Coach Lee Young-jin hasn’t finished COVID-19 yet, U23 Vietnam has changed forces

Because Luong Xuan Truong and Nguyen Hai Huy contracted COVID-19, Coach Park Hang Seo transferred Ly Cong Hoang Anh from the U23 team to the Vietnam team. So, U23 Vietnam The remaining 28 players leave for the UAE tonight (March 19) to prepare for the 2022 Dubai Cup friendly tournament.

Acting head coach Lee Young-jin was not on the same flight today with the rest of the members. The Korean expert is being isolated due to COVID-19. He has not directly directed any training session of U23 Vietnam in this gathering. Coach Lee Young-jin is expected to go to the UAE on March 22.

In the UAE, the U23 Vietnam coaching staff will be supplemented with assistant coach Gong Oh-kyun, who worked as an assistant to coach Shin Tae-yong in the Indonesian team. Mr. Gong Oh-kyun will move from Korea to the UAE with Dr. Choi Ju-young/

At the 2022 Dubai Cup friendly, Vietnam U23 faced U23 Iraq on March 23 and met U23 Croatia – the only guest team from Europe – on March 26. After that, based on the results of the first 2 matches, the organizers will continue to divide the matches for the teams.

U23 Vietnam also had a change of force in this gathering. Doan Anh Viet, infected with COVID-19, Mai Xuan Quyet could not recover from injury while Le Van Xuan, Nguyen Thanh Binh and Ly Cong Hoang Anh were transferred to the Vietnamese team.