On April 20, Beijing time, in a warm-up match yesterday, the Vietnam U23 team drew with the South Korean national youth team (U21 or U19).
It is worth mentioning that the head coach of the Vietnamese U23 team has become the Korean coach Park Hengxu, rather than the previous local coach. Park Chung-kyun, who is rumored to be coaching the Vietnam U23 team, did not appear in the Vietnamese team's roster.
In the past 5 U23 Asian Cups, Vietnam has reached the final round, and 3 of them have been coached by Park Heong-su.
Park's return indicates that at this year's Asian Games, the U23 national football team may face a difficult opponent.
Since 2017, Park Hassui has been the head coach of the Vietnamese team. At the same time, Mr. Park also works part-time as the coach of the Vietnamese U23 team.
In February this year, he led the team to defeat the national football team at home, winning vietnam's first victory in the round of 12 and the first victory of all Southeast Asian teams in the World Preliminary Round of 10 (Round of 12) in the Asian Cup.
Due to physical fatigue, Park Heng-suk did not coach the Vietnam U23 team after the contract extension. After seeing the team's performance decline, Teacher Park could not sit still. In the upcoming East Games, Park Heung-soo will lead the team again.
Unlike domestic coaches, Park has been coaching in Vietnam for 6 years, and his salary has risen to $400,000. Compared to the Vietnamese national team, Park Hyung-seok led Vietnam U23 to a better result.
At the age of 95, they reached the final of the Suzhou U23 Asian Cup, losing to Uzbekistan in extra time. At the Asian Games that same year, they reached the top 4 and lost to the UAE on penalties in the bronze medal battle.
At the age of 97, they were out of the group but got 2 draws.
At the age of 99, they reached the finals again.
The current Park Heng-soo is the main backbone of the Vietnamese team.
In the days when he let go of U23 vietnam, although the team also won the U23 Southeast Asia Cup, they defeated thai youngsters who were 2-3 years younger than themselves.
After the Dubai Cup, Vietnam's U23 draw with Iraq, after losing consecutive Croatia U23 and Uzbekistan U23, only to finish 8th in this competition. The Chinese U23 team, which was ridiculed by the domestic media, was the fourth place.
At this moment, the fans miss Teacher Park especially.
It has been rumored that Park Chung-kyun is the head coach of the Vietnamese U23 team. But now it seems that the former head coach of Tianjin Tianhai cannot replace Park Hengxu.
Previously, the domestic media rumored that Park Zhongjun joined the Vietnamese team in order to target the national football team. But in fact, he who has coached the Hanoi team is a coach who Park Heong-seok specifically finds someone to select players for himself. Due to the cancellation of the Vietnamese league last year, Park Heong-soo was unable to see the status and level of the players, especially the young players, and relatively speaking, Park Chung-jung, who has coached the club team, knows these players better.
According to Vietnamese media, Park Hengxu selected three overage players to participate in the Eastern Games, namely Du XiongYong (93), Nguyen Jin Ling (97) and Nguyen Hoang Duc (98). It may also be their team participating in the Asian Games.
In the match with south Korea's national youth (Vietnamese media called South Korea U21, South Korean media said South Korea U19), Vietnam's U23 had a clear advantage, while the three overage players did not appear.
This means that the Vietnamese team participating in the East Games and the Asian Games in the future will be stronger. In the last edition in Jakarta, they won the Temple Army and defeated the Japanese U23 in the group stage. The Chinese team only reached the round of 16 in the knockout round.
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