Midfielder Phan Ba ​​Quyen of SLNA was injured while practicing with the Vietnam U23 team.

Yesterday, February 5, right after arriving in Binh Duong,U23 Vietnamhad their first training session at Binh Duong Stadium. The temperature in Hanoi in the past few days has been around 14-16 degrees Celsius while in Binh Duong it is nearly 35 degrees Celsius. The large difference in temperature has somewhat affected the training of Mr. Dinh The Nam and his team.

U23 Vietnam faces difficulties due to temperature in Binh Duong.Photo: VFF

However, this is also a way to help U23 Vietnam gradually get used to the weather conditions in Cambodia. According to the plan, U23 Vietnam will have a week of training in Binh Duong. Next, the team will go to Cambodia and have another week of training before entering the first match of the U23 Southeast Asian tournament. With about 2 weeks of preparation, the players have enough time to adapt to the hot weather conditions.

In the first training session under weather conditions very different from the cold days in Hanoi, coach Dinh The Nam only asked his players to practice for 75 minutes. In this session, in addition to the warm-up, U23 Vietnam was divided into two teams to practice techniques and tactics in the half-field area.

The exercises that the U23 Vietnam captain gave his players mainly focused on cohesion and ball control. Although they felt quite tired after having to travel two distances and practice in hot weather, the players still practiced very hard, completing the requirements set by the head coach.

Phan Ba ​​Quyen had to practice separately after suffering a hamstring injury. Photo: VFF

The health of the players is currently stable. In the first training session in Binh Duong, only midfielder Phan Ba ​​Quyen could not participate in the exercises with his teammates. Accordingly, this SLNA player was diagnosed with a hamstring injury and had to practice according to a separate protocol from the medical team outside the field.

U23 Vietnam will have a practice match with U19 Binh Duong on February 8.

At the 2022 Southeast Asian U23 Championship, the Vietnam U23 team is in Group C with Thailand and Singapore. Group A has host Cambodia, Timor Leste, Philippines and Brunei. Group B is a competition between Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Laos.

The teams compete in a round robin format to determine rankings in each group. The three first-place teams and the best second-place team will advance to the semi-finals. The two semi-final winners will advance to the final, while the two semi-final losers will meet in the third-place match.