Identifying strong opponents of U.17 Vietnam in Asia: Waiting for Coach Roland's talent

Tough opponent of U.17 Vietnam

Vietnam U.17 will participate in Group I of the 2025 AFC U.17 qualifiers from October 23 to 27 at Phu Tho Stadium. Coach Cristiano Roland's team will face Kyrgyzstan U.17, Myanmar U.17 and Yemen U.17.

This is considered a difficult group for U.17 Vietnam. Because besides the familiar opponent U.17 Myanmar in Southeast Asia, both U.17 Kyrgyzstan and U.17 Yemen are difficult unknowns.

U.17 Vietnam trains before the tournament

Yemeni football is not a "big name" in West Asia, but it is worth remembering that in the U.23 Asian qualifiers a year ago, U.23 Vietnam had to work very hard to defeat U.23 Yemen. Coach Philippe Troussier's team was constantly bombarded by the opponent's goal, and had to wait until the last minutes to score the only goal thanks to Bui Vi Hao.

Yemeni youth football has improved over the years, especially in terms of tactics. Therefore, this is an opponent that U.17 Vietnam must be very careful with.

Similarly, U.17 Kyrgyzstan also promises to be a "difficult" match for U.17 Vietnam. Kyrgyzstan football has grown strongly when the national team of this country entered the third qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup.

At different levels, Vietnamese football has often encountered difficulties against Kyrgyzstan in the past 2 years. While U.23 Vietnam lost to U.23 Kyrgyzstan on penalties at the Doha Cup 2023, the Vietnamese team was also defeated by the opponent with a score of 2-1 in a friendly match before the Asian Cup 2023.

Coach Roland and his students have the task of qualifying.

Challenge

In the U.17 Asian qualifiers, U.17 Vietnam needs to win the group, or finish second in the group but in the group of excellent second-place teams to get a ticket to the final round.

Coach Cristiano Roland affirmed: "Through the training sessions, the players have understood my ideas and they need to do better. Above all, their efforts and desire have increased every day. Right from the first training session, the players have shown their desire and that has given the coaching staff more motivation to train the team.

There is still a long way to go for the young players, but with their current development potential, we are looking forward to the day they can play in the V-League and contribute to the national team."

Vietnam U.17 has completed its training trip in India. After the friendly tournaments with positive results, Coach Roland will finalize the official squad to participate in the qualifying campaign.

The mission of Mr. Roland and his students is to win tickets to the Asian finals.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/xac-dinh-cac-doi-thu-manh-cua-u17-viet-nam-o-chau-a-cho-tai-hlv-roland-185241014120239645.htm