Mr. Troussier's Busy Afternoons

As known, Mr. Troussier went to "watch the legs and feet" of his students in the cup matches Viettel - Binh Thuan, PVF Cong An Nhan Dan - SHB Da Nang, went to the training ground to talk with Mr. Kiatisuk and watched the students at Hoang Anh Gia Lai prepare for the match against Viettel. Only on the afternoon of April 6, the French teacher watched the second match between PVF Cong An Nhan Dan and Hoa Binh and then also watched the second consecutive match between Viettel and Hoang Anh Gia Lai to fully evaluate his students.

Everyone knows that Mr. Troussier used to work at PVF and U19 Vietnam, so he has a good understanding of the students at PVF. Currently, this V-League 2 team has 6-8 players in his sights, and on the Hoa Binh side, Tran Van Thang was named in the Doha Cup recently. Cong Den was the player who was put on the field in both of the most recent matches of PVF Cong An Nhan Dan along with a series of other stars, while Van Thang, who was on loan at Hoa Binh, also played quite well in the narrow 0-1 loss mentioned above, helping the teacher have a preliminary look at his students in this tournament that will be very fierce.

Meanwhile, the match between Viettel and Hoang Anh Gia Lai, which opened the 5th round of V-League1, was also expected to see the debuts of Tuan Tai, Van Khang, Manh Dung, Thanh Nhan, Quoc Viet, and Duc Viet. The home team Viettel was missing two foreign players, so this was an opportunity for the young players to play from the start. More happily, after talking with Mr. Troussier, Kiatisuk sent all the young stars to play to "support Mr. Troussier and U22 Vietnam" and the mountain town team achieved a satisfactory result, winning 4-1 away against the championship candidate team. Thanh Nhan played for nearly 90 minutes of the match, while Quoc Viet scored the goal to raise the score to 3-1 from a ball steal and handled it very confidently, Duc Viet came on to replace rising star Ngoc Quang (3 goals in 5 matches). Of course, players like Manh Dung and Thanh Nhan (both born in 2000) have run out of chances to participate in the SEA Games and they are "reserved" for the Vietnamese team in the future.

V-League 1 round 5 also has a match at Vinh stadium between the home team Song Lam Nghe An and Binh Duong that the coach is probably interested in watching. The coach will have the opportunity to witness Xuan Tien, Van Cuong, even Manh Quynh, Khac Luong, Nam Hai compete with Vi Hao, Minh Khoa to show their talents when they have not had the opportunity before due to the home team's request not to concentrate. If the matches mentioned at the beginning of the article help the coach consolidate the data on the factors after Doha Cup, then the match Song Lam Nghe An - Binh Duong will be an opportunity for the players who have fought in V-League to prove their abilities, to be able to supplement the positions that are considered not good after Doha Cup, especially the defense with weak ability to counter high balls and the attack that has been silent continuously against strong opponents.

Indeed, if any team has done a good job of rejuvenating the squad and clearly believes in "supporting Mr. Troussier and U22 Vietnam", the French coach will not waste time running around to watch his students compete and contribute. The fact that young players have recently scored goals like Van Do, Quoc Viet, assisted goals like Vi Hao, Van Cuong, started like Xuan Tien, Van Tung, Cong Den, Van Thang, Thanh Nhan, Duy Cuong, Tuan Tai or come off the bench like Van Khang, Nam Hai, Manh Quynh... is creating increasingly strong confidence for the upcoming call-up of U22 Vietnam towards the upcoming SEA Games 32. It can also be believed that the upcoming additions will be capable of overcoming existing shortcomings and mistakes, even though the time is not as long as desired.

Hopefully, the busy afternoons of coach Troussier will continue and bring a lot of useful data to the coaching staff of U22 Vietnam. The new coach's calls to the V-League 1 and 2 teams will be truly listened to and responded to, as Kiatisuk has done with great enthusiasm and practicality recently./.