The Indonesian press recalled the Indonesian team's latest loss to the Vietnamese team with a score of 0-2 at My Dinh Stadium on January 9.1.2023, XNUMX, to warn coach Shin Tae-yong and his team not to be subjective.
Striker Nguyen Tien Linh (22) scored a double goal for the Vietnamese team in the latest win against Indonesia at My Dinh Stadium.
That is a match within the second leg of the semi-finals of the 2022 AFF Cup (from 2024, renamed ASEAN Championship). At that time, striker Nguyen Tien Linh scored a double goal in the 3rd and 47th minutes to help the Vietnamese team win 2-0 (the first leg at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium drew 0-0), thereby winning a ticket to the final ( lost to the Thai team in the final score 2-3).
This is the last tournament coach Park Hang-seo leads the Vietnamese team before parting ways on January 31.1.2023, 1.3.2023 when his contract expires. From March XNUMX, XNUMX, the Vietnamese team appointed coach Philippe Troussier to lead until now.
However, under the French strategist, the Vietnamese team recently experienced two consecutive losses against the Indonesian team (with the same score of 2-0), including a loss in the 1 Asian Cup group stage in Qatar ( January 2023) and the latest match on March 19.1 in the second qualifying round of the 21.3 World Cup in Asia at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.
In the history of meeting at My Dinh Stadium, the last time the Indonesian team beat the Vietnamese team was in the group stage of the AFF Cup tournament in 2004 with a score of 3-0. Since then, in 6 visits to My Dinh Stadium, the Indonesian team has drawn 4 matches and lost 2 matches. The 2 losses include a friendly match (1-2 score) and a 3-0 loss in the semi-finals of the AFF Cup 2.
During this time, the Indonesian team also lost to the Vietnamese team with a score of 0-4 in Dubai, UAE in the second leg of the 2nd qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia (first leg lost 1-3 in Bali).
The upcoming meeting (March 26.3) is considered to have a lot of hope for coach Shin Tae-yong and his team to break the "winless streak" at My Dinh Stadium that has gone on for more than 20 years. The Indonesian press is especially interested, because the island team has recently performed very well since the 2023 Asian Cup when it entered the round of 16 for the first time and had 2 consecutive victories against the Vietnamese team.
The Indonesian team (black shirt) has not won at My Dinh Stadium for more than 20 years
However, after the latest victory on March 21.3, the Indonesian team in an excited mood marched to Hanoi by special plane to prepare to conquer My Dinh Stadium, but suddenly suffered a serious force crisis due to concussions. Injury, illness and penalty card. Coach Shin Tae-yong has called up 3 additional players including goalkeeper Ernando Ari, defender Muhammad Ferarri and midfielder Rachmat Irianto.
“This is a very worrying point. Coach Shin Tae-yong's team had to patch up their strength, because up to 7-8 players who were playing stably were injured or sick, in addition to the penalty card of midfielder Sandy Walsh.
Not to mention, My Dinh Stadium has long been a place where it is not easy to find favorable results even if the team has the best forces. The Vietnamese team is under great pressure after losses, they will definitely play a decisive battle to regain victory. Therefore, if the Indonesian team is not careful, it may face unfavorable results again here," the newspaper said Bolatimes (Indonesia) expressed.
