Who is the only player to play all 3 matches for U23 Vietnam in the group stage?

U23 Vietnam closed the group stage of the 2022 AFC U23 Championship with great success with second place in Group C. Before the tournament, U23 Vietnam was not appreciated, even coach Gong Oh-kyun asserted that “no one thought them. I can make it through the group stage.”

However, U23 Vietnam showed an admirable face. In the opening match, U23 Vietnam, despite the lack of many pillars because of health problems, only accepted to let Thailand U23 hold a 2-2 draw in the last minutes. In the second match, U23 Vietnam created a big surprise when holding the defending champion Korea U23 1-1.

In the last match, U23 Vietnam easily defeated U23 Malaysia with a score of 2-0, thereby winning tickets to play in the quarterfinals as the second in Group C. “Golden Star Warriors” have 5 points – high score The most that a Southeast Asian team can win in the U23 Asian Cup finals.

On this impressive journey, coach Gong Oh-kyun gave 22/23 players the opportunity to play and express themselves. Only goalkeeper No. 3, Dang Tuan Hung, has not been allowed to enter the field. The remaining 22 players, more or less, have played and left certain imprints.

In which, there is only 1 player to play all 3 matches. That is left-back Phan Tuan Tai. He played persistently against Thailand U23, Korea U23 and Malaysia U23, despite the competition density being 2 days/match. Tuan Tai still retains a strong physical foundation and goes on to attack and defend rhythmically.

He is also the one who has imprinted his shoes on the most goals for U23 Vietnam so far, with 1 goal and 2 assists.

Following Phan Tuan Tai, there are 5 players who also played for more than 200 minutes: Bui Hoang Viet Anh (252), Vu Tien Long (242), Quan Van Chuan (233), Luong Duy Cuong (225) and Nham Manh Dung (219). ). All are important pillars of U23 Vietnam.

In the opposite direction, there are 7 players who only played 1 match, including Le Minh Binh, Tran Danh Trung, Nguyen Van Toan (U23 Thailand), Ly Cong Hoang Anh (U23 Korea), Nguyen Thanh Nhan, Nguyen Van. Cong and Doan Anh Viet (U23 Malaysia).