U19 Vietnam - U19 China: Decisive battle for honor

U19 Vietnam has run out of chances to qualify for the quarter-finals, but coach Guillaume Graechen and his team will not give up in this afternoon's match against U19 China. Playing with more than 100% of their strength, U19 Vietnam promises to bring an emotional match to the audience.

Thanh Tung (right) and his teammates are determined to do their best to earn a farewell gift for the tournament.

REMOVE LEAD FEET

In the first match of this tournament, U19 Vietnam did not play well and at many times, some key players were mentally unstable and could not show all their abilities. However, in the recent match against U19 Japan, Coach Graechen's students gradually removed the leaden legs and competed fairly with the team from the land of cherry blossoms. In particular,The French coach was very bold in applying the 4-6-0 tactical formation..

Accordingly, the two players who tend to penetrate the opponent's penalty area, Cong Phuong and Minh Vuong, are free to play, quickly retreat to defend and be flexible in their movements to finish. Changing the formation and playing style, U19 Vietnam has created a lot of pressure on the goal of the team that is rated higher, U19 Japan. Coach Graechen's students even equalized 1-1 and made the opponent sweat to win in the final minutes.

U19 Vietnam has improved with each match., along with that, the competitive mentality is increasingly improved. And when the back line plays stably, without making mistakes, it will create psychological momentum for teammates to perform their best moves from quick combinations.

BEWARE OF "KILLER" WEI SHIHAO

China U19 surprised the experts with their performance. In the opening match, China U19 defeated a stronger opponent, Japan U19. And in the last match, they held the defending champions Korea U19 to a draw. Coach Zheng Xiong's students played very disciplined with a sharp defense - counterattack trend. In that success, left winger Wei Shihao played very well. 2 goals from the midfielder who is playing for Boavista Club in the Portuguese National Championship helped China U19 defeat Japan U19 in the opening match. This afternoon, the defenders of Vietnam U19 will definitely have to be very careful and concentrate to be able to lock down Wei Shihao.

With 4 points after 2 matches, this afternoon U19 China only needs to draw with U19 Vietnam to officially win a ticket to the quarter-finals of the 2014 AFC U19 Championship. Meanwhile, for coach Graechen and his team, although they no longer have a chance to continue, an impressive performance is also a meaningful gift for the fans. The players themselves also determined that they want to leave the tournament with their heads held high and careful preparation and a comfortable playing mentality will be the basis for us to believe that the boys in red will bring magical moments against U19 China.

Coach ZHENG XIONG (CHINA U19):

“We will have to be careful”

Before the match against U19 Vietnam, head coach Zheng Xiong warned his players: "We are proud of what we have shown in the last two matches and only need one more point in this final match to advance, but you must be very careful. Because U19 Vietnam has many good players and is extremely determined."

Japan U19 faces big challenge

The remaining match taking place at the same time in Group C between U19 Japan and U19 Korea is considered a big challenge for the team from the land of the rising sun. In the last 3 meetings, U19 Japan have all lost to this opponent and if the result is repeated this afternoon, their journey at the 2014 AFC U19 Championship will officially end right after the group stage.

According to Bongdaplus