20:00 TODAY (June 10), MALAYSIA - VIETNAM: Determined to win 3 points on away field

The Vietnamese team will look to the midfield, with players like Hoang Duc - with the ability to keep the rhythm and possess passes that create opportunities for teammates to score.

Vietnam team has advantage

Bukit Jalil Stadium is not unfamiliar to many players of the current Vietnamese national team. This is one of the “hot spots” of Southeast Asian football. However, for the Vietnamese national team, this stadium cannot prevent the 3-point goal that coach Kim Sang Sik set for the whole team.

Since 2015, whether it is My Dinh Stadium or Bukit Jalil Stadium, Malaysia has always been the loser of the Vietnamese team. This will be the support for coach Kim Sang Sik and his team to be confident in their moves on the field, creating goals and bringing victory to Vietnamese football fans.

In theory, the structure and operational ability of the Vietnamese team is much better than the home team. The generation of players who won the title with coach Kim Sang Sik are still the pillars of the Vietnamese team. The understanding and harmony between positions on the field will help the Vietnamese team create scoring spaces.

The 5-0 victory over Laos in the 2027 Asian Cup Qualifiers was the team's 13th consecutive unbeaten match, including 11 wins and 2 draws. On the other hand, despite the addition of naturalized players, the Malaysian team has yet to show its strength.

Coach Cklamovski Peter has just had 2 friendly matches with Cape Verde (1 draw, 1 loss). Since December 2024, Malaysia has only had 1 win against Nepal, the rest are 2 draws and 2 losses. This reveals professional limitations, especially in defense, when Malaysia has conceded 4 goals in just the last 2 matches.

According to experts, coach Cklamovski Peter needs more time to assemble the players and create a true football system. If they can develop their technical skills and coordination, the away team players will penetrate the Malaysian defense and score.

A very difficult match for coach Kim Sang Sik and his team, but as mentioned, if they can take advantage of their strengths, the Vietnamese team can win 3 points against Malaysia to complete the "dual goal": winning a ticket to the 2027 Asian Cup Qualifiers and proving their position as champions of Southeast Asia. Vietnamese football fans are waiting for coach Kim Sang Sik and his team to perform in tonight's match.

Will the midfield decide the game?

The Malaysian team has almost completely renewed its squad with 14 naturalized players. Unlike Indonesia (mainly from the Netherlands), the host team has a diverse naturalized squad, including 5 newly strengthened names: Rodrigo Holgado (America de Cali Club, Colombia), Imanol Machuca (Vélez Sarsfield, Argentina), Palmero (Tenerife B Club, Spain), Facundo Garces (Deportivo Alaves, Spain), Hector Hevel (Portimonense, Portugal).

Previously, they had Mathiew Davies, Dion Cools (Belgium), Nooa Laine (Finland), La'Vere Corbin-Ong (England), Endrick dos Santos (Brazil), Romel Morales (Colombia), Paulo Josué (Brazil), Daniel Ting (England), Stuart Wilkin (England)... However, according to experts, the quality of naturalized players from Malaysia is not as high as the archipelago team and is concentrated in the midfield.

Another factor is that although many players are naturalized, the ability to maintain rhythm, coordinate the play, and create an identity for the Malaysian team is something that Coach Cklamovski Peter has not been able to do. Coach Cklamovski Peter and his team still play quite simply, taking advantage of physical strength and high balls to score goals. This is not strange to Vietnamese players when facing Malaysia in the past 10 years.

The naturalized force is large, but it is not necessarily… elite, because it depends on many factors, quality and time to integrate into the playing style. That is also what Indonesia encountered in the early stages of massive naturalization and playing and adjusting. Will the Vietnamese players take advantage of this to create surprises?

Most likely, coach Kim Sang Sik will play with 1 striker, possibly Tien Linh or Tuan Hai, and prioritize many players in the midfield area, to counter the home team's playing style. If as predicted, the Vietnamese team will not play explosively at the beginning of the match but will wait for opportunities from passes from Quang Hai, Hai Long or Hoang Duc for Tuan Hai to accelerate or Tien Linh to take advantage to score.

The Vietnamese team will not risk opening an attacking game as mentioned above, but will take advantage of the experience of Hoang Duc, Quang Hai, Hai Long, Duc Chien, Van Vi or Quang Long to bring peace of mind to fans.

Only one goal can solve the match and this is probably the specific goal and the way of playing that coach Kim Sang Sik will instruct his students to carry out in tonight's match.

* Coach Kim Sang Sik: "We are in Malaysia to prepare for an important match, which could be the toughest challenge on the journey to win a ticket to the 2027 Asian Cup. However, I believe that if the Vietnamese team promotes its inherent strengths, we can absolutely create a worthy and inspiring result."

*Coach Cklamovski Peter: “We have prepared very carefully for the match against Vietnam, with the goal of 3 points, as Malaysia has not won against Vietnam for the past 10 years. The coaching staff has built a winning mentality in every match. Instead of being afraid of the Vietnamese team, the whole team will make the fans satisfied. I want the players to grasp and create history in the match against Vietnam”.

Source: https://baophuyen.vn/the-thao/202506/20-gio-hom-nay-106-malaysia-viet-namquyet-gianh-3-diem-tren-san-khach-bc81eb7/