U17 Vietnam determined to win ticket to World Cup

U17 Vietnam aims for a ticket to the World Cup - Photo: VFF

After 2 matches, U17 Japan temporarily leads with 4 points (won U17 UAE 4-1 and tied U17 Vietnam 1-1). U17 UAE (3 points), Vietnam (2 points) and Australia (1 point) temporarily stand in the next positions.

With the current ranking, U17 Vietnam only has one way to go: defeat U17 UAE to qualify for the next round. At that time, U17 Vietnam will have 5 points, certainly in the top 2 leading teams of Group B.

Calm and steady

Only winning to get a ticket to the next round is really a double-edged sword for the young players of U17 Vietnam. However, having only this one path helps U17 Vietnam be consistent with the goal of winning without having to calculate or think too much.

"In the final match, when there is nothing left to lose, the whole team will fight with all their might to win" - hero Tran Gia Bao, the player who scored the equalizer 1-1 against U17 Japan, affirmed.

However, because of the goal of having to win, U17 Vietnam easily falls into a state of impatience and lack of alertness. The strength that helped U17 Vietnam play well in the two draws with Australia (1-1) and Japan (1-1) is patience, not being swept away by the opponent's playing style.

Thanks to that, U17 Vietnam did not collapse when conceding a goal and then found an equalizer. Against UAE, U17 Vietnam needs to be even more calm, play slowly and steadily. First of all, U17 Vietnam players must keep a clean sheet before thinking about winning.

On the other hand, the playing style of U17 Vietnam is suitable for the position of an "underdog" team. Therefore, if they play aggressively against their opponents, U17 Vietnam will find it very difficult to play and will easily make mistakes.

That is because on the U17 UAE side, since they only need 1 point to advance, the West Asian representative will likely yield and set a trap for U17 Vietnam to rush forward. At that time, U17 UAE will easily deploy dangerous counter-attacks on both flanks. In this situation, the more they want to win, the more Vietnam U17 must be slow and careful not to fall into the opponent's favorite game.

U17 Vietnam (red shirt) had a very difficult match against U17 UAE - Photo: VFF

Exploiting UAE's defensive weaknesses

After ensuring the stability of the home field, U17 Vietnam must deploy reasonable tactics to approach the UAE goal. The most obvious weakness of U17 UAE is the defense that lacks organization, is not tight and constantly makes positional errors.

Therefore, U17 Vietnam should take advantage of flank attacks and low crosses to exploit this weakness. This is what U17 Japan did very well against UAE. After that, U17 Australia also did this well but unfortunately their finishing was too poor.

Besides, U17 Vietnam needs to avoid collisions that cause physical exhaustion or unnecessary speed racing. On the contrary, young Vietnamese players should increase breakthroughs and small coordination to disrupt the U17 UAE defense.

In addition, U17 Vietnam should take advantage of second ball situations and boldly shoot at the edge of the penalty area. This is because the second ball defense ability of the midfielders of U17 UAE is not really good.

Although the goal of defeating UAE is quite difficult, if playing reasonably and disciplined, U17 Vietnam can completely hope for victory.

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