What scenario for U23 Vietnam? Dinh Trong: 'Will do everything to be able to continue'

Thanh Hien• January 14, 2020 07:25

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What scenario for U23 Vietnam?

Vietnam U23 did not play well against Jordan U23 in the second match of Group D of the 2020 AFC U23 Championship when they were held to a 0-0 draw. Currently, Coach Park Hang-seo and his team have 2 points after 2 matches, ranking 3rd in Group D, 2 points behind UAE U23 and UAE Jordan.

In the final match, the defending runner-up will face off against U23 DPRK. If they want to qualify for the quarter-finals, U23 Vietnam must win by at least 2 goals, and wait for the result of the match at the same time. So what scenario awaits coach Park Hang-seo and his players?

Xếp hạng bảng D.
Group D standings.
In the first scenario, U23 Vietnam wins U23 DPRK by 2 goals, then we have 5 points. However, U23 Vietnam will only advance if the match between U23 UAE and U23 Jordan decides the winner, or if the two teams draw 0-0.

If this scenario happens, U23 Vietnam, U23 UAE and U23 Jordan will have 5 points each. At that time, U23 Vietnam and U23 UAE will advance to the quarter-finals due to a better goal difference than U23 Jordan.

In the final scenario, U23 Vietnam draws or loses to U23 DPRK, Coach Park Hang-seo and his team will definitely be eliminated. The two teams that have qualified for the quarter-finals of Group D are U23 UAE and U23 Jordan. The first and second places in the group depend on the results of the direct confrontation.

Dinh Trong: "U23 Vietnam will do everything to be able to continue"

Center back Tran Dinh Trong affirmed that U23 Vietnam will concentrate on the match with U23 North Korea in the final match of Group D of the 2020 AFC U23 Championship to be able to continue.

Trung vệ Đình Trọng khẳng định sẽ làm mọi điều để giúp U23 Việt Nam giành quyền đi tiếp tại U23 châu Á 2020. (Ảnh: Nguyên An/Vietnam+)
Center back Dinh Trong affirmed that he will do everything to help U23 Vietnam qualify for the 2020 AFC U23 Championship. (Photo: Nguyen An/Vietnam+)
Sharing about the chance of Vietnam U23 team to pass the group stage at U23 Asia 2020, center back Dinh Trong said: "In the upcoming match with U23 North Korea, the whole team will be highly focused. Whether we have the right to decide or not, we will try our best to play our best and get a favorable result."

Bui Tien Dung: U23 Vietnam did their best against U23 Jordan

Tien Dung said: "Actually, we wanted to get 3 points in this match. However, when the team did not concede a goal and did not lose the match, that is something that we are temporarily satisfied with. The whole team tried their best. Now is the time to rest and look forward to the match against North Korea with the highest concentration.

hủ môn Bùi Tiến Dũng đã chơi tốt trong trận đấu với Jordan
Goalkeeper Bui Tien Dung played well in the match against Jordan.
From the beginning, the whole team had the mindset that this year's U23 Asia tournament was not an easy one, so we just tried our best in each match and did not set our goals too far. Compared to the previous tournament, the opponents no longer underestimated U23 Vietnam and they also studied us carefully, so the difficulty was much greater."

On January 14, U23 Vietnam will travel to Bangkok to prepare for the final group stage match against North Korea at 8:15 p.m. on January 16.

Barcelona fired coach Valverde after more than 2 years

Early morning of January 14 (Vietnam time), the Camp Nou team announced that they had reached an agreement to terminate the contract with coach Ernesto Valverde after more than 2 seasons together.

Barca và HLV Valverde đạt thỏa thuận chấm dứt hợp đồng. Ảnh: Reuters.
Barca and coach Valverde reached an agreement to terminate the contract. Photo: Reuters.
A post on Barcelona's website read: "The club expresses its gratitude to Ernesto Valverde for his professionalism, commitment, dedication and positive attitude towards the Barca family. We wish him good luck and success in the future."

The decision to sack coach Valverde was made just a few days after Barca lost 2-3 to Atletico Madrid and were eliminated from the Spanish Super Cup. In La Liga, the Camp Nou team still holds the top spot, but is being chased by rivals Real Madrid when the two teams have 40 points and are only different in terms of goal difference.

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