ASIAD 2018: Vietnamese fans can watch for free via the internet

4 Japanese U23 players that Vietnam U23 must be wary of at ASIAD 2018

At the 2018 ASIAD, teams were allowed to register 3 players over 23 years old to participate. But Japan shocked everyone when their registration list did not have anyone over 21 years old. This squad has 5 students, 6 players in J-League 2, and only 9 players in J-League 1.

Most of the names on the announced list participated in the AFC U23 Championship in China earlier this year. That was the tournament that Japan U23 (U21 to be exact) participated in as defending champions, but stopped in the quarterfinals after a disastrous 0-4 defeat to Uzbekistan U23, the team that later won the championship. The Japan Football Association (JFA) clearly had a long-term view when it was determined to train this U21 team for the goal of winning a medal at the 2020 Olympics, as the host.

However, in the list of U23 Japan (Japan Olympic) at ASIAD, there are still many notable names such as Koji Miyoshi, Yuto Iwasaki, Keita Endo and Kou Itakura.

With a World Cup goalkeeper, U23 Korea still has a headache over the goalkeeper at ASIAD 2018

The official position in the goal of the Korean Olympic team at the upcoming 2018 ASIAD will be a competition between two goalkeepers: Jo Hyeon-woo, who played excellently at the 2018 World Cup, and 20-year-old talent Song Bum-keun.

At the 2018 ASIAD, Jo Hyeon-woo was one of three players over 23 years old to be part of the Korean Olympic team. After what he has shown, this 26-year-old goalkeeper promises to become a solid support in the goal of the Korean Olympic team.

However, Jo Hyeon-woo will still have to compete for the starting position with young talent Song Bum-keun. In the past, Song Bumkeun ranked 2nd in the list of 10 best goalkeepers in the group stage of the 2017 U20 World Cup.

In a recent interview, Song Bumkeun announced that he is ready to compete for the starting position with his senior Jo Hyeon-woo on the Korean Olympic team.

Host Indonesia won big in the opening match

Against Chinese Taipei, the host of the 2018 Asian Games, Indonesia, easily won with a score of 4-0. The players who shone to help the team of the archipelago win were foreign players over 23 years old.

It was the above mentioned players who performed best for the team from the archipelago country in the match against Chinese Taipei, based on their experience and superior professional ability compared to the group of players in the U23 group.

In the remaining match of the day, also in Group A, Palestine struggled to beat Laos 2-1, temporarily leading the group with 4 points, only 1 point more than Indonesia, but having played 1 more match.

Coach Park Hang Seo talks about Olympic opponent Korea

Immediately after landing at Soekarno-Hatta Airport (Jakarta, Indonesia), Coach Park Hang Seo took time to give an interview to the Korean news agency, Yonhap.

Talking about the scenario that perhaps Mr. Park does not want to experience between the Vietnam Olympics and the Korean Olympics, the Vietnam Olympic coach shared frankly:

"If we can avoid U23 Korea, we should do it. But we certainly are not afraid if we have to face Korea soon.

Korea is my home country, my family is also there, but now I am working in Vietnam. I have to do my best as the captain of U23 Vietnam.

I think every match we play at the Asian Games is a final. Fans in Vietnam have high expectations for this tournament and we need to do our best to meet those expectations."

The Korean press highly appreciated the Vietnam Olympic team at this tournament after the success of the Vietnam U23 team at the U23 Asia Championship. Especially with the leadership of coach Park Hang Seo, who is considered the "Guss Hiddink of Vietnam".

Vietnamese fans can watch ASIAD for free via the internet.

Good news for Vietnamese fans when recently, Vidio - the copyright holder of ASIAD 18 is broadcasting free of charge the competitions, including football.

As ASIAD 18 gets closer, Vietnamese fans are feeling more and more anxious, not knowing whether they will be able to watch the Vietnamese sports delegation compete, especially men's football.

Vietnam Television (VTV) announced that it could not buy the broadcasting rights because the price was too high (15 million USD). Information about other Vietnamese stations negotiating to buy the rights is also very vague.

In the context of facing the risk of not being able to watch the Vietnamese Sports Delegation compete at ASIAD 18, suddenly, fans received a good signal. Accordingly, in the past 2 days, Vidio company has continuously broadcast live competitions, including men's football. Specifically, here are the matches in the framework of group A with very good image quality.

It is known that Vidio - the unit holding the television copyright of ASIAD 2018 of the host country Indonesia will broadcast all the competitions of the countries for free, including football. This opens up opportunities for fans in countries without or without television copyright like Vietnam to watch live the competitions with their athletes via the internet.