietnam team is given a great responsibility.
Commentator Huynh Sang commented: "Mr. Troussier is creating a positive effect, helping young players to be more confident and courageous in addition to the increasingly improved technical and tactical quality. The gap in level and differentiation of Asian football is no longer as vast as before. We are getting stronger, gradually having surprising results against young teams from the top 10 football nations in the continent. Remember at ASIAD 2014, U.23 Vietnam defeated Iran 4-1 to reach the quarter-finals, 4 years later we defeated Japan, Bahrain, Syria to reach the semi-finals of ASIAD 2018. Obviously, setting the goal of participating in the Olympics through the U.23 Asian tournament is a shorter goal, with high feasibility. In football, it is necessary to achieve near goals to aim for the long goal. U.23 Vietnam has won the U.23 Southeast Asia Championship twice, has gone deep in the U.23 Asian tournament and ASIAD, so we take a step forward to aim for the Olympics It is also a necessary step towards the more important goal of the 2026 World Cup."
WHO WILL REPLACE DOAN VAN HAU IN THE VIETNAM TEAM ?
As Thanh Nien reported, Doan Van Hau has not fully recovered from his heel injury, so he cannot participate in the friendly match with the Palestine team at Thien Truong Stadium on September 11. The opportunity may come to Hoang Thai Binh, the player who was called up to the Vietnam national team for the first time by Coach Troussier. The defender born in 1998 played in 19/20 matches of Thanh Hoa Club in V-League 2023. He also made a great contribution to helping the Thanh team win the 2023 National Cup. In addition, if he wants to increase the attack, Mr. Troussier can completely use left midfielders such as Truong Tien Anh (Viettel Club) or Trieu Viet Hung. Tien Anh has good speed and good physical strength. Meanwhile, Viet Hung is often used in the left-back position at Hai Phong Club.
Thu Bon
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