4 Song Lam Nghe An players and U16 Vietnam to participate in the 2024 Southeast Asian U16 Championship
Today (June 17), coach Tran Minh Chien has finalized the shortlist of 23 U16 Vietnam players to go to Indonesia, including 4 players from Song Lam Nghe An Club.
After more than 3 weeks of training, the Vietnam U16 team has completed its training plan and is ready to participate in the 2024 Southeast Asian U16 Championship. Before departure, the coaching staff finalized a shortlist of 23 players who will go to Indonesia.
In this list, Song Lam Nghe An Club contributed 4 names including: goalkeeper Tran Van Dat, defender Tran Dong Thuc, defender Bach Trong Duong and Le Tan Dung.
Basically, the players participating in this training session of U16 Vietnam are mostly the players who participated in the training session with the U17 Vietnam team last April. In addition, head coach Tran Minh Chien also gave opportunities to some new faces such as Cao Cuong, Anh Viet, Van Bach, Duy Dang of PVF, Duy Long of Ba Ria Vung Tau, Nguyen Luc, Thien Phu of Hanoi, Van Thai of The Cong Viettel, Thai Hoa of B.Binh Duong, Thai Hieu of SHB Da Nang...
Coach Tran Minh Chien has maintained training at the Vietnam Youth Football Training Center in the first training session from April 10. In the first training phase, the team will have 3 practice matches with the "blue team" clubs Phu Dong, Kon Tum and PVF.
Sharing about the goal for the upcoming tournament, captain Le Huy Viet Anh expressed: “The whole team is determined to show good spirit for the upcoming tournament. Of course, this hot weather also brings some difficulties. Each training session of the team lasts from 1.5 to 2 hours and we have completed the training plan set by the coaching staff.
The whole team is always confident, with the best spirit when entering the tournament, determined to bring the cup back to the Fatherland".
The 2024 AFF U16 Championship will take place in Surakarta, Indonesia from June 21 to July 4, 2024. Teams will compete in a round-robin format in each group to determine rankings. The top three teams in each group and the second-best team in each group will advance to the semi-finals.
Vietnam U16 has won the Southeast Asian U16 Championship three times and if they can win this year's tournament, Vietnam U16 will become the team with the best record in history.
According to the draw results, U16 Vietnam is in Group B with Myanmar, Cambodia and Brunei. The team will play its opening match against U16 Brunei at 3:00 p.m. on June 22, then meet U16 Cambodia at 7:30 p.m. on June 25, and then close the group stage with a match against U16 Myanmar at 3:00 p.m. on June 28./.
