The Vietnamese and Thai teams seem to be the most stable: Waiting for the direct confrontation

Thailand is easiest in group A

Commenting on the best performing teams at the AFF Cup 2024, coach Hoang Anh Tuan said: “In Group A, Thailand is the team performing best. I say that not because Thailand beat Timor Leste 10-0, but what’s important is the way they won. Thailand played very leisurely, showing the style of a team at a different level.

If Thailand is the strongest in Group A, then the Vietnamese team deserves the top spot in Group B. Of course, if a team wants to win the title and reach the highest positions, it depends on many factors. Furthermore, there is an element of luck. However, to talk about the Vietnamese team’s chances at this year’s tournament, considering the strength we have compared to our opponents, the Vietnamese team has a chance to reach the finals.”

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Sharing the same opinion as coach Hoang Anh Tuan, former VFF Professional Vice President Duong Vu Lam commented: “After overcoming Indonesia, perhaps the next strong opponent that the Vietnamese team needs to be wary of is Thailand.” Lan. This team proved to be superior to the other teams present in the tournament. At least, Thailand did not play fluently like Indonesia or Malaysia in recent matches.”

The above comments show that Thailand and the Vietnamese team are the teams with the most expectations. These are also two of the teams most seriously preparing for this year’s AFF Cup, based on the quality players that both sides convened to participate in the Southeast Asian football championship.

Of course, football always has an element of surprise. The road is still long and risks for Thai and Vietnamese teams still lie ahead. As for the Vietnamese team, the next two matches against the Philippines and Myanmar are still not easy matches for coach Kim Sang-sik’s team. But after we finished solving the fateful opponent Indonesia, the spirit of the Vietnamese team was completely different, the confidence of the players, especially young players like Hai Long and Vi Hao, increased significantly. tell.

As for the Thai team, this team is not without shortcomings. For example, Thailand struggled to win against Malaysia with a minimum score, in a match where Malaysia lost most of the main squad (6 players were called back by the host club right before Malaysia faced Thailand). Thailand had to rely on a bad pass mistake by the Malaysian goalkeeper to score the only goal in the above match.

In short, Thailand has not been very good in every match they have appeared in since the beginning of the tournament until now. However, when you don’t play well but can still win, that is the image of strong teams. At a time when they have not yet developed 100% of their ability, they still surpass their opponents, proving that they are still 1 level ahead of other teams.

For Vietnamese football fans, the two teams that the audience wants the Vietnamese team to defeat the most in recent years are Indonesia and Thailand. We have now passed the first hurdle. The whole team will aim for the next big hurdle. Of course, there are still many more stages for the Vietnamese team to reach Thailand in the final stages of the tournament. But for fans, they always want to compare the performance between Vietnamese football and Thai football in major tournaments, so the players always understand what they need to do to respond to the audience’s expectations.