Coach Cristiano Roland dropped 3 players before the match with U17 Kyrgyzstan

This afternoon (October 23), the Vietnam U17 team will officially enter the competition in Group I - 2025 AFC U17 Championship Qualifiers. Before the opening match, coach Cristiano Roland made a decision on the personnel with 23 selected players. Accordingly, 3 players whose names are not on the final list of 23 players as stipulated in the tournament regulations are Thai Hieu, Duc Nhat and Van Phuc.

Although they will not be able to compete in the 2025 AFC U17 Championship Qualifiers, these three players will continue to stay and train with the team. Coach Cristiano Roland said he wants to motivate and maintain the training program for young players.

“We aim for a common goal to show fighting spirit and solidarity. The group stage of U17 Vietnam is not easy, the challenges are very difficult but the team will compete with all their might. I also hope to receive the support of fans in the stands for the upcoming matches” - Coach Cristiano Roland shared.

List of 23 players participating in the 2025 AFC U17 Championship Qualifiers.

Center back Le Huy Viet Anh - Captain of the Vietnam U17 team also expressed: "To prepare for the tournament, the whole team had a training trip in Japan and accumulated a lot of competition experience. Up to now, although the training intensity and the coach's requirements are quite high, the whole team has made efforts to complete the professional, technical and tactical requirements well. In the upcoming important matches, we hope to have a large number of fans come to cheer and accompany us."

The 2025 AFC U17 Championship qualifiers initially featured 43 teams and were divided into 10 groups, including 7 groups of 4 teams and 3 groups of 5 teams. The 10 group winners and the 5 best runners-up will join hosts Saudi Arabia in the finals.

However, due to the U17 Lebanon team not participating for objective reasons, Group H only has 3 teams left: Laos, Malaysia and UAE. This causes changes in the calculation of points for the second-placed teams. Specifically, for groups of 4 teams (such as the group of U17 Vietnam), the second-placed team's performance against the bottom team will not be counted. As for groups of 5 teams, the second-placed team's performance against the 4th and 5th-placed teams in the group will not be considered.

According to the match schedule, the Vietnam U17 team will meet U17 Kyrgyzstan (October 23), U17 Myanmar (October 25) and U17 Yemen (October 27).

Source: https://vov.vn/the-thao/hlv-cristiano-roland-loai-3-cau-thu-truoc-tran-dau-voi-u17-kyrgyzstan-post1130229.vov