Watch U23 Vietnam - U23 Iraq live on April 27 on which channel?

U23 Vietnam will face U23 Iraq in the quarter-finals of the 2024 AFC U23 Championship. The match between U23 Vietnam and U23 Iraq will take place at 0:30 on April 27, broadcast live on VTV5 and FPT Play (FPT Play application and FPT Vietnamese football YouTube channel).

Vietnam U23 passed the group stage of the U23 Asia with an achievement that the seniors had never achieved. Coach Hoang Anh Tuan's students won 2 victories (6 points), entering the quarterfinals early after only 2 matches.

However, the performance of U23 Vietnam was not enough to reassure fans. The players showed that they were still under psychological pressure.

The squad with the youngest average age in the tournament (20, 21 years old) seemed overwhelmed in the big stage. Even players who regularly play in the V.League, even those who play for the national team, had many awkward moments.

That made them lack synchronization, decisiveness in playing style and made many technical errors. Coach Hoang Anh Tuan's students could have done better if they had entered the match with a relaxed mentality.

U23 Iraq is theoretically the "upper hand" in this match. However, the West Asian team lost 0-2 to U23 Thailand in the group stage. That shows that U23 Vietnam's chances are not zero.

At the youth team level, the achievements of Vietnamese football representatives when facing Iraq are not bad. Coach Hoang Anh Tuan once led the U19 Vietnam team of Quang Hai and Van Hau to a 0-0 draw with U19 Iraq at the 2016 U19 Asian Cup. That draw brought U19 Vietnam to the quarterfinals, then won a place at the U20 World Cup.