* PRE-MATCH PREDICTIONS
The final match of the U.23 Southeast Asia between U.23 Vietnam and U.23 Indonesia is a match worth watching, because while U.23 Vietnam is the current U.23 Southeast Asia champion, U.23 Indonesia has just won the championship at the 32nd SEA Games. At the U.23 level, Vietnamese and Indonesian football are competing fiercely for the leading position.
Vietnam U.23 once "sowed sorrow" for Indonesia U.23 with an unbeaten record against their opponents for more than a decade in Southeast Asian youth tournaments. However, the wind changed direction at the 32nd SEA Games, when Indonesia U.23 convincingly defeated coach Philippe Troussier's Vietnam U.23 in the semi-finals.
That was a match where despite having one more player, U.23 Vietnam still lost regrettably with a goal in the last minute.
U.23 Vietnam (left) determined to avenge the loss at SEA Games 32
The young players have learned a valuable lesson. After 3 months, the faces participating in this match such as Luong Duy Cuong, Nguyen Ngoc Thang, Nguyen Van Truong, Dinh Xuan Tien, Khuat Van Khang, Quan Van Chuan... have the opportunity to prove their ability to rise from mistakes.
Before discussing the situation that led to the goal, the main reason why U.23 Vietnam lost this match was the lack of ideas to play football. The whole team played a controlled style, circulating the ball systematically with short passes according to the coach's intention. However, when bringing the ball to the defense of U.23 Indonesia, U.23 Vietnam was confused and stuck.
Faced with the opponent's methodical and aggressive defense, Van Khang and his teammates often reacted hastily. Coach Troussier affirmed that his students lacked decisiveness in the final situation, did not understand when to shoot or pass, or how to handle the situation to put their teammates in a favorable position,...
When U.23 Indonesia was short of players, U.23 Vietnam still could not find an effective way to approach the goal, but mainly just crossed the ball.
This is the problem that coach Hoang Anh Tuan and his players need to anticipate in the final. U.23 Vietnam has scored 9 goals in the past 3 matches, but the pressure in the final is very different. U.23 Indonesia also has enough cunning and discipline to "stifle" the ideas of U.23 Vietnam, and may not even be afraid to play tough to put mental pressure.
U.23 Vietnam needs to keep a cool head against U.23 Indonesia's tough play
Another difficult task that U.23 Indonesia posed to U.23 Vietnam was the "lightning" throw-ins. In the semi-finals of the 32nd SEA Games, U.23 Vietnam lost 2 goals from Pratama Arhan's extremely strong throws. In the face of U.23 Indonesia's throw-ins, U.23 Vietnam's defense was very passive, goalkeeper Van Chuan and the defenders could not control the situation and let the opponent score quite easily.
In the match against U.23 Malaysia, U.23 Vietnam showed a commendable level of control. Not only did they circulate the ball well, the whole team also pushed up their formation to press and continuously put pressure on U.23 Malaysia, completely "breaking" the midfield.
The proactive and daring playing style of U.23 Vietnam has brought excitement to the fans. However, in the final match, U.23 Vietnam needs to keep a cool head. That is, they still maintain the intensity of the game, but the players need to control the tempo of the game, know when to rush forward, when to retreat, and slow down the game to hold back U.23 Indonesia.
If you can go up, you can go down. If you can speed up, you can slow down. U.23 Vietnam needs balance in both playing style and mentality to win this final match that is predicted to be difficult.
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