Other methods produce different results, Mr. Kim is truly talented
Former coach of the U.23 Vietnam team, Mr. Hoang Anh Tuan commented: “Young player Bui Vi Hao improved under coach Kim Sang-sik. I don’t remember exactly how many goals Vi Hao scored during that time.” Recently, however, this player has always been in the group of best strikers of the Vietnamese team since coach Kim Sang-sik took charge. In addition to goals, Vi Hao also has scored passes during his time this time”.
Hai Long has improved significantly after the 2024 AFF Cup
In addition to Bui Vi Hao, in the Vietnamese team at the AFF Cup 2024, Nguyen Hai Long is also a young player who has made a lot of progress. This year’s Southeast Asian Football Championship is Hai Long’s first official international tournament as part of the Vietnamese team. The Hanoi FC midfielder scored 2 goals in this tournament. What is noteworthy is that both the first goal (in the match against Laos in the group stage on December 9, 2024) and the last goal (in the final return match against Thailand on January 5) of the Vietnamese team, are all made by Hai Long.
After winning the 2024 AFF Cup championship, coach Kim Sang-sik once shared with Korean media: “I realized that my predecessor Philippe Troussier used too many young players, leading to the transfer of the acting generation. So I created a balance between experienced players and young players. I also changed a lot about how to select players, how to use the squad and tactics. I even searched for talent potential in the third division of Vietnam”.
Actually, both Coach Troussier and Coach Kim Sang-sik have faith in young players. They both have good intentions for Vietnamese football, and they create conditions for young faces to show their talent. But Mr. Troussier’s mistake, as analyzed by domestic football experts, is that Mr. Troussier bluntly eliminated a series of veterans, causing young players to have to “swim” on their own in harsh tournaments. before they succumb to the psychological pressure.
Young players benefit
Coach Kim Sang-sik still believes in using young players, but he builds a framework based on experienced players. It is these experienced players who shoulder the responsibility of withstanding the team’s pressure. At the same time, when young players play alongside experienced seniors, they will be guided and imparted experience by the seniors to develop in the right direction.
Young goalkeeper Tran Trung Kien is the “reserve” of Vietnamese football and is trusted by Mr. Kim
This is also a way to build the next force of strong football teams in the world. The best way to help young players improve is for these young players to play alongside experienced and talented players. This is the method of building the force of the Vietnamese team that has just been implemented by coach Kim Sang-sik at the AFF Cup 2024.
With this approach, it is likely that coach Kim Sang-sik will continue to call up a number of other young players and use them in rotation in the third qualifying round of the 2027 Asian Cup. In addition to Vi Hao, Hai Long, Khuat Van Khang , goalkeeper Trung Kien at the AFF Cup, Vietnamese football still has promising young talents such as Dinh Bac, Van Truong, Van Tung, Thai Son, Quoc Viet… waiting for the opportunity to gain experience in the shirt. team nation.
Compared to the AFF Cup 2024, the third qualifying round of the 2027 Asian Cup is a more suitable playground for coach Kim Sang-sik to conduct a few experiments involving young faces, in matches that may not be too stressful ahead of time. opponents like Laos or Nepal.
