The U.23 Vietnam team is about to transform thanks to coach Kim's transformational talent: The throne awaits...

Coach Kim Sang-sik has removed 8 players from the Vietnam U23 team, but he still keeps most of the most anticipated attacking players at the moment. That shows that the Korean coach has high expectations for the strikers.

The best strikers of U.23 Vietnam

The current list of 28 players of the U.23 Vietnam team includes 5 strikers, including Nguyen Dinh Bac, Nguyen Thanh Nhan, Nguyen Quoc Viet, Alex Bui and Nguyen Ngoc My. Among them, Nguyen Quoc Viet and Nguyen Thanh Nhan played at the 32nd SEA Games in 2023. Nguyen Dinh Bac is a promising striker who was highly appreciated by former coach of the Vietnam team Philippe Troussier. Alex Bui is a Vietnamese-American striker who has received a lot of attention recently.

Dinh Bac (7) is a striker expected in the Vietnam U.23 team.

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The person who will appear with Dinh Bac on the U.23 team's forward line is Quoc Viet.

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Compared to other lines of the U.23 Vietnam team, the forward line is not highly appreciated. However, the faces mentioned above are currently the best possible solutions before the 2025 Southeast Asian U.23 tournament. Coach Kim Sang-sik will try to build an attacking style of play based on those players.

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Among the U.23 Vietnam strikers at the moment, Nguyen Thanh Nhan, Nguyen Ngoc My and Nguyen Dinh Bac are wingers, Nguyen Quoc Viet usually plays as a striker. The center forward role can be assigned to Alex Bui. The Vietnamese-American player is 1.78 m tall, has a good physique, and has grown up in European football, so he is suitable to play in the highest position on the striker line: a position that often requires him to sweep and collide with the opponent's center backs. When Alex Bui plays high up, Dinh Bac, Quoc Viet, or Thanh Nhan, Ngoc My will support Alex Bui, helping to stretch the opponent's defense.

Secondary solution from midfield

In addition to the above-mentioned real strikers, coach Kim Sang-sik has another solution for the front line, which is captain midfielder Nguyen Van Truong. The player currently playing for Hanoi FC usually plays as an attacking midfielder, but when needed, he can also play as a striker. At the U.23 Asian Cup last year, coach Hoang Anh Tuan used Nguyen Van Truong as a striker and this player also played quite well.

Captain Van Truong is also a solution for the strikers.

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Not only that, with Nguyen Van Truong's good physique (1.82 m), this also opens up the next solution for the strikers of the U.23 Vietnam team, if we need to increase muscle strength and aerial ability in attack.

Assuming the opponent plays a dense defense, and the Vietnamese team needs to use high balls to overcome these defensive layers, coach Kim Sang-sik can arrange 3 attacking players with good physique including Van Truong, Dinh Bac (1.80 m) and Alex Bui at the front line, thereby increasing the possibility of success in aerial combat situations.

The goal of U.23 Vietnam at this year's U.23 Southeast Asian Championship (taking place from July 15 to 29) is to defend the championship title. To achieve that goal, coach Kim Sang-sik's team needs goals from the strikers to increase the ability to defeat the opponents. Mr. Kim will try to manage with the available strikers to create the best attack for the U.23 Vietnam team in the coming days.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/hang-cong-u23-viet-nam-sap-lot-xac-nho-tai-bien-hoa-cua-thay-kim-ngoi-vuong-cho-doi-185250707165118374.htm