Asiad 2018: Coach Park Hang Seo uses reserve team to play Olympic Nepal?

Coach Park Hang Seo uses reserve team to compete in Olympic match in Nepal?

With what was practiced in yesterday afternoon's training session, many people predict that coach Park Hang Seo will have a big change in the starting lineup compared to the first match, in the match against Olympic opponent Nepal at 7:00 p.m. tonight.

Speaking to the press, Coach Park Hang Seo also confirmed that he will change many positions: "The squad will definitely have changes. Tactically, we don't have much time here, so we need to focus on the players' performance. The majority of players under 23 years old have played together in the U23 Asian Cup, so they understand each other and the coaching staff's tactics."

Along with this statement, in yesterday afternoon's training session, coach Park Hang Seo also used many reserve players in the confrontational match, while the main players in the opening match mainly practiced relaxation.

Coach Park Hang Seo will have many calculations in the match with Olympic Nepal.

Thus, if nothing changes, the main squad of Vietnam Olympic team will use many reserve players such as Van Loi, Van Toan, Minh Vuong, Phan Van Duc, Ha Duc Chinh...

Of course, Coach Park Hang Seo will still keep some key players to ensure a win, thereby quickly securing a ticket to the round of 16 in Group D. This is also the calculation for Olympic Vietnam to be able to enter the match with U23 Japan with the determination to compete for the top spot.

Chinese newspaper compares Quang Hai to Messi

According to Fox Sport, Vietnam Olympic team had a comfortable victory over Pakistan. This newspaper said that Coach Park Hang Seo's students controlled the match well and prevented Pakistan from scoring. With a perfect start at Asiad 18, Fox Sport said that Vietnam is capable of competing for the top spot in Group D with Japan Olympic team.

U23 Vietnam prepares for ASIAD 2018: Quang Hai practices outside, Thanh Chung injured

In another development, China's Sohu newspaper gave many compliments to the U23 Asian runner-up. "Vietnam Olympic had a great match. They showed a dynamic playing style, pressuring their opponents throughout the match. Statistics showed the difference between the two teams. Pakistan did not have a single shot on target during the whole match. A clear difference."

More interestingly, the Chinese newspaper also compared Quang Hai to Messi. “Today, Vietnam’s Messi scored again. It was a very smooth coordination and a very clever shot,” Sohu praised Quang Hai.

VFF intervenes, U23 Vietnam has a satisfactory training ground

On the afternoon of August 15, instead of having to go to the organizing committee's Sutasoma 1 stadium, located nearly 50km from the base, coach Park Hang Seo and his team had a practice session at the Brazilian football school's stadium, located only about 17km from the hotel.

This is the result of a meeting between VFF Vice President Tran Quoc Tuan and the leaders of the Indonesian Football Federation (IFF) to find a solution to help coach Park Hang Seo and his team have favorable conditions for training, avoiding having to travel too far in the context of frequent traffic jams in Cikarang, affecting the players' physical condition.

Importantly, the quality of the Brazilian Football School's field completely meets the professional requirements of the coaching staff. The ASIAD 18 Organizing Committee also arranged a police car to guide the movement of U23 Vietnam. Therefore, U23 Vietnam had a fairly complete training session without any problems.

Asiad 18 TV director regrets that Vietnam did not buy the copyright

Ms. Linda Wahyudi, who has supported Vietnamese TV stations working in Indonesia many times, shared this before the opening of the 18th ASIAD.

Ms. Linda Wahyudi - Director of the broadcasting center said: "Currently, there are 75 countries and territories owning the copyright to broadcast the competitions at ASIAD 2018. Of which, 16 units hold the copyright, including 12 members of the Asia-Pacific Television Association".

Copyright stations are present at IBC. The largest and perhaps the most powerful is China’s CCTV with about 400 staff present in a large studio to transmit, receive and broadcast. Other smaller stations such as KBS, MBC… also have their own areas.

Three days before the opening ceremony, Vietnam still did not have the broadcasting rights for the 2018 ASIAD and most likely there would be no official ASIAD broadcast to serve domestic audiences. This information surprised Ms. Linda.

“I am very sorry that Vietnam will not have the ASIAD 18 broadcast. I remember the 26th SEA Games (2011) also in Jakarta and Pamelang, Vietnamese stations all participated. Vietnam and Indonesia are neighbors in the same ASEAN bloc, we all met about the copyright issue of the SEA Games,” Ms. Linda Wahyudi shared.

Myanmar Olympics shocks by almost defeating North Korea

In a very tough group, including Asian football giants such as Iran, Saudi Arabia and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Olympic Myanmar still had a very good start, when they held the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to a 1-1 draw, while leading.

In the 60th minute, goalkeeper Htet Kyaw Zin collided with a Myanmar defender in the home team’s 16m50 area, right in front of the goal. Instead of quickly getting up to defend against the attack of the DPRK, the defender from Myanmar stayed on the ground for too long, even though he was not injured.

This action not only distracted the Myanmar defense, but also forced the Southeast Asian team to retreat low to protect their goal, allowing the DPRK's attackers to approach Myanmar's goal.

As a result, the ball was passed into the middle, then Kim Yu Song of the Northeast Asian team passed the ball past goalkeeper Htet Kyaw Zin of Myanmar, allowing Jang Kuk Chol to leisurely head the ball into an empty net, equalizing 1-1 for the DPRK.

South Korea wins tennis-style Olympics

In another notable match, in Group E, men's football, defending champion Korea defeated the strong team Bahrain 6-0, without needing to use Asia's top football star Son Heung Min (on the bench).

Of the Northeast Asian team's six goals, Hwang Ui-jo scored hat-tricks in the 17th, 36th and 43rd minutes, while the remaining goals for South Korea were scored by Kim Jin-ya in the 23rd minute, Na Sang-ho in the 41st minute and Hwang Hee-chan in the third minute of injury time in the second half.

The above victory demonstrates the formidable strength of Korea, the leading championship candidate at this year's tournament.