Coach Kim Sang-sik REVIEWING THE TEAM
Including the last-minute addition of midfielder Duc Viet and the upcoming Dang Duong when he completes his mission with The Cong Viettel Club, Coach Kim Sang-sik will have 36 players. Thus, he will have to say goodbye to 13 players when finalizing the official list for the 2025 Southeast Asian U.23 tournament. The "2 vs. 1" ratio makes the race to confirm the position extremely fierce. From the beginning, the Korean coach affirmed that no one will automatically have a place, including those with a lot of experience and even those who have focused on the Vietnamese team such as Van Khang, Dinh Bac, Thanh Nhan, Thai Son... This has ignited the desire to show off of many new faces, taking advantage of the absence of a series of pillars, playing impressively in the friendly tournament in China in March, with 3 draws against very strong teams such as U.23 Uzbekistan, U.23 Korea and U.23 China.
Vietnam U.23 team had a convincing victory over Taiwan U.23
Photo: Nguyen Khang
In the friendly match with U.23 Taiwan yesterday, Mr. Kim released a lineup with important players, Van Truong wearing the captain's armband. In the second half, Mr. Kim changed the entire lineup, in which Viktor Le was the captain... This is the match where the U.23 Vietnam team did not use Van Khang along with a group of 5 SLNA players and 2 players from the Hanoi Police Club (Dinh Bac, Minh Phuc). It can be seen that Mr. Kim wants to let the above players recover their fitness before using them in the "return" friendly match on July 4. Mr. Kim's top priority is to review the lineup, carefully evaluate the new outstanding factors.
U.23 VN TEAM PLAYS DOMINANTLY
In the match against U.23 Taiwan, coach Kim Sang-sik let his players start with a 3-5-2 formation, showing that he wants to aim for a ball-controlling style of play. That is understandable when we want to hunt for the third consecutive championship, and will practice facing the crowded defenses of Laos and Cambodia in the group stage. Having 2 strikers up front will help the U.23 Vietnam team put better pressure, preventing the opponent's intention to develop the ball from the bottom up, quite effectively against U.23 Taiwan. The three central midfielders together block the midfield area and keep a good rhythm. In particular, the U.23 Vietnam team has many strikers with good speed such as Dinh Bac, Quoc Viet, Thanh Nhan... to exploit the gaps. In the match against U.23 Taiwan, Quoc Viet scored a double from very quick opportunities in the penalty area, besides a shot that hit the post and went out. Meanwhile, Van Truong had a move from midfield and curled the ball from outside the penalty area to increase the score to 2-0, very impressive.
However, it can be seen that coach Kim Sang-sik still maintains his ability to quickly change the state with cross-field passes to the two strikers above. This is necessary because if we pass the group stage, we will face stronger opponents and full of desire for revenge such as Thailand, Indonesia or Malaysia. In particular, the host team Indonesia is determined to keep the cup in the archipelago, bringing to the tournament a star-studded squad such as captain Muhammad Ferrari, midfielder Arkhan Fikri and many faces who participated in the AFF Cup 2024. After winning the first SEA Games gold medal and reaching the semi-finals of the 2024 AFC U23 Championship, Indonesia is determined to usurp Vietnam in a tournament with home field advantage. That is also the reason why coach Kim Sang-sik is maintaining the current active competition, to choose new factors as "trump cards" to surprise the opponent. From the victory against the U.23 Taiwan team, perhaps he has shaped his selection calculations.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/u23-viet-nam-phep-chon-lua-cua-hlv-kim-sang-sik-tran-thang-dai-loan-noi-len-dieu-gi-18525070222552173.htm
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