Saudi Arabia suffered a big loss before the match against U23 Vietnam

In the last match of Group D, U23 Saudi Arabia defeated U23 UAE 2-0, thereby maintaining the top spot when equal on points, but with a better coefficient than Japan U23. With this result, Saudi Arabia faced U23 Vietnam of Coach Gong Oh Kyun in the quarterfinals of the tournament AFC U23 2022.

Avoiding a strong Korean opponent, but Saudi Arabia U23 suffered heavy losses in the quarterfinals. Accordingly, the two pillars of this team received yellow cards for Ibrahim Mahnashi and captain Saud Abdullah. Both were suspended for the next match of the tournament for receiving 2 yellow cards.

After 3 matches, U23 Saudi Arabia received a total of 5 yellow cards (the other card belonged to Meshal against Tajikistan). Meanwhile, with U23 Vietnam, Nham Manh Dung is the only name to receive a yellow card.

Although Saudi Arabia does not have the strongest force, it is much more appreciated than U23 Vietnam. Coach Saad Alshehri’s army not only has a strong attack (scoring 7 goals), but also the only team in this year’s tournament to keep a clean sheet in the group stage.

“I haven’t seen it yet” U23 Vietnam competed, but they passed the group stage so it was also formidable. We still have time and will thoroughly analyze this team.” Coach Saad Alshehri evaluated the upcoming match against coach Gong Oh Kyun’s team.

The match between U23 Saudi Arabia vs U23 Vietnam will take place at 23:00 on June 12.

Dai Nam