Special shoes will help U23 Vietnam players defeat opponents if there is snow
U23 Vietnam is preparing all plans to deal with the opponent... the sky. The disadvantage of the weather will cause coach Park Hang Seo and his team to face more difficulties than their opponent. Let's wait and see how they will overcome these big challenges in the final match against U23 Uzbekistan.
Starting from the morning of January 25, it snowed in Changzhou. After only a few hours, snow covered everything. This weather condition was a big disadvantage for U23 Vietnam because the opponent of Coach Park Hang Seo and his team in the final match was U23 Uzbekistan, who came from a cold region and were used to playing on snow.
According to our records, on the afternoon of January 25, Changzhou Stadium - the venue for the final match of the 2018 AFC U23 Championship between U23 Vietnam and U23 Uzbekistan - was covered in white snow. The snow was more than 30cm thick, with some areas being thicker in front of the technical areas of the teams.
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| U23 Vietnam has prepared a plan if they have to play in the rain and snow. |
Host country China is making every effort to ensure that the final match of the 2018 AFC U23 Championship between U23 Vietnam and U23 Uzbekistan takes place as scheduled (3 p.m. on January 27), despite the increasingly heavy snowfall in Changzhou.
To protect the turf, the local organizers laid down tarps before the snow fell in Changzhou. But because of concerns about the heavy snowfall affecting the turf, workers still had to regularly push the snow off the field. Once the snow was off the field, a bulldozer would push the snow to a corner of the field so that trucks could take it out. Despite the continuous snow removal, it is likely that the final will still take place on a snowy field.
Despite facing extremely harsh weather conditions in the U23 Asian Cup final against Uzbekistan, the U23 Vietnam players were full of confidence to overcome the difficulties.
Midfielder Phan Van Duc shared about how to play well in snowy conditions: “It can be said that this is a disadvantageous match for us because Vietnam has never played in weather like this. The coaching staff reminded the whole team to use 6-clawed shoes to avoid slipping when playing in snow and slippery fields.”
Meanwhile, defender Hong Duy - who played very impressively in the semi-final, said: "This weather will be a difficult match for us. The coach told the whole team to be united before this match. Meeting Uzbekistan again after the M-150 Cup is a good thing to analyze the opponent, although in terms of personality, when meeting again, they have changed a lot."
On the afternoon of January 25, while the U23 Vietnam team had to go indoors to practice, the U23 Uzbekistan team still went out to practice as usual. On another issue, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) continued to monitor the snow situation in Changzhou last night, and has not yet made any announcement about postponing the match.
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