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ASIAD 2018: Vietnam ready to face Bahrain in last 16 round

Vietnam Olympic team are ready to face Bahrain in the last 16 of the men’s football of the Asian Games (ASAID) 2018 in Indonesia at 7.30pm on August 23.
ASIAD 2018: Vietnam ready to face Bahrain in last 16 round ảnh 1Vietnam Olympic team are ready to face Bahrain.
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Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnam Olympic team are readyto face Bahrain in the last 16 of the men’s football of the Asian Games (ASAID)2018 in Indonesia at 7.30pm on August 23.

Bahrain defeated Malaysia 3-2 in the last qualifying roundmatch of Group F to qualify as one of the third-placed teams, while Vietnam securedthree wins to top Group D.

The men’s football at the ASIAD 2018 features 25 teams madeup of U23s and three senior players competing in a round robin across sixgroups. The top two teams from each group, together with the four bestthird-placed teams, advanced to the round of 16.

“We are very comfortable and ready to beat Bahrain. Physicalstrength is not a problem for us anymore,” said striker Ha Duc Chinh.

In their recent meetings, Vietnam beat Bahrain three out offour times in various age groups, so it is a driving force for the Vietnameseplay well in the upcoming game.

Bahrain’s squad has an with average age of 19.8 and amongthem, 13 players competed in the AFC U19 Championship in Bahrain in 2016, inwhich Vietnam beat Bahrain 1-0 in the quarter-finals.

Meanwhile, Vietnam have four players who played in that gameagainst Bahrain, including goalie Bui Tien Dung, defender Doan Van Hau,midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai and striker Chinh.

In the training sessions ahead of the August 23 game, Vietnam’scoach Park Hang-seo focused on short passing, aiming to counter Bahrain’sheight.

“I watched the videos of the match of Bahrain vs Kyrgyzstanand Bahrain vs Malaysia and saw that Bahrain have many quality players.However, any team also has weaknesses so my assistants and I continuedresearching them carefully to have reasonable tactics,” said Park.

Most of the Bahrain players are over 1.7m tall. Their starmidfielder and captain Mohammed Al-Hardanis is playing for Vejle Boldklub ofDenmark. At the ongoing Asian Games, he has scored two goals.

Meanwhile, coach Chamnam Samir of Bahrain said he didn’t knowanything about Vietnam and was learning about the team now.-VNS/VNA
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