Facing a huge challenge, will U23 Vietnam sublimate after the farewell of Mr. Park?
Nothing is impossible
More than 4 years ago, the first tournament that coach Park Hang-seo brought Vietnamese football to made a miracle mark in the Asian arena was the 2018 AFC U23 Championship in China with the runner-up title of a super product. . More than a year later, at My Dinh’s home field, the Korean teacher’s students once again caused a stir with a strong 4-0 victory over Thailand U23 in the Asian U23 qualifying round, starting the era ” dominating Southeast Asia” of Vietnamese football.
But also in the AFC U23 Championship 2020, after the victory “crushed” the great Southeast Asian rival, coach Park Hang-seo’s teachers and students had to receive a bitter defeat when they finished in the qualifying round with the bottom position, while Thailand U23 was more successful when “surpassing” both Iraq and Bahrain to gallantly enter the quarterfinals.
Before the AFC U23 Championship that year, Thailand U23 had a heavy defeat at the 30th SEA Games, while Mr. Park had great success with the historic SEA Games gold medal brought to Vietnamese football. But in the continental youth football field, things have turned out very differently.
Exactly 10 years ago, there was a Vietnamese girl honored in America in the “big game” called MasterChef. It is worth mentioning that the girl of Vietnamese origin – Christine Ha, overcame all fierce competitors to win the title of “Chef King” MasterChef contest in her own situation… blind, and had to compete. play in a state of not receiving any help, playing fair with opponents.
During the coronation journey 10 years ago, perhaps the most difficult moment for Christine Ha was in episode 6 – the race of the top 15. That episode, the winner of the “Mysterious Box” challenge was Ryan. Umane – an extremely mean opponent.
Ryan Umane openly expressed his ugliness when he was exempted from competing in this round, and selected materials for other contestants to challenge. As a result, this contestant who was hated by many people chose the most difficult ingredient – crab, to target the blind Vietnamese girl. To be sure, instead of choosing canned crab meat, Ryan chose raw crab for Christine Ha to process. Processing the “super giant” Pacific crab into a delicious dish within 60 minutes is the ultimate challenge for a Vietnamese girl.
Ceviche Cocktail helps Christine Ha win.
Christine Ha took more than half of the competition time to successfully handle the saw, even though she suffered a lot of pain because of her visual impairment, she shed blood during the process of separating the crab’s shell, so that the medical team bandaged her hand. continued and succeeded with Ceviche Cocktail from crab meat with tomato sauce. Looking at the beautiful “cocktail” of the Vietnamese-born girl, the famous judge Gordon Ramsay was surprised to exclaim:Are you really blind?“.
That practice session, with a compliment from Gordon Ramsay: “You cook like an angel“, blind girl Christine Ha became the winner, overcoming the most difficult challenge spectacularly and convincingly. More importantly, “bad guy” Ryan Umane was eliminated in the next set of competitions.
Overcoming the “shadow” of Mr. Park?
Like Christina Ha in the past, coach Gong Oh-kyun of U23 Vietnam is facing the ultimate challenge. The miracle of Changzhou 2018 and the SEA Games gold medal of Coach Park Hang-seo are casting a huge shadow on his successor in U23 Vietnam. In addition, the painful defeat of Mr. Park in the AFC U23 Championship 2020, as well as the high determination of the Thai people in this tournament are not small difficulties for the “newcomer” of U23 Vietnam.
But above all, the ultimate challenge for Coach Gong Oh-kyun is that Coach Park Hang-seo brought home the 31st SEA Games gold medal for Vietnamese football with great help from the over-aged “reinforcements” Hoang. Duc, Tien Linh and Hung Dung. They not only scored more than half of the goals of U23 Vietnam in this tournament, but also the “soul” of the attack, covering a great influence on the whole team.
In SEA Games 31, despite excellently winning gold after defeating U23 Thailand in the final, U23 Vietnam cannot be said to be stronger than the opponent when during the final match, coach Park Hang-seo’s teachers and students suffered. play “shrug”, giving way to the players of Coach Polking, instead of attacking the opponent like in the previous 5 matches.
To prepare for the Asian U23 Finals this time, Thailand has summoned up to 10 young players playing football in Europe with strong determination to “revenge” U23 Vietnam after the loss in the SEA Games final. This time is no longer an indirect match when U23 Vietnam and Thailand fall into two different groups, but will directly confront each other to win the remaining ticket to the quarterfinals when U23 Korea is considered to hold the position. Definitely top of the list. “Narrow alley” even more when these two Southeast Asian rivals will have to face each other in the first match.
Coach Gong Oh-kyun has announced that he will let his players operate a new tactic in his debut tournament. That will probably be a surprise for Thailand U23, but it is not enough for home fans to place great expectations on the new coach of U23 Vietnam.
Ten years ago, the blind Vietnamese-born girl Christine Ha was extremely confused, even desperate, with the challenge that her opponent gave her. Now, there will also be many “new faces” of U23 Vietnam who are confused when they are assembled into the U23 Vietnam squad to replace the illustrious seniors, especially in the attack.
Farewell to Mr. Park is a huge loss for U23 Vietnam, but it’s also time for them to get used to this important absence, to put their trust in the “new person”. More than 4 years ago, Coach Park Hang-seo once brought Vietnamese football back to shine after Huu Thang suffered a heavy defeat at the 29th SEA Games. If coach Gong Oh-kyun could convey his confidence and burning desire, For the students, U23 Vietnam will once again give Thai football a “bitter taste”?
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