U22 Vietnam: Cong Phuong shines, Tuan Tai scores first goal

(Baonghean.vn) - Playing quite tough, fighting fiercely all over the field, but coach Leonardo Vitorino's students only lasted 44 minutes before losing 1-4. In this match, Cong Phuong shone with a double goal and coach Huu Thang had quite detailed calculations for his students.

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To reach the final, U22 Vietnam cannot play with only one team, Huu Thang is doing exactly what he declared. In addition to changing personnel, U22 Vietnam also changed the "playing style", if the opening match, the left wing was the main attack direction, now the right wings Van Toan and Van Thanh had an excellent match. Not only do we have 3 points, but we have had many necessary experiments to go to the 2 decisive matches with Indonesia and Thailand.

Option "without Tuan Anh"

Cong Phuong had a brilliant match. Photo: Internet.

The match between U22 Vietnam and U22 Cambodia took place in the previous condition of rain in Kuala Lumpur, the pitch was slippery and wet. Coach Huu Thang made two adjustments for the first match, that is, Tran Dinh Trong played as a central defender so that Duy Manh could play with Xuan Truong in midfield. Midfielder Quang Hai replaced Hong Duy on the left wing, just as our Nghe An Newspaper predicted, U22 Vietnam will play the "no Tuan Anh" option to build steel in the midfield area. This is the first time in their careers that Quang Hai and Dinh Trong started a match at the SEA Games. Meanwhile, SLNA did not have any players starting, Van Khanh and Tuan Tai sat on the bench.

Up to now, Vietnam and Cambodia have only met once at the SEA Games 8 years ago. At that time, we beat Cambodia with a score of 6-1. While Huu Thang had the full service of 20/20 players, Choum Pisa of U22 Cambodia was suspended.

However, in the U22 Cambodia squad of coach Leo Vitorino, there is still Chreng Polroth, this player scored a beautiful goal against Vietnam at the AFF Suzuki Cup at the end of last year.

Unlike the match with the Philippines, the U22 Cambodian players played extremely tough. Midfielders In Sodavid, Choun Chanchav, Chering Polroth continuously collided with Quang Hai, Cong Phuong, Duc Chinh. There were many situations where players from both teams had to lie on the field waiting for medical staff to take care of them. In particular, Cong Phuong was always closely followed by 2-3 Cambodian players, ready to compete.

With coach Leo Vitorino directing the left wing to be closely guarded, U22 Vietnam attacked the right wing a lot with the mobility of Van Toan and Van Thanh. At the end of the first half, from Van Toan's cross, striker Cong Phuong scored the 1-0 goal.

Tactical calculation

U22 Vietnam is operating well with the 4-2-3-1 formation. Photo: Internet.

Coach Leonardo Vitorino boldly declared that Cambodia came to Malaysia to win medals, but perhaps there is still a big gap between saying and doing.

When Duc Chinh did not play well, many times he failed to control the ball, then Tuan Tai had a chance. The 2-0 goal came from Quang Hai's free kick, from the left wing was Van Hau's pass that surprised goalkeeper Um Rath. The two situations that U22 Cambodia lost to the Philippines were also from free kicks.

The 2-0 victory allowed the Vietnamese coaching staff to withdraw Duy Manh and play with the attacking midfielders Tuan Anh and Xuan Truong for the last 13 minutes.

In an impressive match day, HAGL striker Cong Phuong had a beautiful free kick from 20 meters away, the ball pinned straight into the top corner while the Cambodian goalkeeper was helpless, raising the score to 3-0.

Substitute striker Tuan Tai showed good strength when he ran into the 16.5m area to face and score diagonally past goalkeeper Um Rath, raising the score to 4-0. Sothearoth easily defeated goalkeeper Minh Long on the 11m mark. This was Cambodia's first goal at the 29th SEA Games from a careless situation by defender Tien Dung, who let the ball touch his hand from a backheel from the opposing striker.

To go the long way, Van Hau and Xuan Truong proactively received more yellow cards, sat out the Philippines match to save their energy for the decisive matches against Indonesia and Thailand. In a match, Cong Phuong shone and coach Huu Thang had quite detailed calculations for his students.

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