Coach Akira Nishino and Park Hang-seo: One answer, two solutions
(Baonghean.vn) - At the 2020 AFC U23 Championship, both the Vietnam U23 and Thailand U23 teams are striving for the goal of winning tickets to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. But it seems that the two coaches have two different ways of doing things.
Right after winning the 30th SEA Games, with only 2 days of rest, Mr. Park Hang-seo and his students left for Korea for a 10-day training trip. According to the plan, the U23 Vietnam team will gather at Noi Bai airport in the early morning of December 14 to board the plane, everything is urgent and hurried.
Some are in a hurry, others are leisurely.
Quang Hai, despite having just recovered from an injury, will still be the trump card of U23 Vietnam at the 2020 AFC U23 Championship. This is the Vietnamese player who played the most in 2 years (2018-2019), averaging approximately 60 matches/year, but was eventually injured after a minor collision in the SEA Games group stage.
Meanwhile, Japanese coach Akira Nishino is advocating that young Thai players take a break from football for a while to recover their physical strength and find inspiration to play football again.
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| Two teachers, two different ways of doing football. Photo: VFF |
Having just finished a 3-week break, the Thai players will have 2 days off on December 31 and January 1, 2020 to welcome the new year. The U22 Thai team will only gather again on January 2, 2020 to really start preparing for the 2020 AFC U23 Championship held in Thailand.
Meanwhile, on January 8, 2020, they had to face U23 Bahrain in the opening match of the tournament. The U23 Thailand squad for the 2020 AFC U23 Championship has added quite a few players after the failure at the recent SEA Games. Until now, many people are wondering, when did Mr. Akira Nishino train and assemble the team?
It seems that Mr. Akira Nishino is very confident when he said: “I am well aware of the concerns in tactical preparation. And want to have internal development for a long time, but if the players come to the camp with poor physical condition, without enough rest, there is a risk of injury. That is definitely not good to prepare for a tournament”.
When the SEA Games 30 Organizing Committee announced the competition schedule, Mr. Nishino himself said that the competition schedule in this tournament is not suitable for professional players. The number of players allowed to participate in the SEA Games is too small, while the match density is too dense.
Refresh your emotions
While Mr. Park and his colleagues diligently practice and train their students in every movement, the Japanese coach is different. “I want to see the players return to focus with a new feeling. Like a new start with new emotions. I think that will motivate the players to want to practice and compete more.”
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| Match schedule of U23 Vietnam at the 2020 AFC U23 Championship. Photo: VFF |
Both Mr. Akira Nishino and Mr. Park Hang-seo are high-class coaches. So perhaps we have to wait until the end of January 16, 2020, when the group stage ends, to see the results of the host U23 Thailand and U23 Vietnam, then the fans of the two countries can draw their own conclusions.
