After only a few minutes of warm-up, the player from the Hanoi Police club felt uncomfortable and immediately took off his shoes, discussing directly with head coach Kim Sang-sik and his assistants.
After a short conversation, he was asked to leave the main training session to do recovery exercises. Dinh Bac seems quite regretful, often looking at the stadium where his teammates are practicing, clearly showing his desire to continue playing.
Currently, the extent of Dinh Bac's injury has not been specifically determined. He played 76 minutes in the 3-0 victory over U23 Laos and had an important assist.
Having to practice separately at such an important time is something that no one wants, especially when U23 Vietnam is at the top of Group B and only needs 1 point against U23 Cambodia to win a ticket to the semi-finals.
Meanwhile, coach Kim Sang-sik is still showing his closeness to each player. He especially spent time providing special instructions for Nguyen Quoc Viet.
During most of the training session, he directly conveyed tactics, instructed how to move to break offside traps and made passes for Quoc Viet to practice to finish.
This is considered a move to help this player improve performance after an unimpressive opening match.
In addition, the group of players who played for many minutes in the match against U23 Laos only participated in light running matches to recover, while the players who rarely played were divided into two teams to compete to maintain the feel of the ball.
The U23 Vietnam team also received active competition from young players such as Cong Phuong. Although he is among the youngest players in the team, Cong Phuong clearly shows determination: "I look forward to showing my ability in the upcoming matches. I always try hard in each training session to be given the opportunity.
I am a player who is versatile,... If I get on the field in the next match, I will try to show 100% my ability and strive to contribute for the national championship.
According to Cong Phuong, after the win over Laos U23, the whole team was shown the video of the match by coach Kim Sang-sik to analyze and adjust. "The first match was always difficult, the team didn't play well in the first half so we need to improve," he said.
U23 Vietnam will enter the final match against U23 Cambodia at 20:00 on July 20 at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.
