U23 Vietnam is pumped ‘doping’ before the day of the European team match

On March 23, U23 Vietnam had a relatively good opening match of the 2022 Dubai Cup when holding a 0-0 draw against U23 Iraq. The playing style of the military team, head coach Lee Young Jin, proved to be quite safe and lacked a breakthrough in the friendly tournament to prepare for the most important goal of the year, the 31st SEA Games.

In the second match, U23 Vietnam will have the opportunity to face the European representative U23 Croatia on March 26. This will be a bigger challenge for Dang Van Toi and his teammates when the opponent, although only using the core U20 generation, has the advantage of performing and being able to practice and compete in a more classy environment.

Currently, U23 Vietnam is actively practicing under the direction of acting head coach Lee Young Jin and new coach Gong Oh Kyun. Before the match against Croatia U23, the whole team will also receive great morale. Accordingly, on March 25, U23 Vietnam will have a meeting with the representative of the Vietnamese Embassy in the UAE to receive encouragement and spiritual encouragement for the important goals ahead.

U23 Vietnam received spiritual ‘doping’ from the Vietnamese Embassy in the UAE (Photo: VFF)

After the draw with U23 Iraq at the Dubai Cup 2022, the whole team moved the training time from the afternoon to nearly noon on March 24. The training session at nearly noon Dubai time of U23 Vietnam took place below to below. The weather was very sunny with an outdoor temperature of 33 degrees Celsius, which made it a bit difficult for the players to keep up with the BHL’s lesson plan.

However, this is said to be the way that acting head coach Lee Young Jin wants the players to improve their fitness and get used to the summer competition weather at the 31st SEA Games.

In the training session on March 24, there were 8 players in the main kick group in the match against Iraq U23, just warm up gently and jog around the field. Three people with muscle pain, Tran Van Dat, Nguyen Trong Long and Le Van Do no longer limp, but can run and practice with the ball.

The most interesting case after the opening match was Lieu Quang Vinh who was not present at this training session. Lieu Quang Vinh suffered a knee ligament injury and was taken by doctor Choi Ju Young to be examined and scanned on March 24, to better determine the extent of ligament damage.