Vietnam team and long passes: Unique move or trying to hide the cards?

In the 58th minute of the match between Vietnam and Laos, midfielder Bui Tien Dung passed a long ball across the line for midfielder Nguyen Hai Long to move into the Laos team’s penalty area, before Hai Long kicked the ball into the opponent’s net. player, scored to help the Vietnamese team lead 1-0.

What is worth noting is that in last night’s match (December 9), coach Kim Sang-sik’s team had many situations approaching the opponent’s goal with passes that crossed the line and brought the ball straight into the penalty area of ​​the Lao team. , or launching attacks from home, using long passes to open the ball to both sides.

In the first half, in the 4th minute, Hoang Duc made a long pass to the right wing for Truong Tien Anh to run forward. A player from The Cong Viettel Club crossed the ball into the middle for Bui Vi Hao to head it very hard. Luckily for the Lao team, the ball went away. right within goalkeeper Xaysavath’s reach, giving this goalkeeper a chance to make a save. In the 32nd minute, midfielder Do Duy Manh crossed the line from his own half, sending the ball into the opponent’s penalty area for Vi Hao. It’s just a pity that Vi Hao couldn’t control the situation well in this phase because he was on the move. If Vi Hao had successfully controlled the ball in the above mentioned phase, he would have faced goalkeeper Xaysavath.

Then right before Hai Long scored the opening goal for the Vietnamese team, coach Kim Sang-sik’s team had a similar coordination situation, almost scoring a goal. In the 57th minute, Duy Manh passed a long ball to Bui Vi Hao. The player playing for the Binh Duong team headed the ball very dangerously, forcing home team goalkeeper Xaysavath to save with his fingertips.

The situations mentioned above show that the Vietnamese team’s defensive efforts after passing over the line did not appear alone, but were repeated intentionally. That shows that this is the attack plan prepared by the Vietnamese team for the match with the team from the Land of a Million Elephants. Maybe Coach Kim Sang-sik realized that Laos is a suitable opponent for us to test another attack plan, instead of the previous habit of short passing and group coordination.

Or perhaps, the Korean coach himself does not want the Vietnamese team to reveal too much methodical attack, against an opponent that he evaluates as weaker than us like the Laos team. Therefore, coach Kim Sang-sik let the Vietnamese players make many long passes, perform many situations of crossing the line, to hide attacks on the sidelines or coordinate in groups in the middle, making the opponent It is impossible to “read” all of our playing style. As for the situations of hitting the edge, overlapping the edge, and jumping shots in the middle, maybe the Vietnamese team will gradually use it more in the later stages of the tournament, against stronger opponents.

Imagine, the Vietnamese team just had a combination of long passes, with attacks in the middle (like the situation where Quang Hai passed to Van Toan who rushed down to break the offside trap to score the third goal), the team How diverse and how dangerous will Coach Kim Sang-sik’s army play in the upcoming matches!