U23 Thailand ready ‘reagent’, determined to take revenge on U23 Vietnam

The defeat against U23 Vietnam in the final of the 31st SEA Games is a profound sadness for millions of football fans in the land of the Golden Temple. Come here, Thailand U23 will have a reunion with U23 Vietnam when the two teams are in the same group C at the 2022 AFC U23 Championship. This time, the determination of the Thai people is extremely great.

A series of young stars playing abroad will return to supplement Thailand’s U23 at the 2022 AFC U23 Championship. Thailand U23 also welcomes the return of coach Worrawoot Srimaka, who has held the team for a long time and has experience in training young people. Recently, “War Elephants” also received more good news.

Accordingly, U23 Thailand will be arranged to play a friendly match before going to Uzbekistan to rematch U23 Vietnam. The opponent of coach and coach Worrawoot Srimaka will be the Hong Kong national team – the team is in Thailand training to prepare for the third qualifying round of the 2023 Asian Cup and has just played a friendly match with Myanmar 0-0.

Having the “green army” friendly in the time close to the start of the 2022 AFC U23 Championship is a very positive thing for Thailand U23. The Hong Kong national team promises to be a quality reagent for coach Worrawoot Srimaka to practice the squad and evaluate the performance of each player, before shortening the official list of 23 names for the U23 Vietnam rematch.

Thailand U23 played a friendly match with Hong Kong Tel before meeting U23 Vietnam again (Photo: FAT)

Having carefully prepared for the AFC U23 Championship, but coach Worrawoot still proved very cautious: “I am satisfied that this time Thailand U23 now has all the best players needed, not awkward like in SEA Games 31. However, although the majority of players have just played together in Vietnam, most of the remaining players and returned from abroad have not yet competed to integrate.

The time to assemble Thailand U23 is not much, so I need 1 match to check. However, there is another problem and it will be a headache that is choosing the optimal squad from the best available composition.”

U23 Thailand has fallen 3 times to U23 Vietnam in 2022, twice in the Southeast Asia U23 tournament (one group stage, one final) and in the 31st SEA Games final. U23 Vietnam excelled with 5 wins and 1 draw. This makes the U23 team from the Golden Temple very hungry to avenge U23 Vietnam at the 2022 AFC U23 Championship.