U23 Vietnam vs U23 Qatar: Hot news about the opponents
U23 Qatar dissected the tape, carefully analyzed the strengths and weaknesses, and outstanding players of U23 Vietnam. Defender Bassam Al Rawi called on his teammates to play at 200% of their strength against the "phenomenon" Vietnam that defeated U23 Iraq, taking a ticket to the semi-finals.
Not U23 Vietnam, U23 Qatar are the ones under pressure, with the pressure to get a ticket to the final after missing the appointment 2 years ago. The ambition to win the championship forced Spanish coach Felix Sanchez and his team to put all their efforts into the gamble against Park Hang Seo and his team.
Send someone to monitor, "dissect" and carefully analyze U23 Vietnam
Qatar has prepared carefully for the tournament, so in addition to assigning people to watch the match between U23 Vietnam and U23 Iraq, Captain Sanchez sat down with the coaching staff to "dissect the tape" and carefully analyze the U23 Asia semi-final opponent, before holding a meeting to disseminate to the whole team.
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| Coach Sanchez is preparing carefully for the match against U23 Vietnam. Qatar does not want to miss out on the final ticket again. |
More specifically, the Qatar coaching staff learned about the playing style of U23 Vietnam, analyzed the strengths, weaknesses and outstanding players in coach Park Hang Seo's squad to find countermeasures.
A tough match, must play 200% strength
Coach Sanchez asked his players to forget all about the emotions of winning the quarter-final match against Palestine and focus on the semi-final match against U23 Vietnam. He determined that this was a difficult match and Qatar had to be very careful if they did not want to miss out on a ticket to the final.
After defeating Palestine, the Qatar U23 quarter-final squad received special rehabilitation care to be in the best physical condition for the match on January 23. During the first morning training session, the whole team was in high spirits and determined.
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| U23 Qatar trained hard to prepare for the U23 Asia semi-final. |
The team only practiced lightly, instead focusing on technique and tactics to deal with U23 Vietnam. Coach Sanchez emphasized the importance of the U23 Asia semi-final match.
Defender Bassam Al Rawi stressed that Qatar has a tough match ahead:"We require double the effort, 200%. Meeting U23 Vietnam will not be easy at all. They have many excellent players, having overthrown U23 Iraq.".
Meanwhile, captain Ahmad Moein also expressed: "We need to do better than 2 years ago, to get a ticket to the final. Qatar has a difficult match ahead with U23 Vietnam. We know, Vietnam is a good team, having defeated Iraq so it will not be easy for us".
In addition to assassin Almoez Ali, Qatar also boasts Hashim Ali.
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| Hashim Ali became the youngest player of U23 Qatar to score at the U23 Asian tournament, |
Qatari press has been full of praise for 21-year-old striker Almoez Ali, 1m80 tall, with 5 goals in 4 matches, leading the 2018 AFC U23 Championship's top scorer. However, they also introduced a new face, who has just set a record in the tournament.
By contributing a goal in Qatar's 3-2 victory over Palestine, Hashim Ali became the youngest player in the country's football history to score in the regional U23 tournament. Specifically, this player scored at the age of 17 years, 5 months, 2 days.
In addition, goalkeeper Mohammed Al Bakari received trust and high appreciation, maintaining good spirit even though in the match against Palestine he had to pick the ball out of the net twice.
