The Vietnam U-19 held its training camp at J GREEN Sakai, in Sakai, Osaka. The players have attracted attention in Vietnam for their aggressive play style using consistent passing under a French coach’s supervision. During the 3-week camp, the Vietnamese press and Vietnamese people who live in Japan visited 6 practice matches to cheer on the U-19 players.

The players maximised their opportunity on and off of the pitch by watching J.League games and enjoying sightseeing in Osaka and Kyoto. The training camp finished with full of smiles of the staff and the players setting their goal on the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

The Vietnam U-19 will play with Japan in the AFC U-19 Championship 2014 which will be held in Myanmar in October.

The followings are the results of the practice matches:

Tuesday 10 June: with Japan University Selection Team ● 1-5（0-4） 30 mins ×2
Saturday 14 June: with Cerezo Osaka U-18 ○ 4-3（3-1） 45 mins ×2
Wednesday 18 June: with Hannan University ● 1-7（0-3） 45 mins ×2
Sunday 22 June: with Kansai University △ 3-3（1-0） 45 mins ×2
Wednesday 25 June: with Gamba Osaka U-18 △ 2-2（0-1, 2-0, 0-1） 40 mins ×3
Sunday 29 June: with Osaka Sangyo University ○ 4-0（3-0） 45 mins ×2

Comments 

Mr.Duong Vu Lam, Representatives of the team
It is such a privilege to finish this training camp successfully considering the good relationship between the Japan Football Association and the Vietnam Football Federation. Facilities here were in very good condition and we could have good training throughout the camp period. The players had very good experiences by having matches with Japanese teams and we all were quite impressed by the Japanese players’ professional and serious attitudes. We look forward to good relationship and cooperation with Japan.

Graechen Guilaume,Head Coach
Firstly, I would like to thank JFA for arranging this training camp for us. The environment was very nice and our players had good experiences for their future to play with excellent Japanese players. We could finish the camp perfectly in a very positive mood. We look forward to coming back to Japan in the future.

Comments From Players

Luong Xuan Truong
It was an excellent camp. I am satisfied with both of the training facilities and environment. We want to go forward to win the group league of FIFA U-20 World Cup. Personally, I like Japan very much so I will definitely come back.

Nguyen Tuan Anh
It was very productive training camp here in Japan, we played with good teams in the matches and the facilities were also very nice. We also enjoyed sightseeing very much in our off-time. I would like to say thank you for all people who supported our training camp.