VFF President: Only people with problems think U19 Vietnam will attend World Cup

According to VFF President Le Hung Dung, about 3 weeks ago, if anyone thought that U19 Vietnam could reach the semi-finals of the 2016 Asian Cup and participate in the U20 World Cup, that person had an abnormal mindset.

Yesterday afternoon, October 31, the U19 Vietnam team officially landed at Tan Son Nhat airport (HCMC), where they were welcomed by representatives of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and a large number of fans. After hearing the report from head of the delegation Duong Nghiep Khoi and coach Hoang Anh Tuan, VFF President Le Hung Dung said: "Three weeks ago, if anyone said that the U19 Vietnam team would be in the semi-finals of the U19 Asian Cup, that person would probably be considered abnormal.

VFF President: Only people with problems think U19 Vietnam will attend World Cup

However, unexpectedly, coach Hoang Anh Tuan and his players achieved such an outstanding result, it was wonderful. Here, the members of the U19 team expressed their thanks to VFF, but really we have to thank coach Hoang Anh Tuan and the players for this outstanding achievement."

In addition, Mr. Dung also shared the biggest surprises in his football career. That was Viet Hoang's goal against Thailand at the 1998 Tiger Cup, helping Vietnam defeat this opponent for the first time, followed by Cong Vinh's goal to help Vietnam win the 2008 AFF Cup, and then the moment Tran Thanh scored against Bahrain at the 2016 AFC U19 Championship, thereby helping Vietnam U19 win a ticket to the 2017 U20 World Cup.

During the celebration ceremony of the U19 Vietnam team, our young players appeared quite shy in front of the media. Captain Trong Dai blushed and confessed: "I was so surprised, so happy that I didn't know what to say when I was continuously interviewed by reporters."

Tran Thanh, who scored the decisive goal that helped U19 Vietnam win a ticket to the semi-finals of the 2016 U19 Asian Cup, shared about the historic moment: "At that time, Minh Di passed the ball to my position, my shot was completely a reflex and it was wonderful that the goal helped U19 Vietnam win a ticket to the World Cup."

According to the expected schedule, in early January next year 2017, the Vietnam U19 team will gather again to prepare for the U20 World Cup 2017. With quite a long time ahead, Coach Hoang Anh Tuan has also made plans to prepare for the upcoming world campaign.

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