Vietnam football hot news today April 5: U20 determined to win the final match for honor; Coach Kewell criticizes goalkeeper Dinh Trieu for time-wasting.

Vietnam football hot news today April 5: U20 determined to win the final match for honor; Coach Kewell criticizes goalkeeper Dinh Trieu for time-wasting.

U20 determined to win the final match for honor.

Head coach Okiyama Masahiko affirmed that the Vietnam Women's U20 team will quickly stabilize their morale, focus fully on the final match against Bangladesh, aiming for the goal of securing all 3 points.

"Our goal is naturally to earn 3 points and strive to advance. Even though today's result was not as desired, the team will give their utmost effort in the final match.

The players tried to encourage and rally each other to create a better game situation in the second half of the match against Thailand," Coach Okiyama Masahiko shared.

Regarding the reasons why the Vietnam Women's U20 team faced difficulties, Coach Okiyama believed that the playing conditions also had some influence, while also praising the technical level of the host team: "There were factors like the pitch we didn't get much practice on. However, the Thailand Women's U20 team's technique is very good, I see quite a significant gap in technical aspects."

The Vietnam Women's U20 team will face Bangladesh in the final group stage match on April 7. This is a decisive match, where Coach Okiyama Masahiko and his team aim to win to keep hope alive for competing for the third-place ticket to advance.

Thanh Nhan missed a penalty but was encouraged by the coach.

PVF CAND Club only managed a 1-1 draw against Becamex Ho Chi Minh City on the day Thanh Nhan missed a penalty.

After the match, Coach Tran Tien Dai stated: "The whole team, not just the coaching staff, boosted Thanh Nhan's spirit after that missed opportunity. The unity of the entire team is the reason that helped Thanh Nhan regain his morale and score a goal."

Mr. Dai also did not forget to reveal that at PVF-CAND Club currently, Thanh Nhan is one of the top choices for penalty situations. "During training sessions, Nhan is also one of the two best penalty takers in the team.

In the past month, I have worked with the teammates and there have been signs of reconnection. I am satisfied with their competitive spirit today."

PVF CAND has ended a streak of three consecutive losses, but still hasn't won under new coach Tran Tien Dai. This team remains at the bottom of the LPBank V-League 2025/26 standings.

Coach Kewell criticizes Hai Phong goalkeeper for lying on the pitch to waste time.

Coach Harry Kewell of Hanoi Football Club criticized goalkeeper Dinh Trieu of the host team Hai Phong for lying on the pitch too much to waste time.

"Their goalkeeper lay on the pitch quite a lot. In my opinion, that is not a beautiful part of football, but we have to accept it. I want the players to go out and play according to what we prepared, play beautiful football, the football we want to showcase. However, we did not achieve that.

In this match, each team has its own style of play. Among them, Hanoi FC wants to play proper football, but I want to emphasize that we lost to ourselves in today's match," Coach Harry Kewell answered at the post-match press conference.

Coach Chu Dinh Nghiem of Hai Phong Club responded: "In football, coaches have the right to express their opinions. But you also saw, today our team played very well. Even in the first half, we created many opportunities but didn't capitalize. Hanoi may not have played to their full strength, but when our team played better, the victory is completely deserved."