Coach Park blames himself after U23 Vietnam's victory

U23 Vietnam had their second victory in the 2020 U23 Asian qualifiers against Indonesia thanks to Trieu Viet Hung's only goal in the 90+4 minute. The 1-0 victory over Indonesia helped U23 Vietnam gain an advantage in the 2020 U23 Asian qualifiers.

Coach Park Hang-seo said: "I'm really not satisfied with the team's performance today. There are two reasons why I'm not satisfied, one is that the team's performance is not good, the players still play individually; two is that the players don't seem to be aware of their positions and what to do. If the substitution doesn't bring good results (in the case of Dinh Thanh Binh), it's my fault."

Coach Park Hang-seo pondered when U23 Vietnam played without cohesion. Photo: Lam Thoa

Commenting on the upcoming opponent Thailand, the Korean coach was cautious: “We and Thailand both have two wins but different goal difference. When playing against Indonesia, Thailand used 3 defenders while when playing against Brunei, they used 4 defenders. The quality of the national championship will determine the quality of the national team's players. This generation of Thailand has very good height and technique. They have prepared very carefully for the 2020 AFC U23 Championship, they are developing to become a good team in Asia.

Compared to the previous generation, the current preparation time of U23 Vietnam is shorter. The majority of current U23 players rarely play at their clubs, leading to low performance and poor connection in playing style. This is an issue we need to look back at. Today, I actually feel dissatisfied with myself..."

Finally, Mr. Park concluded: "There are two things that always go hand in hand in our growth process, which are things that make us dissatisfied and pain. To grow up, we must overcome these two things. I hope that we will demonstrate to everyone the spirit of the entire Vietnamese team in the match against Thailand in the clearest way!"

U23 Vietnam dramatically defeated Indonesia. Photo: Lam Thoa

Coach Indra Sjafri of the Indonesian U23 team said: "This was a very interesting and great match. We had strategies to deal with Vietnam's playing style. Unfortunately, the goal came from a set piece situation.

Of course we wanted to play offensively but Vietnam plays very good counter-attacking defense, it is very difficult to implement this style of play. Overall, we have achieved about 80-90% of the intention we set out.

I wish Vietnam will qualify for the 2020 AFC U23 Championship. Losing the match is of course not fun, but football does not stop and we need to look to the future. We will still stick to our strategy from the Southeast Asian U22 tournament, the Asian U23 qualifiers and the upcoming SEA Games."

Table of Table K. Photo: Zing

Hard-fought victory over Indonesia, U23 Vietnam competes for the top spot in the group with Thailand

(Baonghean.vn) - Powerless against the U23 Indonesia defense for most of the match, it was only thanks to a set piece in the final seconds that U23 Vietnam was able to win a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Indonesia.