According to the decision of acting head coach Dinh Hong Vinh, 5 players who will not continue to accompany the team on this trip include: Antonio Moric, Nguyen Le Phat, Truong Nhac Minh, Nguyen Trong Tuan and Le Nguyen Van Tho.
Among them, strikers Nguyen Le Phat and Truong Nhac Minh had to say goodbye due to injuries.
The remaining three cases include Nguyen Trong Tuan, Le Nguyen Van Tho and Antonio Moric who did not meet professional requirements in this gathering.
Notably, Antonio Moric will be transferred to concentrate with the Vietnam U19 team to continue to improve his expertise and accumulate international competition experience in the near future. This is considered a suitable adjustment in the plan to build a young successor force for national teams.
At noon on the same day, U23 Vietnam had enough troops after players Nguyen Cong Phuong, Le Van Thuan, Tran Thanh Trung and Thai Ba Dat gathered fully.
Immediately after that, the whole team moved to Noi Bai airport at 12 pm to depart for Tay An to participate in the tournament according to the plan agreed upon by the Vietnam Football Federation in advance.
The CFA Team China 2026 friendly tournament has the participation of 4 teams including host U23 China, U23 Vietnam, U23 Thailand and U23 DPRK.
The teams compete in a round-robin format to calculate overall ranking points. This is an important opportunity for the coaching staff to assess the force, and at the same time prepare for the long-term goal of men's football at the 2026 Asian Games.
According to the schedule, U23 Vietnam will successively meet U23 Democratic People's Republic of Korea on March 25, and face U23 Thailand on March 28 before facing host U23 China in the final match on March 31.
