Coach Park Hang-seo returns to Vietnam, looking for new personnel for Asian tournament
Coach Park Hang-seo returned to Vietnam today (February 18) and began the process of finding personnel for the Vietnam U22 team before the qualifying round of the 2020 AFC U23 Championship in Hanoi next March.
The Korean strategist left Incheon International Airport this afternoon and arrived in Hanoi in the evening. He has ended his short break in his home country and is ready to return to new plans for Vietnamese football in 2019.
First, Mr. Park will attend two matches between Hanoi FC and Quang Ninh (February 23, Hang Day) and Da Nang FC and Viettel (February 24, Hoa Xuan). These are two matches with many national team and U22 players participating, and are also the confrontations between the top clubs in the current V.League.
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Coach Park Hang-Seo returns to Vietnam, starting a new journey of conquest with the teams in 2019. Photo:Minh Chien |
Previously, Mr. Park had canceled his plan to go to Cambodia to watch U22 Vietnam compete from the group stage. Instead, his assistants will follow the tournament and provide more information about potential players to the head coach.
Coach Park will focus on the performance of the players in the V.League. After the opening round, he will continue to monitor the 2nd and 3rd rounds of the V.League before finalizing the list of U22 Vietnam to prepare for the 2020 U23 Asian qualifiers held in Hanoi next March.
The qualifying round will take place from March 22 to 26 at My Dinh Stadium. U22 Vietnam will compete for a ticket to the final round in Thailand next year with U22 Thailand, Indonesia and Brunei. Coach Park Hang-seo's key players in this tournament are the 7 national players born after 1997 who have just participated.Asian cup 2019.
Along with additional resources from U22 Vietnam, this will be the personnel for coach Park Hang-seo's campaign to conquer the 2020 U23 Asian Cup.