U23 Vietnam from the region to the continent

Vietnam U23, led by Mr. Hoang Anh Tuan, has just successfully completed the task of defending the 2023 Southeast Asian U23 Championship. Vietnam U23, led by Mr. Troussier (with 10 additional players after the aforementioned championship), will participate in the 2024 Asian U23 Qualifiers against Guam, Yemen and Singapore from September 6 to September 12, 2023.

Up to now, the U23 Vietnam training camp with 3 goalkeepers, 14 defenders, 13 midfielders and 5 strikers has been reduced to 23 players to register for the new tournament. How will the generation of players who have played well, shaped their abilities through the 32nd SEA Games and the 10 excellent names from the recent U23 Southeast Asian Championship be targeted, who will be able to hold on, who will need to continue to monitor and even who will be eliminated after September 12th, is inevitable in the difficult selection and decision process. And more specifically, which players will be tested the most in the U23 Asian Qualifiers against different opponents this time, is what is being interested in and followed at present.

There have been many predictions about the 23 selected players and a new squad of U23 Vietnam based on the training and competition results of all the players recently. Accordingly, because Van Chuan was not called, Van Viet is the goalkeeper with the most opportunity to stand in the goal of U23 Vietnam in this important campaign. Meanwhile, Cao Van Binh and Doan Huy Hoang will have the same opportunity, but it seems that Cao Van Binh has a more reliable practice process in U20 Vietnam, so international competition opportunities will open up more for the young talent of Song Lam Nghe An.

In defense, the position of 3 central defenders has many potential and trusted candidates, so it is difficult to confirm who will be sure of the position? The names chosen include Tuan Tai, Duy Cuong, Ngoc Thang, Quang Thinh, ... in which, the possibility of Tuan Tai playing left central defender, Duy Cuong or Quang Thinh playing middle central defender, Ngoc Thang playing right central defender is more likely. The wingback pair will therefore be considered in the Van Cuong-Minh Trong or Hong Phuc-Duc Anh matches?

The midfield also has many options to serve different calculations. Players who are almost familiar in the way of using people of Mr. Troussier will have many opportunities such as Thai Son, Van Khang, Duc Phu, ... and clearly the coach cannot ignore the players who are gradually asserting their positions such as: Van Toan, Minh Khoa, Dinh Bac ...

The attack line with the return of Van Tung after SEA Games 32, the recent excellent performances of Van Do in V-League 1 or Thanh Nhan in V-League 2 may be the ones assigned to start here. Vy Hao plays quite well on the wing, which is also the basis for testing. Because there is also an important tournament in the upcoming ASIAD of the Vietnam Olympic team, currently Xuan Tien, Nam Hai, Minh Quang... are being "planned" for this campaign as a way for the players to take turns performing tasks in different tournaments, on that basis to select and supplement human resources for the Vietnam National Team in each stage.

Everyone knows that under Troussier, players who are familiar with the way of doing things and thinking of the coach will have more opportunities. But it is impossible to say who will be sure of a place when the lineup has not been announced, so many questions and questions are always raised? Remember how the French coach operates the game, chooses the lineup at SEA Games 32 to see that it is not easy to predict or "guess" the "White Witch" when he is gradually looking for the best lineup for not only the current tournament but also the upcoming future.

The Vietnam team led by him will begin the 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign and the factors from U23 Vietnam make up a significant number of the squad, and will be "incubated" from this moment. For example, the position of midfielder Thai Son will certainly be aimed at supplementing and replacing Hung Dung in the near future? Tuan Tai or Van Tung will also "threaten" the position of many seniors if they show "out of battery" at some point. The fact that the coach has just selected 4 young players from U23 to join the Vietnam team is also a way to encourage the efforts of new factors. The recent training sessions, the training sessions mixed together and the tournaments almost parallel to each other... are creating conditions for Mr. Troussier to identify and draw accurate conclusions about each new and old player, suitable and unsuitable, with a lot of potential and no potential...

Finally, it is almost certain that Mr. Hoang Anh Tuan's recent results and methods will be considered, promoted, and rethought by Mr. Troussier compared to the original in terms of playing style and accompanying personnel. Let's wait and see what new and interesting discoveries Mr. Philippine Troussier will make this time from the potential generation of U23 Vietnam players, in the steady step from the region to the continent, from the 2024 U23 Asian Qualifiers campaign?