U23 Vietnam - U23 Timor Leste: The home team's 'shooting practice'
(Baonghean.vn) - At 7:00 p.m. today (May 15), Coach Park Hang-seo and his team will compete with U23 Timor Leste in the final match of Group A of men's football at the 31st SEA Games.
In all aspects, U23 Vietnam is superior to U23 Timor Leste. Therefore, if they play to their full potential in this match, Mr. Park's students will defeat U23 Timor Leste with a big score, something they could not do in the last 2 matches with U23 Philippines (0-0 draw) and U23 Myanmar (1-0 win).
With the current situation of Group A and Group B, it is likely that U23 Vietnam will face U23 Thailand in the semi-finals. Instead of proactively avoiding an early clash with coach Alexandre Polking's team,Coach Park Hang-seowill take advantage of the match with U23 Timor Leste to help the students have the most comfortable mentality.
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Most likely, Mr. Park will not field all the key players. Most likely, the central midfielder pair Do Hung Dung and Nguyen Hoang Duc will be given a rest after a period of continuous hard work. Because the importance of the two faces mentioned above to U23 Vietnam, in the journey to successfully defend the Gold Medal in men's football at the SEA Games is extremely great.
In fact, no matter what formation Mr. Park uses, U23 Vietnam will still dominate U23 Timor Leste, a weak team that has been eliminated. This is an opportunity for Nguyen Tien Linh and his teammates to regain their accuracy in finishing. Don't forget, U23 Vietnam is one of the teams with the worst attack in the group stage of this year's SEA Games, with only 4 goals.
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On the other side of the front line, U23 Timor Leste will certainly also have personnel changes. In a situation where there is nothing left to lose, coach Fabio da Silva will field a series of players who are often on the bench. And of course, U23 Timor Leste players will choose an open style of play with the desire to score against the home team.
Objectively speaking, the U23 Timor Leste attack is not too harmless. The evidence is that in the match against U23 Myanmar, coach Fabio da Silva's students scored 2 goals against goalkeeper Pyae Phyo Thu. If the U23 Vietnam defense plays subjectively, they will be punished by the U23 Timor Leste strikers, just like what U23 Myanmar had to receive in the match on May 8.
Thereby, it can be said that the match between U23 Vietnam and U23 Timor Leste in the final match of Group A of men's football at SEA Games 31 will have many goals scored, and the victory will belong to Coach Park Hang-seo and his team./.