Coach Cristiano Roland highly appreciates the desire of the players of the Vietnam U17 team.
Hai Hoang•September 17, 2024 21:22
Coach Cristiano Roland has great confidence in his players, especially appreciating the efforts and desire to win of the Vietnam U17 team.
On the afternoon of September 17, the Vietnam U17 team had a training session to prepare for the competition in the 2025 Asian U17 Qualifiers. Photo: Hai HoangBefore the training session, coach Cristiano Roland answered the media, saying he had great confidence in his players, especially appreciating the team's efforts and thirst for victory. Photo: Hai Hoang“From the first training sessions, I said that the U17 Vietnam players all have very good technical quality. They all have the ability to be promoted to the first team, of course they still need to hone their skills more, many things need to be better”, coach Cristiano Roland expressed his satisfaction when evaluating the strength of the U17 Vietnam team. Photo: Hai HoangCoach Cristiano Roland added: “Through the training sessions, the players have understood my ideas and they need to do better. Above all, their efforts and desire have increased day by day. Right from the first training session, the players have shown their desire and that has given the coaching staff more motivation to train the team. Photo: Hai HoangIn the immediate future, the young players still have a long way to go, but with the potential for development as it is now, we are looking forward to the day when they can play in the V.League and contribute to the national team." Photo: Hai HoangIn this gathering, the core of the Vietnam U17 team is the players who have participated in previous gatherings, the most recent of which was the gathering to participate in the 2024 Peace Cup national U16 football tournament organized by the Chinese Football Association. Photo: Hai Hoang
In this tournament, coach Cristiano Roland's students played very impressively when they defeated Uzbekistan 3-0 and Japan 1-0 to win the final runner-up position. Photo: Hai HoangIn order to increase competitiveness, Coach Cristiano Roland also expanded the list by giving opportunities to a number of new recruits, notably Vietnamese-American player Maxwell James Peereboom, who is currently living with his family in Australia and playing for the Gold Coast Knights youth team, one of the leading clubs in the National Premier Leagues Queensland, Australia. Photo: Hai HoangWhen asked about Maxwell James Peereboom, coach Cristiano Roland said: “I have received information about Maxwall from the VFF. Therefore, the coaching staff has planned to call him back to Vietnam to observe him more. Photo: Hai HoangThrough training, we will be able to compare his ability with other players in the team." Photo: Hai Hoang In addition to the best squad according to coach Cristiano Roland, the coaching staff of the Vietnam U17 team also received high praise from the Brazilian coach, including former player Nguyen Ngoc Duy - who just led PVF U15 to win the National U15 Championship - Acecook Cup 2024. Photo: Hai Hoang“The current assistants are all people that I trust, have worked with me and understand my way of working. Ngoc Duy has recently done a very good job at PVF and has won the national U15 championship. I think that is a point that will help the Football Federation a lot and that is why I invited Ngoc Duy to work with the Vietnam U17 team,” said coach Cristiano Roland. Photo: Hai HoangAccording to the plan, the Vietnam U17 team will train at the Vietnam Youth Football Training Center until September 29, 2024, then go to Japan for training and competition from September 30 to October 9, 2024. Photo: Hai HoangOn October 10, coach Roland Cristiano and his team will return home to complete the final preparations before participating in the 2025 AFC U17 Qualifiers. Photo: Hai HoangIn order to create more favorable conditions for the Vietnam U17 team to compete for a ticket to the continental finals and gain the trust of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the VFF has decided to host the U17 team's group in the 2025 AFC U17 Qualifiers. Photo: Hai HoangSpecifically, the Vietnam U17 team will play the role of host of Group I, taking place at Viet Tri Stadium, Phu Tho from October 23 to October 27, 2024. Coach Roland Cristiano and his team will welcome U17 Kyrgyzstan (October 23), U17 Myanmar (October 25) and U17 Yemen (October 27). Photo: Hai Hoang
