Highlights of the Vietnam U23 Team after the group stage of the U23 Southeast Asian Championship
The Vietnam U23 team won all 2 group stage matches, thereby winning a ticket to the semi-finals of the 2025 Southeast Asian U23 tournament.
Top of Group B
With only being in the same group as the U23 Laos team and the U23 Cambodia team, the task of winning the top spot in the group is very difficult.Vietnam U23 teamis quite simple. Especially when, Laos U23 Team and Cambodia U23 Team held each other in the opening match.
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Coach Kim Sang-sik's team showed their strength when they won two quite easy victories with a score of 3-0 against U23 Laos and 2-1 against U23 Cambodia.
With these two victories, the U23 Vietnam team has won the top spot in Group B, thereby getting a ticket to the semi-finals. Our opponent in the semi-finals is the U23 Philippines team.
Good attack but poor finishing
Coach Kim Sang-sik has built a diverse attacking style. This helps the Vietnam U23 team easily create dangerous opportunities towards the opponent's goal.
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However, the finishing ability of the attacking players of the Vietnam U23 Team is a big question mark. Except for the goals of Khuat Van Khang and Nguyen Dinh Bac, Quoc Viet, Van Truong, Viktor Le and Thanh Dat have all wasted great opportunities in the past two matches.
Therefore, the strikers of the U23 Vietnam team need to quickly adjust their aim before entering the upcoming knockout matches if they do not want to pay the price for their wastefulness like in the past matches.
Central defenders: The secret weapon of U23 Vietnam
When the strikers of U23 Vietnam were unlucky, the central defenders spoke up to help our team penetrate the opponent's defense. That was Nguyen Hieu Minh's double in the match against U23 Laos or the opening goal ofPham Ly Ducin the match against the Cambodian U23 team in the last match.
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Obviously, the central defenders of the Vietnam U23 team are the powerful weapons of coach Kim Sang-sik in fixed free kick situations. Good physique along with comprehensive personal techniques are the strengths that help the central defenders of the Vietnam U23 team gain advantages in high-up situations.
Hopefully, in the upcoming matches, the central defenders of the U23 Vietnam team will not only play solidly in defense, but also continue to show their scoring talent to help the home team win.
The challenge is called U23 Philippines
The U23 Philippines team was the biggest surprise in this year's tournament. Winning 2-0 against the U23 Malaysia team and only losing 0-1 to the host U23 Indonesia team was the clearest proof of the Philippines U23 team's annoying playing style.
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It is a tight defensive style of play combined with sharp counter-attacks of coach Garrath McPherson's team. Therefore, the upcoming match of the U23 Vietnam team needs the strategic talent ofCoach Kim Sang-sikand the players' best efforts to overcome this challenge.
Hopefully, the Vietnam U23 team will continue to have excellent performances, thereby successfully defending the Southeast Asian U23 championship.