The Vietnamese team has not found the best version yet

MI SEE THE BOLD SPIRITUAL IMPRESSIONS

The most prominent factor in the 2 consecutive victories of the Vietnamese team (winning 4-1 against Laos and 1-0 against Indonesia) at the AFF Cup 2024 is mental strength, with a clear change in psychology as well as mentality. entry position. The players showed solidarity, high determination and concentration for every moment on the field. In both past matches, we had difficult times when the opponent played “dead guard” with a low squad that was difficult to penetrate. But the advantage of the Vietnamese team is their perseverance and high efforts at each moment. There was no goal in the first half so there was constant pressure to break the opponent’s strength. The second half increased the intensity of the attack, causing the opposing team’s defense to become confused and make mistakes. All of Vietnam’s goals so far in the 2024 AFF Cup came during this period.

Another factor that has been improved by the coaching staff is playing psychology. In front of Lao players playing very tightly or Indonesia mischievously buying time and hitting the ball hard, Mr. Kim’s students still maintained their composure and clarity. The proactive coordination situations may not be good, but the moments of exploiting the opponent’s mistakes are very good. In addition, the entire team’s perseverance throughout the match is also a commendable factor.

CMUCH IMPROVEMENT IN PROFESSIONALITY

One thing that is very easy to see is that the Vietnamese team is quite monotonous in their approaches to the opponent’s goal. When facing a young and weak opponent like Laos, everything is relatively easy and weaknesses have not been exposed. But when meeting the young students of coach Shin Tae-yong, everything was very different. Indonesia actively defended with a low formation and very tightly arranged positions. They kept a good distance between the lines and lines, leaving Vietnam’s attacking players with little space to exploit.

In many situations, the Indonesian defense concentrates tightly in the middle area, forcing us to deploy the ball to the edge and it is clear that the way of attacking the edge as well as the crosses of Vietnamese players is not effective. A match in which we controlled the ball up to 72%, had up to 18 shooting situations but only had 4 shots on target and only scored 1 goal showed the difficulty of the attackers when approaching the opponent’s goal. direction. Simple crosses have no chance against the opponent’s three-man defense with good height. We also haven’t had a smooth combination of overlaps to get deep to the bottom of the line.

The whole match also had almost no situations of turning the wall to attack the middle or effective situations of switching wings. Hoang Duc’s attempt to break through or finish in a difficult position was not enough to make a difference: 1 hit the target but lightly, 1 went out and 2 were blocked by the opponent’s defense. Tien Linh also has similar parameters but mainly in aerial combat situations in difficult positions, far from the goal and does not have high damage. The most active finisher was Quang Hai with the only goal of the match after 2 consecutive shots. But that achievement comes from an individual’s efforts rather than the collective strength of the whole team.

The positive thing is that the Vietnamese team is improving every day. And it’s clear that when they overcome Indonesia (actually like the U.22 team), coach Kim Sang-sik’s students will be more confident and progress. Winning against our main opponent in Group B will also help us win the top spot in the group, possibly avoiding Thailand in the semi-finals. Of course, we still have to focus on winning 3 points against the host Philippines (yesterday morning the Vietnamese team moved to our country to prepare for the match at 8:00 p.m. on December 18) and are not allowed to be subjective in the final group stage match against Myanmar. .

Hopefully with this momentum, when facing moderate opponents, the Vietnamese team will perfect themselves to get the best version in the knockout round.