On August 22, the Vietnam Football Federation announced the list of 22 players of the Vietnam U23 team led by coach Philippe Troussier to prepare for the qualifying round of the 2024 AFC U23 Championship. Accordingly, the French coach has maximized opportunities for all players that he considers to have potential. They are all very young faces and are mainly playing for clubs in the national First and Second Divisions such as: Hoang Minh Tien, Cao Quoc Khanh, Nguyen Ngoc My, Nguyen Thai Quoc Cuong, Le Hoang Khai...

U23 Vietnam, led by coach Philippe Troussier, will gather on August 23. Photo: VFF

During this training session of U23 Vietnam, coach Philippe Troussier focused mainly on reviewing and evaluating the performance and integration ability of the players called up. The force of U23 Vietnam will fluctuate after the end of V-League 2023 and U23 Vietnam under coach Hoang Anh Tuan completes the 2023 Southeast Asian U23 Championship. At that time, the best players of U23 Vietnam will be added to the squad to participate in the qualifying round of the 2024 Asian U23 Championship. Currently, U23 Vietnam is divided into two teams, so many people jokingly call U23 Vietnam under coach Philippe Troussier the "good team" because they are aiming for a bigger goal, the Asian tournament.

List of U23 Vietnam players by coach Philippe Troussier. Photo: VFF

According to the plan, Group C of the 2024 AFC U23 Championship qualifiers hosted by Vietnam will take place from September 6 to 12 at Viet Tri Stadium (Phu Tho) with the participation of 4 teams: U23 Singapore, U23 Guam, U23 Yemen and host U23 Vietnam. According to the format, the qualifiers have 11 groups, the teams compete in a round robin to select the group winners and 4 second-place teams with the best results to enter the final round.

According to the schedule, U23 Vietnam will have its opening match against U23 Guam on September 6, U23 Yemen on September 9 and U23 Singapore on September 12.

HOAI PHUONG

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