Catching fish with two hands!
(Baonghean.vn)- With the desire to please fans and have achievements as soon as possible of VFF, it will lead to difficulties for U19 Vietnam. Even if coach "Giom" wants to rotate and change the squad to experiment in friendly tournaments, it will be very difficult because the "sensitive thing" is that VFF is.... wanting to win all opponents!
The U19 Vietnam team, whose core is the students of Bau Duc's HAGL-JMG Academy, is "in form", and Vietnamese football people are placing a lot of hope on this generation of players. Everyone is looking forward to the biggest peak that U19 Vietnam will conquer this year, the U19 Asia Finals, which will take place in October in Myanmar. To prepare for this tournament, U19 Vietnam had "run-throughs" at the U21 Southeast Asia Open Tournament held in Brunei recently (in this tournament, U19 Vietnam played with great determination and reached the final), followed by the U19 Southeast Asia Open Tournament held at My Dinh Stadium, starting from September 5.
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U19 Vietnam is playing very impressively. |
Although Vietnam U19 coach Guillaume Graechen and the leaders of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) always say that our U19's biggest goal this year is the U19 Asian Finals, in the friendly tournaments such as the U21 Southeast Asian Championship in Brunei, and the U19 Southeast Asian Championship held in Vietnam this time, Vietnam U19 are determined to win the championship! With that goal, we have sent out our strongest squad, playing "to the death" against our opponents... Meanwhile, the other teams that brought troops to participate in this U19 Southeast Asian Championship are very leisurely and not too concerned about winning or losing. Because they do not want to "reveal their cards", lose troops in a friendly tournament, without reward or punishment, before entering the life-and-death battle in the official continental tournament that is very close. Even the head coach of U19 Thailand wants to meet the host team Vietnam so that they can "train their young players to play football under the pressure of enthusiastic Vietnamese fans".
With the desire to please the fans and have achievements as soon as possible of VFF, it will lead to difficulties for coach Guillaume Graechen and his team. Even if coach "Giôm" wants to rotate and change the squad to experiment in friendly tournaments, it will be very difficult because the "sensitive thing" is that VFF is.... wanting to win all opponents!
It is very difficult for the U19 Vietnam teachers and students, because we want them to play well, win championships in friendly tournaments, but also want to have impressive achievements in an official tournament. When they have used all their strength and revealed all their plans to their potential opponents, U19 Vietnam will find it difficult to have a peak of performance and keep the secrets of tactics in the Asian Finals taking place right after 1 month - where VFF is placing their hopes on this generation of U19 fighters to establish a new fighting spirit.
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Mr. "Giom"'s students are under pressure... to beat all opponents. |
With the recent narrow victory over Australia, U19 Vietnam is being praised by everyone, making it easy for us young players to mistakenly think that we have reached the same level as superstars Messi or Maradona... Therefore, the VFF's "two-timing" in both the ongoing U19 Southeast Asian tournament and the upcoming U19 Asian Finals could end up empty-handed!
Duc Dung