Saudi Arabia is the first destination of the U20 Vietnam team during the training tour in West Asia to prepare for the 2023 AFC U20 Championship. Here, the team is stationed at the Novotel Saudi Arabian hotel, about 30 minutes from the training ground. up to 40 minutes by bus depending on traffic conditions. Before the team went to Saudi Arabia for training, the Vietnam Football Federation worked in detail with the host country BTC on the team’s plan and program of activities, so living and eating for the players is also very convenient. .
Striker Nguyen Quoc Viet of U20 Vietnam.
As planned, U20 Vietnam’s training trip to Saudi Arabia will take place in 4 days. In the evening of February 18, teacher and coach Hoang Anh Tuan had a friendly match with host U20 Saudi Arabia. Thanks to the quality additions before the match including 5 players Ho Van Cuong, Tran Nam Hai and Dinh Xuan Tien (SLNA), Nguyen Phi Hoang (SHB Da Nang) and Bui Vi Hao (Binh Duong), U20 Vietnam played confidently and had an impressive victory with a score of 2-1. Khuat Van Khang and Nguyen Quoc Viet were the scorers in this match.
Khuat Van Khang and Nguyen Van Truong are special cases when they debuted for the U23 Vietnam team at the 2022 AFC U23 Championship under coach Gong Oh-kyun. Particularly, Khuat Van Khang was also called by coach Park Hang-seo to play a friendly match against Vietnam and scored against the Indian team. They are the hopes to help Vietnam U20 re-establish their achievements in the youth World Cup.
The 2-1 victory over U20 Saudi Arabia helps U20 Vietnam have a confident start in the final preparation before the 2023 AFC U20 Championship. After this match, the whole team will move to the UAE to continue training and training. friendly match against Dubai FC on February 23. On February 26, U20 Vietnam will fly to Uzbekistan to attend the 2023 Asian U20 final round.
At the 2023 AFC U20 Championship, U20 Vietnam is in Group B with U20 Australia, Qatar and Iran. Coach Hoang Anh Tuan aims to pass the group stage, playing at least 4 matches, before thinking about re-establishing the historic achievement in 2016 of reaching the Asian semi-finals, thereby winning tickets to the U20 World Cup.