Coach Park "magically" transformed Tran Danh Trung into a new Phan Van Duc?

Most impressive player of U22 Vietnam

Vietnam U22 had an unconvincing performance at the Southeast Asian U22 tournament that took place in early March in Cambodia. The team led by coach Nguyen Quoc Tuan stopped in the semi-finals after losing to Indonesia U22 with a score of 0-1.

On a personal level, this is the tournament where striker Tran Danh Trung left a special mark. With 3 goals, Danh Trung became the player who scored the most goals for U22 Vietnam in the recent tournament.

Danh Trung is the most impressive player of U22 Vietnam.

Danh Trung's impressive performance has won over Mr. Park Hang-seo. He is one of the U22 Vietnam players that the Korean coach has called up to the U23 Vietnam team to prepare for the upcoming U23 Asia qualifiers taking place from March 22 to 26, 2019 at My Dinh Stadium.

In addition to his football talent, Danh Trung also has a special attraction because of his good-looking appearance and his ability to easily express his emotions on the football field.

In the match against Timor Lester, after scoring the opening goal for his team, the young striker of U22 Vietnam burst into tears as if it was an important goal in a final match.

Will it be a Phan Van Duc 2.0?

Danh Trung was born in Hue. At the age of 11, Danh Trung was one of the 5 best young players in the ancient capital to join Viettel's training center. However, in the end, only Danh Trung and Huu Thang (a midfielder who played for U20 Vietnam in 2017) were able to stay.

In 2017, Tran Danh Trung won the Golden Boot award when he scored 6 goals for U17 Viettel at the National U19 tournament. Coach Dinh The Nam once shared: “Trung has an outstanding quality of always wanting to assert himself on the football field. For him, scoring goals is always the first goal when stepping onto the field.”

In the playing style that Danh Trung shows, many people easily associate it with Phan Van Duc, who has created a solid position in the Vietnam National Team under coach Park Hang-seo.

Danh Trung has the ability to finish with both feet like Nghe An player Phan Van Duc. At the U22 Southeast Asia tournament, in the match against U22 Philippines, Danh Trung was the one who scored the equalizer 1-1 for the home team with a very quick tap-in with his left foot. Then, in the match against U22 Timor Lester, the Hue striker made a solo run past 3 opposing defenders before shooting the ball with his right foot dangerously into the far corner to double the gap for U22 Vietnam.

With the "magic" of the Korean strategist, many people believe that Danh Trung (19) will have clear steps of maturity.

In addition, Danh Trung is also highly appreciated for his ability to choose position, sniff out goals and explode at important moments of the match.

Currently, Danh Trung is playing for his hometown team, Hue FC. He was recently loaned by Viettel FC to Hue to compete in the 2019 First Division this year. Danh Trung is still young, he needs to play regularly to develop his talent.

It is too early to say that Danh Trung will succeed in U23 Vietnam like Phan Van Duc did. However, with the "magic" of the Korean strategist, many people believe that Danh Trung will have clear steps of maturity, contributing to U23 Vietnam in the upcoming 2020 U23 Asian qualifiers.