16:30 Zeyar Thiri Stadium, U23 Vietnam - U23 Brunei: Need more than 3 points
Victory is the only option for the U23 Vietnam team in the opening match of Group A against the U23 Brunei team this afternoon. Not only that, the U23 Vietnam team must also win convincingly to create a favorable springboard for the journey to win a ticket to the final match of the 27th SEA Games.
Being a very modest and reserved person, but when answering the press interview after the training session of the Vietnam U23 team yesterday afternoon at Zeyar Thiri stadium, head coach Hoang Van Phuc still frankly declared: "Our goal is to win all 3 points."
According to Mr. Phuc, the coaching board of the Vietnam U23 team has prepared a reasonable response to help the Vietnam U23 team complete the set goal. Mr. Phuc did not reveal specifically what the reasonable response was, but it is certain that this was the choice made by the Vietnam U23 team's coaching board after carefully watching the video recording of the friendly match between the Brunei U23 team and the Indonesia U23 team.
In that friendly match, the Brunei U23 team made a strong impression on the coaching staff and players of the Vietnam U23 team with their ability to take advantage of opportunities from the loose situations of the Indonesian U23 team's defense due to being too absorbed in attacking, leading to exposed flanks.
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| U23 Vietnam (left) confidently set the goal of defeating U23 Brunei. Photo: Quang Nhut |
Therefore, coach Hoang Van Phuc had to repeatedly remind his players to be especially careful in defense to avoid making unnecessary mistakes.
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However, after 2 years, it seems that Brunei football has made certain progress, combined with the importance of the opening match, so although they have publicly expressed their goal of winning 3 points, both coach Hoang Van Phuc and captain Nguyen Van Quyet have been very cautious for the same reason: "There has been no updated information about Brunei football for a long time".
However, no matter how much Brunei football progresses, as long as the U23 Vietnam team plays to their full potential, coach Hoang Van Phuc and his team can still easily win all 3 points against this opponent.
The 8-0 victory like at SEA Games 26 seems difficult to repeat, especially in the current situation where the U23 Vietnam team has not yet ended its goal drought, but winning with a difference in score and keeping a clean sheet is a completely feasible task for the U23 Vietnam team.
Prediction: 3-0
3 In the U23 Vietnam squad participating in the 27th SEA Games, there are 3 players who scored against U23 Brunei in the previous SEA Games. They are midfielders Van Quyet, Van Thang and Hoang Thien. Head-to-head record between Vietnam football and Brunei football Among the teams in Group A, Brunei is the team that has faced Vietnam the least in the SEA Games. Up to now, we have only faced this team twice and both times we have had big wins. In the opening match of the 2001 SEA Games, U23 Vietnam won with a score of 5-1 and most recently at the 2011 SEA Games, U23 Vietnam defeated U23 Brunei with an even bigger score of 8-0, in which Van Quyet alone scored a hat-trick. |
According to Thethaovanhoa.vn
