U23 Indonesia makes Vietnam “spin like a pinwheel” before SEA Games 31

U23 Indonesia is considered the biggest rival of U23 Vietnam in the group stage. Coach Park Hang Seo’s teachers and students are in Group A with U23 Indonesia, U23 Myanmar and U23 Philippines.

U23 Indonesia’s training session on the evening of May 3 had to be canceled due to a flight delay. The Van Dao football team switched to a leisurely walk in the park next to the hotel.

On the morning of May 4, Indonesia continued to change the training schedule. As planned, U23 Vietnam’s opponent will walk to visit Viet Tri Stadium at 10 am on May 4. However, coach Shin Tae Yong decided to postpone the schedule to 12:00 noon on the same day.

On May 4, Egy Maulana Vikri and his teammates had 2 training sessions on Bai Bang Stadium. The location of U23 Indonesia’s military training is about 14 km from the center of Viet Tri city.

The Indonesian U23 squad to Vietnam is still missing two players, captain Asnawi and midfielder Elkan Baggott. It is expected that they will be in Phu Tho on 4-5/5.

Coach Shin Tae Yong changed the schedule of U23 Indonesia

On May 6, coach Shin Tae Yong and his students will play the opening match at the 31st SEA Games. The match between U23 Vietnam vs U23 Indonesia is considered as the most attractive match in the group stage of SEA Games 31. Previous Then, at the 30th SEA Games, Indonesia lost to Vietnam in the final.

Sharing with the media, head coach Shin Tae Yong said: “Confronting U23 Vietnam in the opening match is really not easy, because they are the defending champions, the home team and have been very strong for a long time, so it is definitely 1 candidate won gold medal.

But I also hope that these seemingly absolute advantages can put U23 Vietnam under some pressure so that we have a chance to win in the opening match to create a perfect momentum.”

Tickets for U23 Vietnam’s matches are now sold out. The Gold Star Warriors are receiving great support from the NHM in the process of defending the gold medal.

The list of official players of U23 Vietnam to attend the congress at home has also been announced by coach Park Hang Seo. Main striker Nguyen Tien Linh is leaving open the possibility of playing due to injury.