Khuat Van Khang: 'Vietnam won by exploiting Australia's weaknesses'

"We had a good match, obeyed the law to defeat Australia. We are very satisfied with this match," Van Khang said after the opening match on March 1. "Australia is a strong football in the region, but we have studied it carefully, found weaknesses to exploit. Besides, we also have solutions to prevent them should win."

Vietnam entered the underdog at Istiqlol, but suddenly opened the scoring in the 6th minute from Nguyen Quoc Viet's long shot. Coach Hoang Anh Tuan's team then played and covered it tightly to preserve the victory. Khuat Van Khang added: "We know the strength of Australia, so we entered the game slowly and scoring early helped the team keep good spirits throughout the first half. After the break, we encouraged each other to try to keep the success. results and has been done".

Khuat Van Khang has just received the Best Young Player award in 2022 at the Vietnam Golden Ball Award, and was elected the captain of Vietnam U20 this time. On the field, he tried to exhort, tell teammates to move and encourage each other when it was difficult.

Although playing in Uzbekistan, Vietnam still received great cheers from the stands, with the support of the home fans. This surprised Khuat Van Khang and his teammates. He thinks that is the motivation to help players fight strongly with the best spirit.

Vietnam will meet Qatar and Iran in the next two matches, respectively. According to Van Khang, these are all difficult challenges, but he and his teammates will try to solve each match, trying to win tickets to go on.