U23 Indonesia brings to Vietnam players who play dirty tricks, suspected of cheating on their age
(Baonghean.vn) - Marinus Wanewar, a player with a very tricky playing style, was included by coach Indra Sjafri in the list to go to Vietnam to participate in the 2020 U23 Asian qualifiers.
Many players in the U23 Vietnam squad are familiar with the U23 Indonesia squad brought to Hanoi to participate in the 2020 U23 Asian qualifiers. They faced each other in the semi-final of the 2019 U22 Southeast Asian Championship nearly a month ago. One of the players that U22 Vietnam remembers clearly is Marinus Wanewar - a striker with a very annoying playing style and often uses dirty tricks on U22 Vietnam players.
Coach Nguyen Quoc Tuan, who led the U22 Vietnam team to that tournament, was upset with Wanewar’s playing style. A day after the 0-1 defeat to U22 Indonesia, the coach reenacted some of the striker’s dirty moves against the U22 Vietnam defenders. “Every time the referee wasn’t paying attention, he would run back to his defenders and nudge or push them.
These provocative moves made my players easily get angry. It was because I saw my opponent playing tricks like that that I had to pull Van Dat - a calmer player - to mark Wanewar instead of Van Hanh for fear of a card or penalty," Coach Nguyen Quoc Tuan shared with the U22 Vietnam coaching staff at that time.
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Wanewar used to cause a lot of trouble for Vietnamese players. |
Not only the player, Wanewar also had disrespectful gestures towards the U22 Vietnam coaching staff in that match. Typically, this player pointed at the face of Technical Director Juergen Gede and told him to sit down when Mr. Gede tried to discuss with the referee about a situation where an Indonesian player let the ball touch his hand in the penalty area but Vietnam was not awarded a penalty.
In addition, Marinus Wanewar himself has been suspected by the regional press of being overage because on paper he is 21 years old, but he looks too old and his face looks like he is 30 years old. Facing tricks that can make opponents lose their composure from Wanewar, the U23 Vietnam players of coach Park Hang Seo need to be on guard, avoiding getting angry leading to unnecessary collisions.
Another notable point is that U23 Indonesia brought a total of 23 players to Vietnam. They will only eliminate 1 person tomorrow (March 20).
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