Coach Park Hang Seo ‘criticized’ U23 Vietnam for not playing well

Before the 4th match of Group A in men’s football at the 31st SEA Games took place, U23 Vietnam was under a lot of pressure when it was pushed down to 3rd place in the rankings. After two matches, U23 Vietnam has only 4 points and is 2 points behind the two leading teams, U23 Myanmar and U23 Indonesia. That’s why Park Hang Seo’s teachers and students were forced to win all 3 points to have the right to decide before the final match.

Under the pressure of scores, U23 Vietnam had many difficulties when facing U23 Myanmar. The attacking situations of the Golden Star Warriors are not really dangerous to win against goalkeeper Pyae Phyo Thu. Besides, goalkeeper Van Toan also did not show the usual certainty when there were situations where he didn’t catch the ball.

It was not until the last minutes of the match that U23 Vietnam got a goal thanks to Do Hung Dung. This victory also helps U23 Vietnam rise to the top of the rankings.

Sharing after the match, Coach Park Hang Seo said: “In this match, the opponent did not use the usual 4-1-4-1 formation. They used a three-centre formation. This is what we planned in advance. In the Philippines match, they defended the majority and makes it difficult for us.

The players understand the way their opponents play. But in the match, U23 Vietnam still made mistakes. However, this is a lesson to help the players become more mature. Next game against Timor Leste, we don’t know if they will defend like this anymore. But we will also prepare all options.

In fact, the result we won 1-0. I think not only the first half but also the U23 Vietnam match did not play well. The reasons are many, but the players are not good at passing the ball, moving is not rhythmic. There are many situations where players need to calm down, but they can’t do it. Half 1 or 2, I’m not satisfied either.”