Coach Park Hang Seo: Vietnam Olympic team will practice penalty kicks when meeting Japan

Before this match, Coach Park Hang Seo said: “I have never told anyone that the Vietnamese Olympic team wants to avoid the Korean Olympic team. For us, every match is a final, we will play our best against any team. We know that football has many surprises. The match between Korea and Malaysia yesterday clearly showed that.” – Coach Park Hang Seo declared.

Coach Park Hang Seo does not think that Olympic Japan is an underdog. Photo: Internet

The captain of the Vietnam Olympic team said: “We know that Japan is one of the candidates for the championship. This year, they sent an U21 team to serve the 2020 Olympics. They are U21 but they are all mature, 15 of them are playing in professional tournaments J-League, only 5 players come from universities”.

“They have competed in Japanese tournaments so they are very formidable. Of course, Japan has prepared very carefully for the 2018 Asian Games. They are a strong opponent in tomorrow's match.” – Coach Park Hang Seo added.

Notably, in tomorrow's match, the Vietnam Olympic team and the Japan Olympic team may have to take a penalty shootout if they draw, to determine the first and second place in Group D. Therefore, Coach Park Hang Seo also hinted that he and his students will prepare for all options, including the situation of having to take a penalty shootout with the Japan Olympic team.

If they finish second in Group D, Vietnam Olympic will meet Malaysia in the round of 16. The team that wins Group D will meet the third-placed team with the best results in Groups B/E/F. The match between Vietnam Olympic and Japan Olympic will take place at 4pm tomorrow (August 19) at Wibawa Mukti Stadium./.

Coach Park Hang-seo is happy to be able to avoid Korea

The 59-year-old coach said that Korea's loss to Malaysia was beneficial for Vietnam in the men's football event at the Asian Games.

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