DOver time to change
After conquering Southeast Asia’s peak with the emotional AFF Cup championship, the Vietnamese team will start the journey to reach Asia.
Six years ago, Vietnamese football also aimed at this milestone after being crowned the AFF Cup 2018. Although there was a achievement such as reaching the quarter -finals of the Asian Cup 2019 or the third qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup, there were still thresholds that the generation of Quang Hai and Hoang Duc could not overcome.
The journey back to the big sea of the Vietnamese team will start right now. The generation transfer is being conducted by coach Kim Sang-Sik, with 5 players U.22 (Van Khang, Trung Kien, Ly Duc, Thai Son, Vi Hao) wearing a recruitment shirt, and a series of young talents are in the state of waiting for opportunities.
In addition, the philosophy of coach Kim Sang-sik may change. Success at the AFF Cup 2024 shows that the Vietnamese team is still more comfortable and confident when counterattacking. It was the lightning pieces that Mr. Kim and his students worked hard to bring results. Owning a whole striker, can be independent of combat and good crushing like Xuan Son to help the Vietnamese team can kick the V-League style.
The Vietnamese team is ready for a big journey
However, this gameplay needs to be improved when Trung Phong Xuan Son is absent in the next 6 months. Commentator Vu Quang Huy stated: “If you want to go deeper at the Asian playground, or beyond to go to the World Cup, the Vietnamese team needs to act proactively, with more clear lines and ideas.”
Playing lines should be shown with the ability to deploy the ball from the defense, take the match, control the beat, as well as create the slippery pieces of knitting pieces to attack. Share with Adolescenta veteran expert affirmed that the Vietnamese team needs to boldly push the defense to another 20 m to create pressure to attack, while maintaining a stable intensity of the competition, choosing the time of pressure.
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The competition with the Cambodian team on March 19 was only in the framework of friendly, but will mark the first stage on the journey of “crossing the dance” by coach Kim Sang-Sik and the Vietnamese team.
The Cambodian team is no longer an opponent that is easily defeated as before. Starting with coach Keisuke Honda, followed by Felix Dalmas and is now trained by Mr. Koji Gyotoku, Cambodian football has made a significant progress in the past 5 years, with improved achievements in the national team, U.23, U.20 and U.17. In the U.20 Asian qualifier 2025, U.20 Cambodia was shocked when defeating U.20 Bahrain with a score of 1-0 to rank second in the table. Latest, at the 2024 AFF Cup, the Cambodian team drew 2-2 against Malaysia in an overwhelming opponent, defeated Timor Leste, lost at least 2-3 against Thailand and only defeated against Singapore by the goalkeeper’s mistake. With the presence of Japanese military leading, Cambodian football is pursuing the philosophy of control, with the knitting lines from home, developing sequential play and organizing coherent attacks.
The technical way of stone is built synchronously from the national team to the youth routes. Along with the presence of a series of naturalized players such as striker Nieto Rondon (Colombian origin), defender Takaki Ose and Yudai Ogawa from Japan, striker Coulibaly Abdel Kader from the Ivory Coast and defender Kanh Mo from South Africa … The team of coach Gyotoku is a big obstacle for the Vietnamese team to overcome.
Quick, healthy and technical attacks on the Cambodian side will bring challenges to Vietnamese defense, with most experienced veterans in big tournaments like the Asian Cup or the World Cup qualifier. However, the Cambodian team was not good defense, when the defenders often made mistakes with people, coordinating unstable lining. This is an opportunity for Vietnamese strikers to align “sights”.
No matter how long the roads must be started by the first small steps. The new era of the Vietnamese team will start now.
