Coach Le Thuy Hai: "U23 Vietnam has no chance in the Asian tournament!"
It was quite surprising when former coach Le Thuy Hai praised coach Park Hang Seo of the Vietnam U23 team before the AFC U23 Championship campaign. However, according to Mr. Hai, coach Park Hang Seo's team has almost no chance of scoring points in the upcoming tournament.
According to you, does U23 Vietnam have any chance at the upcoming U23 Asian Cup, sir?
Many people have said that not only domestic experts, but also foreign experts believe that U23 Vietnam is the worst team in the group. 2 years ago, also in this tournament, U23 Vietnam lost all 3 group stage matches, so this year there may not be any surprises.
So how do you rate U23 Vietnam's opponents including Korea, Australia and Syria?
Former coach Le Thuy Hai does not have much faith in U23 Vietnam at the U23 Asian Cup (photo: Trong Vu)
It may sound a bit harsh, but U23 Vietnam has almost no chance, the other teams are much stronger than us. Of course, in football, there are still cases where weak teams win against strong teams, for example, Arsenal recently lost to a lower-ranked team in the FA Cup. Everyone knows how famous Arsenal is, but they still lose sometimes. However, a surprise for U23 Vietnam is very unlikely to happen if the opponents play with concentration.
Recently, is the 3-defender playing style that coach Park Hang Seo built suitable for U23 Vietnam, sir?
Whether it is suitable or not is up to the coach to decide. The important thing is what he wants and what he aims for when choosing personnel and using tactics. I am not better than coach Park Hang Seo so I cannot comment on him, because if I was better than Mr. Park, perhaps VFF would have invited me to be the head coach of the national team instead of inviting Mr. Park.
But the habit of Vietnamese players when playing in V-League for many years is to play with a 4-defender formation, but most players do not play with 3 defenders?
We cannot even use the story of V-League to relate to the U23 Vietnam team. This is a team of the best players in the age group of 23 in Vietnamese football, so they will know how to adapt.
I also do not have the habit of commenting on the use of personnel and playing style of other coaches, because when I was working at the clubs, I did not like others to talk about how I used personnel and what playing style I used for the team I led. As for Coach Park Hang Seo, in my opinion, he is a good coach, now I just wait for the effectiveness of his work!
Thank you!
