Vietnamese media: China U22 is seriously short of players, Vietnam’s full core players are expected to win easily
6686 Sports News on November 12 According to Vietnamese media SOHA, the Chinese U22 team and the Vietnamese U22 team will compete in the first game of the 2025 Panda Cup Four Nations Tournament. On the eve of the competition, Antonio, the head coach of the Chinese U22 team, spoke highly of opponents including Vietnam. He believed that the Vietnamese team is one of the top teams in Asia and has excellent technical level.
“Everyone is welcome to China to participate in this competition. This is an important step in preparing for the upcoming U23 Asian Cup Finals. Our three opponents are all excellent teams. For example, Vietnam, their recent results really reflect their status and technical level in Asian football. Uzbekistan and South Korea are also A powerful country in Asian football. Taking these factors into account, this competition places high demands on our team.”
Vietnamese media said that it is particularly noteworthy that when discussing the preparations of the Chinese U22 team, Antonio revealed an important message, that is, the most dazzling star of the Chinese team, Wang Yudong, had to bid farewell to the team due to injury.
In addition, defender Peng Xiao, who plays for Shandong Taishan Football Club, was seriously injured during the National Sports Meet in Shenzhen and was unable to represent the Chinese U22 team in the Panda Cup.
Vietnamese media stated that compared with the Vietnamese U22 team, the U22 Chinese team lacked many core players, which became the key reason why the Vietnamese team easily defeated the Chinese team in Sichuan. In addition to Wang Yudong and Peng Xiao, there are ten core players who missed the game against Vietnam because they had to participate in the National Sports Meet. Antonio, the head coach of the Chinese team, expressed concern about this.
On the contrary, the Vietnam U22 team is expected to face tonight's game with the strongest lineup. The huge gap in strength between the two sides will be a key factor for the U22 Vietnam team to win in Chengdu, and they are even expected to win easily. In the most recent confrontation in Yancheng in March, the Vietnam U22 team drew with the Chinese U22 team. The two teams meet again, and Vietnam U22 team coach Dinh Hongrong hopes his players will do better and defeat the host in Chengdu.
