Coach Park transfers central defender Nguyen Thanh Binh
Coach Park Hang-seo transferred Nguyen Thanh Binh to the U22 team, not bringing the 21-year-old central defender to Oman in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers - Asia region.
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| Thanh Binh failed to mark Wu Lei, allowing the Chinese striker to score the winning goal 3-2 in the fifth minute of injury time in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. Photo: AFP |
Nguyen Thanh Binh is the youngest member of the Vietnamese national team. He was brought on in the 72nd minute to replace Bui Tien Dung in the match against China on October 8. The Viettel midfielder made consecutive mistakes in marking, allowing Wu Lei to score two goals, causingVietnam lost 2-3at Sharjah Stadium.
After the match, coach Park had to stand up.Thanh Binh Securityand took full responsibility for himself. However, he still decided to transfer Thanh Binh to U22, who had just arrived in the UAE to train and prepare for the U23 Asian qualifiers. Midfielder Le Van Xuan received the same decision.
In the list of players going to Oman to meet the host in the fourth match of Group B, there are three players from the U22 team: midfielder Ly Cong Hoang Anh, center back Bui Hoang Viet Anh and goalkeeper Nguyen Van Toan. After the match with Oman on October 12, this trio will return to the UAE to join the U22 team.
This is the first time Vietnam has entered the final qualifying round of the World Cup. The team is currently at the bottom of the table, having consecutivelylost to Saudi Arabia 1-3,Australia 0-1and China 2-3. Coach Park and his team will take a flight from UAE to Oman on the morning of October 9.
Meanwhile, in the UAE, U22 Vietnam will play friendly matches with U22 Tajikistan (October 11) and U22 Kygyzstan (October 17). At the end of October, the team will play matches in Group I of the U23 Asian qualifiers, meeting hosts Taiwan and Myanmar respectively. According to the regulations, the teams will compete in a round robin to calculate points. The 11 group winners and the four best second-placed teams will qualify for the finals in Uzbekistan in June 2022.
