Coach Park Hang Seo: “U23 Vietnam can do better”
(Baonghean.vn) - Answering the press conference after the regrettable 1-2 loss to U23 Korea on the opening day of the U23 Asian Cup, coach Park Hang Seo appeared quite satisfied.
U23 Vietnam opened the scoring thanks to Quang Hai but had to accept a 1-2 defeat against a team with superior class. The two goals that Coach Park Hang Seo's students had to concede were regrettable. However, this was still an acceptable match for U23 Vietnam. And that is the reason why U23 Vietnam head coach Park Hang Seo was satisfied with his students.
Coach Park Hang Seo said: “U23 Vietnam scored the first goal but unfortunately we still lost. In all the goals that U23 Vietnam conceded, our defense made some mistakes and that is why we lost. However, overall, all the players played well and they did well what I asked. It was the first match so the U23 Vietnam players still did not have the best confidence and I think they can do better."
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| U23 Vietnam scored a golden goal but could not protect the result. Photo: AFC |
On the opponent's side, the head coach of U23 Korea said that this was still not the match with the best performance of his students. Coach Kim Bong-gil shared: "This is our first match and it is always difficult. In the first half, we conceded a goal, but scored two goals in the match. In the end, we still won. I did not ask my players to rush against U23 Vietnam, they followed the instructions of the head coach. Therefore, we do not need to rush in the journey to conquer this tournament.
Highlight U23 Vietnam - U23 Korea
(Baonghean.vn) - Surprisingly scoring first in the match against U23 Korea with a super goal by Quang Hai, but U23 Vietnam could not resist the strength of the team that is the current runner-up of the 2018 AFC U23 Championship.
Losing the first match, U23 Vietnam temporarily ranked 3rd on the rankings because in the previous matches in Group D, the AFC U23 Championship, U23 Syria had to surrender to U23 Australia with a score of 1-3. And if they want to keep the hope of going on, U23 Vietnam will enter the decisive match with direct competitor Australia after 3 days.
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| Group D standings after the first round of matches of the 2018 AFC U23 Championship. |
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