Attending the 31st SEA Games, coach Keisuke Honda ‘check-in’ for the first time at Thien Truong Stadium in Nam Dinh

On the first day Cambodia U.23 on the training field on the afternoon of May 5, Coach Keisuke Honda had a chance to come Thien Truong yardtake a photo of the main court in Group B of the sport Soccer men’s SEA Games 31 with beautiful grass and posted on social networks Twitter with the status line: “Now in Vietnam SEAGames”, with the symbol of the Vietnamese flag.

Coach Keisuke Honda’s account ‘check-in’ Thien Truong Stadium Twitter

This status line immediately attracted many people to comment, and congratulate Coach Keisuke Honda on coming to Vietnam, enjoying an exciting SEA Games of the Southeast region and also wishing the 35-year-old player-manager. This led Cambodia U.23 to successfully compete and repeat the semi-finals like 2019.

At the 31st SEA Games, among the coaches of the U.23 teams participating in the competition, Coach Keisuke Honda is probably the most famous player, because he played for Japan to attend 3 World Cups 2010, 2014 and 2018 , as well as won the 2011 Asian Cup and won the award for the best player of the tournament. In addition, this Japanese player also played for the famous club world AC Milan in Italy as well as clubs in Russia, the Netherlands, Mexico, Australia…

Before that, coach Keisuke Honda also led Cambodia U.23 to attend the U.23 Southeast Asia tournament in mid-February hosted by this country, but failed to compete (eliminated in the group stage). Recently (April 26), this military leader just returned and prepared for the home team to attend the 31st SEA Games with the players who will be the core of the competition at the 32nd SEA Games next year, hosted by Cambodia and set the goal. won gold medal.

Although there are no players over the age of 23, at the first training session in Nam Dinh, Cambodia U.23 under the guidance of coach Keisuke Honda practiced with excitement and laughter. It shows that they are completely confident before the opening match in Group B against U.23 Laos at 4 pm on 9/5.

Coach Keisuke Honda is calculating tactics for Cambodia U.23 Cambodia Football Federation

Photos from the Cambodia Football Federation also show that coach Keisuke Honda is extremely serious in practice, and sometimes stands alone thinking about playing tactics for Cambodia U.23. Although in Group B outside U.23 Laos is quite weak, Cambodia U.23 is not afraid of the two opponents promising to compete for the semi-finals, Malaysia and Singapore U.23, even the gold medal candidate is U. .23 Thailand.

According to the schedule in Group B of men’s football at the 31st SEA Games, Cambodia U.23 after the opening match against U.23 Laos on May 9, followed by Singapore on May 11, Thailand on May 14 and the last match against Malaysia on May 16.