U23 Vietnam actively trains in Indonesia - Photo: VFF
On the evening of July 15, the Vietnam U23 team had its second training session in Indonesia to prepare for the opening match against Laos U23 in Group B of the 2025 Southeast Asian U23 Championship on July 19.
The training session took place at Madya Stadium, located near Bung Karno Stadium and not far from the team's base. However, due to the frequent traffic congestion in Jakarta, the team had to travel by bus for nearly 50 minutes to get to the location.
Today, Group A of the tournament also kicked off with matches between Malaysia - Philippines and Indonesia - Brunei. These are all teams that can become opponents of U23 Vietnam if they pass the group stage.
Therefore, coach Kim Sang Sik and some assistants went directly to the field to watch these two matches to observe and evaluate potential opponents. The training session of U23 Vietnam was therefore assigned to assistant Lee Jung Soo to manage according to the proposed lesson plan.
Assistant Lee Jung Soo runs the training session of U23 Vietnam - Photo: VFF
In this training session, the volume of exercise was significantly increased compared to the first training session, focusing on team coordination, state transition as well as checking and reviewing the squad in preparation for the match with U23 Laos.
The training atmosphere was very positive as all the players tried their best to compete for the opportunity to play, thereby contributing to creating healthy competition and high determination in the whole team.
In an interview with the press before the training session, center back Pham Ly Duc shared: "On the first day of arriving in Indonesia, the weather was quite similar to Vietnam. Yesterday's training session was mainly to recover and regain physical condition after the long trip. Today, everyone is in better physical condition to start professional training."
Ly Duc also highly appreciated the quality of training conditions in Indonesia, and affirmed that the whole team is aiming for the highest goal of winning the championship.
He said: "Coach Kim Sang Sik always requires each player to enter the field with more than 100% spirit and determination. Even though sometimes there are slight pains on the training ground, with the encouragement of the coaching staff, we always try to stand up and continue to practice without stopping.
Winning the championship two years in a row in 2022 and 2023 is a source of pride and motivation for the whole team to strive to defend the achievements this season. We are quite comfortable, without much pressure."
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/u23-viet-nam-tap-ma-khong-co-hlv-kim-sang-sik-20250715224137963.htm
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