Head coach Hoang Anh Tuan: “U17 players show their technical ability and tactical sense”
After almost one month of training with 44 players under the guidance of head coach Hoang Anh Tuan, the U17 team has a clear improvement on technical. In the friendly match with U19 Hanoi, U17 players had a good match and received many plus points from the coaching assistants.
Head coach Hoang Anh Tuan shared: “The most important to players during the training is having competitive opponents. The match with U19 Hanoi was a good experience. Especially in this difficult situation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this match had a big value”.
Playing with a new and more mature opponent, in the first minutes, the U17 team didn’t have a good status. However, after that, the team of head coach Hoang Anh Tuan played better with many chances and had the first goal in the last minutes of the first half.
Even couldn’t keep the advantage and had to finish the game with a draw score of 1-1, the players showed their ability. “They played well, even still had mistakes due to a long time without competition. Through this friendly match, U17 players show their technical ability and tactical sense” – Head coach Hoang Anh Tuan remarked.
Sharing about the upcoming plan of the team in Germany, head coach Hoang Anh Tuan affirmed: “That campaign will have a great value on professional affairs to help players to open their football thinking. This will have a big impact on their future careers, especially for young players. I want the players to play against strong opponents, who are better, stronger, and more modern for the long-term development goal of Vietnamese football.”
On Jan 13, U17 Vietnam will continue to have a friendly match with U19 PVF at PVF Centre.