16:00 October 9, U19 Korea vs U19 Vietnam: Ready to create surprises!
Right in the opening match in Myanmar, coach Guillaume Graechen and his team faced the reigning U19 champions Korea - who are also the most successful team in the U19 Asian Cup with 11 titles. However, U19 Vietnam still cherished the goal of creating a surprise because they had prepared very carefully for this tournament.
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Cong Phuong and his teammates are not afraid of strong opponents in the top of Asia. |
BEAT THE REFERRING CHAMPION
In terms of achievements or reputation, of course, the Korean U19 players are superior to the Vietnamese U19. However, the Vietnamese U19 team does not feel overwhelmed because in the past year, coach Guillaume Graechen and his team have faced off against teams with even more reputation and professional ability than the Korean U19 team. Most notably, the matches against AS Roma U19, Tottenham U19 at the 2014 NutiFood Cup International U19 tournament, or Arsenal U19 and a series of famous "camps" during the training trip to England at the beginning of the year.
During the preparation for the tournament, U19 Vietnam also went through consecutive major tournaments with high levels of competition with top Asian teams such as U19 Japan and Australia. Therefore,U19 Vietnam is not under any terrible pressure.when having to meet the defending champions in the opening match. Even after causing big surprises (winning against "giants" like U19 Arsenal and U19 Australia), coach Guillaume Graechen's team can completely do the same when meeting U19 Korea at Wunna Theikdi Stadium this afternoon.
FULLNESS FROM DEFENSE
The playing style that U19 Korea has applied in recent years to maintain its "dominant" position in the continental arena is "all-out attack". With a strong physical foundation, they often organize attacks with very high intensity, even creating the feeling that it will never end to "torture" the opponent both physically and mentally. According to experts, any team that wants to have good results when meeting U19 Korea must first of all, stand firm against their massive attacks.
Therefore, the defense of U19 Vietnam this afternoon will play a key role in the plan to create a surprise. Although the most satisfactory defense quartet of coach Guillaume Graechen is missing center-back Dong Trieu due to not having time to recover from injury,The stunt double Xuan Hung also brings confidence.. The player's professional ability as well as his coordination with central defender Tien Dung, or even the effectiveness of the entire defense, are all being evaluated as having improved surprisingly in the past 2 months. If the defense maintains a good state to neutralize the attacks of U19 Korea, the attacking players like Van Toan and Cong Phuong will have a foothold to think about the task of "shooting down" the opponent. Everyone knows that with the ability to create breakthroughs of the U19 Vietnam strikers, just one "right" situation is enough for them to make the opponent pick the ball out of the net. Hopefully this "scenario" will take place and U19 Vietnam will have a happy ending after the match with the defending champion.
PREDICTION: 1-1
Will Japan U19 beat China U19?
The remaining match of Group C between U19 Japan and U19 China will take place at 19:00 (Vietnam time). With superior class and careful preparation for the goal of winning the U19 Asian Cup for the first time, U19 Japan is predicted to easily take 3 points when meeting China in the opening match.
According to Bongdaplus