U23 team get training in RoK for AFC U23 Championship
Vietnam’s U23 football team and head coach Park Hang-seo arrived at the Gimhae International Airport on December 14, beginning a ten-day training session in preparation for the AFC U23 Championship in January 2020.
Vietnam’s U23 football team and head coach Park Hang-seo arrive at the Gimhae International Airport on December 14. (Photo: Newsis)
Seoul (VNA) – Vietnam’s U23 football team and head coach ParkHang-seo arrived at the Gimhae International Airport on December 14, beginninga ten-day training session in preparation for the AFC U23 Championship inJanuary 2020.
The squad for the AFC U23 Championship in January2020 announced by coach Park Hang-seo on December 12 comprise threegoalkeepers, 10 defenders, 11 midfielders and four strikers.
They include most of the SEA Games winners except for midfielders Do Hung Dungand Nguyen Trong Hoang, who are over the age limit and defender Doan Van Hauwho has returned to his Dutch club SC Heerenveen.
Park also recalled midfielders Tran Dinh Trong andNguyen Trong Dai, who missed key tournaments due to injury, among otherplayers.
The team will have two friendly matches with Korean squads during this trainingsession.
They will come back home on December 22 and gather in Ho Chi Minh City forfurther training before leaving for Thailand for the final round of the AFC U23Championship, which is set to take place from January 8 to 26 next year acrossstadiums in Thailand.
Vietnam are in Group D with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Jordanand the UAE.
The three best teams of the tournament, along with Japan, will represent Asiaat the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. If hosts Japan are among the wines, thefourth-placed team will earn the last Olympic spot.
In the 2018 U23 championship tournament, Vietnam finished second, taking home ahistoric silver medal after losing 1-2 to Uzbekistan in the final./.
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Vietnam’s U23 football team and head coach Park Hang-seo arrive at the Gimhae International Airport on December 14. (Photo: Newsis) 
