Coach U20 Australia is worried that Vietnam will break the game
* Vietnam - Australia: 5:00 p.m. on March 1, Hanoi time, on MetaSports.
"We will have to meet the second-place team in the qualifying round. But a few months have passed after the qualifying round, they may now have some changes. I believe Vietnam has a lot of strengths and is very difficult to play. They will play with the same familiar style, try to break our game and find a way to win," Mr. Morgan said this afternoon on January 28 at a pre-match press conference.
Australia entered the U20 Asia finals as the winner of Group H qualifying, when consecutively defeating Kuwait (4-1), India (4-1) and Iraq (1-0). Meanwhile, Vietnam slipped to the top of Group F, losing to host Indonesia 2-3 in the last round, having defeated Hong Kong (5-1) and Timor Leste (4-0). However, the team still won tickets to Uzbekistan as the second best group in qualifying.
Appreciate Vietnam, but coach Morgan believes Australia is well prepared to win at Istiqlol, Fargana tomorrow afternoon.
"We arrived in Uzbekistan last week, and had a great training session at Tashkent. Today, the team will get to know the field, refinish everything one last time. Everyone is looking forward to tomorrow's match. Goal. "Our team, just like any other team, is winning. My players come here with the dream of playing at the highest level and then reach the final on March 18. I believe the team can do it." U20 Australia added.
Australia was the second runner-up of the 2010 AFC U-20 Championship, the semi-finals in 2008 and 2012. Meanwhile, Vietnam's best achievement in this youth playground was only the 2016 semi-final of the generation Nguyen Quang Hai, Doan and Doan. Van Hau.
The AFC U-20 Championship will take place in Uzbekistan from March 1 to 18. After the opening match against Australia, Vietnam will face Qatar on March 4 and Iran on March 7.
The four semi-finalists will win tickets to the U20 FIFA World Cup 2023, which kicks off in May in Indonesia. As the host, Indonesia has a direct entry into the U20 FIFA World Cup, so if this team enters the top 4 at the Asian U20, the losing teams in the quarterfinals will play against each other to compete for replacement tickets.
