On the evening of April 17, the U.23 Vietnam team won 3-1 against the U.23 Kuwait team. However, coach Hoang Anh Tuan's team has not yet won the full trust of the fans. Some players have even been criticized for their poor performance. A typical example is Nguyen Ngoc Thang, the center back who received a red card and forced the home team to concede a penalty.
“I think Ngoc Thang’s red card was due to his lack of experience. He handled the situation somewhat immaturely. But overall we can sympathize,” expert Phan Anh Tu, former acting General Secretary of the Vietnam Football Federation, told Thanh Nien newspaper.
“Now, let’s analyze more deeply. After playing with one more player, we could not impose our style of play and were also under pressure. Therefore, the players’ mentality was somewhat affected. This was also the opening match, so the players were not at their best. In the first matches, not many teams played well. Some players were participating in the U.23 Asian Cup for the first time. The goalkeeper of the U.23 Kuwait team made even more serious mistakes. Overall, we can sympathize with Ngoc Thang,” added Mr. Phan Anh Tu.
Ngoc Thang (number 20) is the player of U.23 Vietnam who received a red card in the match against U.23 Kuwait.
Ngoc Thang's red card caused U.23 Vietnam to lose the advantage they had in the first half.
According to Mr. Phan Anh Tu, the Vietnam U.23 team is also facing many disadvantages at the 2024 AFC U.23 Championship.
“Coach Hoang Anh Tuan and his team are certainly under a lot of pressure because this is a sensitive time. Vietnamese football has just gone through a period of failure, so at this time, all eyes will be on the U.23 Vietnam team. They will have to make an effort to play well, to win and regain the trust of the fans,” said this expert.
U.23 Vietnam is also under psychological pressure.
In recent times, Vietnamese players have often made mistakes and received red cards when competing in continental competitions. At the 2023 Asian Cup, we can mention Nguyen Thanh Binh's shirt-pulling, Le Pham Thanh Long's red card in the match against Indonesia, and Khuat Van Khang's red card in the match against Iraq.
Mr. Phan Anh Tu analyzed: “Players will face psychological pressure in each match, each opponent, each different stage. For example, in the match against the Japanese team, we will play more comfortably, without the fear of losing. But when facing opponents of the same level, when there is pressure to win, everything will be very different.
The only way to improve this is to play a lot, to experience different types of pressure to adapt. All top players are people who experience a lot of pressure."
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