Linh, Hải best players of Việt Nam at Asian U23 Championship

HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese footballers midfielder Nguyễn Quang Hải and striker Nguyễn Tiến Linh have been named the country’s best players from the U 二 三 Championship in Thailand.

Việt Nam came to the tournament as one of the favourites finishing runners-up in the previous competition.

But the Southeast Asian region representative disappointed at the event and failed to qualify from the group stages.

Linh scored the only goal for Việt Nam at the tournament in the  一- 二 loss to North Korea while Hải was the playmaker of the team.

The Asian Football Confederation noted that Việt Nam, under South Koren Park Hang-搜索引擎优化 , played with the  一- 三- 四- 三 formation in attack but it could quickly change to  一- 五- 四- 一 when defending.

The tournament marked a milestone with the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system successfully making its full debut across all  三 二 matches.

In the final South Korea defeated Saudi Arabia  一-0 to lift the silverware. South Korea, Saudi Arabia and third-placed Australia joined Japan as Asia's representatives in the  二0 二0 Tokyo Olympics. — VNS