U23 Vietnam may fall into the group of death at the 2020 AFC U23 Championship
(Baonghean.vn) - With the achievement of being the runner-up of the 2018 U23 Asia and excellently entering the qualifying round in the first position of Group K, U23 Vietnam naturally entered the number 1 seed group at the 2020 U23 Asia Finals. However, this is not necessarily a favorable thing waiting for coach Park Hang-seo and his team in Thailand.
Group 1: Thailand, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Qatar
Although it is the number 1 seed group, in reality this is not the group of the strongest teams. Thailand falls into this group due to their status as the host team, the presence of Vietnam and Uzbekistan is due to their achievements in reaching the final and Qatar is the team that won the 3rd place in the 2018 AFC U23 Championship.
Since then, the teams' strength has changed a lot and to successfully defend the achievements made at the tournament held in China will not be easy.
Group 2: South Korea, Japan, Iraq, North Korea
With South Korea, Japan and Iraq in this group, any team in Group 1 can feel worried when being drawn in the same group. Only the DPRK is considered the weaker team but if they can see what they can do to take the top spot in Group G after the qualifying round just ended, it will not be easy for the teams that will have to face each other in the finals.
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Group 3: China, Australia, Jordan, Saudi Arabia
The third seed group will likely be the toughest opponents in their group. Although these are not teams that can crush their opponents with resounding victories, not losing to these opponents in direct confrontations can be considered a success for the teams competing for the second place in each group.
Group 4: Syria, Iran, UAE, Bahrain
With 4 names from West Asia, the final seed group fully converges strength, physique and technique as the common characteristics of football in this region. Iran and UAE will be more prominent when these teams have recently continuously won the Asian Cup championship, their youth are also well trained in both technique and tactics to continuously go deep in the tournaments they participate in.
U23 Syria, the opponent who entered the same group in the previous tournament, also made coach Park Hang-seo and his team face many difficulties in the final match of the group stage before being able to get 1 valuable point to qualify for the quarter-finals.
U23 Vietnam may fall into the group of death
It will be very difficult if the draw results put Korea (Japan), Australia, Iran (UAE) in the group with the presence of U23 Vietnam, the path to defending the runner-up position of the tournament will be very difficult. A more comfortable group that many fans hope for U23 Vietnam is 3 names North Korea, Jordan and Bahrain.
However, to go far, we cannot only rely on luck and as coach Park Hang-seo shared: "Luck only comes with effort". Hopefully, U23 Vietnam will not fall into a group that is too difficult and with the miraculous overcoming of difficulties in the past, it will help us have more effort and confidence to continue to repeat the achievements we have made in the U23 Asian tournament taking place in Thailand early next year.
