Coach Lee Young-jin was recommended to lead the Vietnam team; AFC made an unbelievable assessment of U23 Vietnam before the Asian tournament
(Baonghean.vn) - Coach Lee Young-jin was recommended to lead the Vietnamese team; AFC made unbelievable comments about U23 Vietnam before the Asian tournament; Two Vietnamese representatives participated in the ASEAN Club Championship... are notable sports news in the past 24 hours.
Coach Lee Young-jin was nominated to lead the Vietnamese team.
Mr. Bae Ji-won - former assistant of coach Park Hang-seo recommended Mr. Lee Young-jin to be the head coach of the Vietnam national team.
Mr. Bae Ji-won believes that coach Lee has knowledge, experience and has proven his ability with Vietnamese football. Those factors will help Mr. Lee once again create remarkable achievements for Vietnamese football.
"Coach Lee Young-jin plays an important role in perfecting and implementing tactics under coach Park Hang-seo. He will be a candidate for the position of new coach of the Vietnamese national team," said Mr. Bae Ji-won.
Mr. Bae Ji-won was part of coach Park Hang-seo's coaching staff when he first arrived in Vietnam. He and the Vietnamese players reached the final of the 2018 AFC U23 Championship, the semi-finals of the 18th Asian Games, and won the 2018 AFF Cup. After that, Mr. Bae worked as a coach at several teams such as Kitchee and The Cong Viettel.
Coach Lee Young-jin has been with coach Park Hang Seo for more than 5 years in Vietnam. Mr. Lee is the number 1 assistant, considered Mr. Park's "right-hand man". He helped the Vietnamese team win the AFF Cup 2018, reach the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup 2019, reach the third qualifying round of the World Cup 2022, win 2 SEA Games Gold Medals, reach the final of the U23 Asia 2018,...
Currently, Mr. Lee is a member of the Korea Football Association's National Team Strengthening Committee, which is responsible for scouting and providing professional advice to coaches of the Korean national teams.
Mr. Bae Ji-won believes that coach Lee Young-jin's knowledge will bring advantages when leading the Vietnamese team and continuing the success of his former colleague.
Two Vietnamese representatives attend the ASEAN Club Championship
Two Vietnamese football representatives, the V-League champion and the National Cup champion, will qualify for the ASEAN Club Championship.
The ASEAN Shopee Cup will kick off in the 2024/2025 season. It is a club-level competition in Southeast Asia that aims to crown the annual ASEAN champion.
The tournament will be held in a knockout and group stage format, with a total of 40 matches featuring 14 of ASEAN’s top clubs. In line with the European calendar, the tournament will officially kick off on July 17, 2024 and run until May 21, 2025.
The tournament brings together the national champions and designated cup winners (or runners-up in some cases) of Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam (two teams each), along with the Philippines and Singapore (one team each).
The national champions of Brunei, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar play in qualifying rounds to compete for two spots in the group stage of the tournament.
The 12 qualifying clubs are divided into two groups in the group stage. The 30 group stage matches are played on a home-away basis over five legs. The top two teams from each group play cross-over semi-finals, with the two teams progressing to the final. The semi-finals and final also use the home-away rule.
Nam Dinh Green Steel lost heavily to Quy Nhon Binh Dinh right at home.
Despite losing to Quy Nhon Binh Dinh, Nam Dinh Blue Steel still leads V-League this season with 32 points but has let the opponents right behind narrow the gap.
A big surprise happened in round 15 of V-League when the top team, Thep Xanh Nam Dinh, lost 2-4 to MerryLand Quy Nhon Binh Dinh right at home at Thien Truong Stadium.
This defeat makes Nam Dinh Green Steel still lead the rankings with 32 points after 15 rounds, but the chasing team, Hanoi Police, has narrowed the gap to 4 points.
On the other side of the front line, MerryLand Quy Nhon Binh Dinh has 25 points, continuing to stand in fourth place on the rankings.
AFC makes unbelievable comments about U23 Vietnam before Asian tournament
There is just over a week left until the 2024 AFC U23 Championship kicks off in Qatar. As if to warm up the atmosphere, AFC has published an article evaluating each team participating in this year's tournament.
In the article, AFC surprisingly stated that U23 Vietnam is one of the candidates for the championship. “Apart from the former champions, U23 Vietnam is the only team that has reached the final in the previous 5 tournaments. They lost to Uzbekistan in the final in 2018. This year, Australia, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan all have the opportunity to step up to the highest podium. U23 Vietnam is also a candidate for the championship,” AFC commented.
In addition, AFC also recalled the journey to the final match of the 2018 AFC U23 Championship of the Red Army. AFC believes that the miracle in Changzhou (China) 6 years ago will be the inspiration for U23 Vietnam to go far in this year's tournament.
“The golden generation of Vietnamese football, with Quang Hai as the conductor, has risen to prominence in this tournament. On the way to the final, U23 Vietnam defeated a series of strong opponents such as Australia, Iraq and Qatar. Although U23 Uzbekistan won, Quang Hai's super goal "Rainbow in the Snow" ignited the fighting spirit of U23 Vietnam,” AFC recalled the achievements of coach Park Hang-seo and his team.
According to the schedule, the red team will face U23 Kuwait (April 17), U23 Malaysia (April 20) and U23 Uzbekistan (April 23)./.
