Appearing In The AFF U-23 Cup, Vietnam Will Not Be Led By Coach Park Hang Seo

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JAKARTA - The Vietnam national team is confirmed to be one of the contestants participating in the 2022 AFF U-23 Cup competition in February. However, in this event, Vietnam will not be led by coach Park Hang Seo.

As reported by Bongdaplus, Wednesday, the absence of Park Hang Seo from accompanying the Vietnam national team in the AFF U-23 Cup because the age group tournament in ASEAN was not included in the coach's draft contract.

It is also known that in the draft of his contract extension, Park Hang Seo will only lead Vietnam U-23 at the 2021 SEA Games which will be held in May 2022. The agreement was made in order to maintain the gold medal won by Vietnam in the previous edition.

"According to the contract proposal, coach Park Hang Seo will only lead Vietnam U-23 at the 2021 SEA Games. After that, another coach will lead Vietnam U-23 in the next tournament," said VFF Secretary General Le Hoai Anh.

Under the agreement, Park will certainly not lead the young Vietnamese squad in various events, including the AFF U-23 Cup, ASIAD in September and the AFC U-23 competition.

To overcome this, coach Dinh The Nam will reportedly be trusted to lead Vietnam U-23 in the tournament between Southeast Asian countries. However, the VFF has yet to determine who will coach Vietnam U-23 in the ASIAD and AFC U-23 tournaments.

"We are discussing finding a suitable and well-functioning coach to take over the youth team following Park Hang Seo's success," added Le Hoai Anh.

Meanwhile, the absence of Park Hang Seo accompanying the Vietnam national team in the 2022 AFF U-23 Cup is actually good news for Indonesia. Because under the tutelage of Shin Tae-yong, the Garuda Squad is also eyeing a championship title in the 2022 AFF U-23 Cup.