Coach Nguyen Van Tien leads U21 SLNA to conquer the National U21 Finals

In the qualifying round, the U21 SLNA team under the leadership of coach Dinh Van Dung played excellently, winning first place in Group B and reaching the 2018 national finals. After the qualifying round ended, coach Dinh Van Dung was invited by the Vietnam Football Federation to join the coaching staff of the U19 Vietnam team to participate in the U19 Asian Finals.

Coach Nguyen Van Tien. Photo: SLNA FC

Accordingly, Coach Nguyen Van Tien was replaced to lead the SLNA U21 team to participate in the final round. Previously, Coach Van Tien led the SLNA U17 team to win the runner-up position at the 2018 National U17 tournament. In terms of force, the majority of SLNA U21 players were born in 1999, 2000 and 2001. Even some faces in the SLNA U17 team were promoted to try their hand.

Yesterday (October 27), U21 SLNA also received two reinforcements returning from the U19 Asian Cup, center back Thai Ba Sang and defender Mai Sy Hoang. The entire team is currently stationed in Da Nang to practice before moving to Hue.

Coach Van Tien said: “Objectively speaking, this year’s SLNA U21 squad is not as good as previous years. They are all very young, born in 2000 and 2001, and have not had much experience in professional competitions. One of the strong opponents of the final round is Hanoi U21 - Hanoi B team just won 2nd place in the First Division and played the play-off match.

In addition, Viettel also has half of its squad playing in the First Division. Not to mention HAGL or the host Hue. Having participated in the tournament, every team must set appropriate goals. With U21 SLNA, we will try our best in each match and try to achieve the best results possible."

U21 SLNA squad. Photo courtesy

The final round of the 2018 Thanh Nien Newspaper National U21 Football Championship includes 7 teams that passed the qualifying round and the host Thua Thien Hue: Hanoi, Viettel, SLNA, Dak Lak, B. Binh Duong, Hoang Anh Gia Lai, Long An and the host Thua Thien Hue.

The National U21 Finals will take place from November 7 to November 17, 2018 at Tu Do Stadium, Hue City, Thua Thien Hue Province. In this tournament, SLNA holds the record for the number of championships in the years: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2012 and 2014.

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