Coach Dinh The Nam: 'U19 Vietnam calculates each match'

In Group A of Southeast Asia U19 Championship, Vietnam must play five games in 10 days. After meeting Indonesia and the Philippines, on the afternoon of July 6th, head coach Dinh The Nam had to let Pillar recuperate and threw most of the substitutes from previous games into the field. Although it didn't go very well, Vietnam won 4-0 in the first half even though Brunei had a few chances.

"I'm very pleased with the spirit of the players. They rarely play, but when they play, they work very hard to achieve the set goal of victory," head coach Dinh The Nam said after the game. "Because of the constant schedule, we must calculate the personnel arrangement for each game. According to the player's state and recovery, we can play."

The most unfortunate thing about Vietnam's victory was that goalkeeper Dong Han saved the ball with his hand outside the restricted area and got a red card. It was an unclear ball, according to Mr Nan. "Because I was sitting far away, I couldn't see the ball clearly. But the player reported that our goalkeeper caught the ball in the penalty area. After the ball passed his feet, the man was outside, but caught the ball. Anyway, the game is over and I respect the referee's decision," Mr. Nan said.

Vietnam leads Group A with seven points after three games, with Indonesia and Thailand meeting in the remainder of the same day. In the next two rounds, Vietnam meets Myanmar on July 8 and Thailand on July 10. "With the current score, we can't confirm anything. We must try every game and know our chances after the group stage," coach Dinh said.