Will the strange bird Nguyen Van Vi spread his wings strongly in the national team's sky?

In just a few months, Van Vi went from not playing regularly at Nam Dinh Football Club to the national team. At the beginning of the 2024-2025 season, Nam Dinh coach Vu Hong Viet used players Nguyen Phong Hong Duy and To Van Vu on the left wing of the team from Thanh Nam.

To Van Vu was then transferred to play as a right-back, while Nguyen Phong Hong Duy gradually lost his official playing position at Nam Dinh Club to Van Vi. Currently, Van Vi has taken a step further, taking the position of the two above-mentioned players in the Vietnam national team, after Mr. Kim Sang-sik added Van Vi to the national team.

Van Vi (left) is one of three players from Nam Dinh Club who have just been added to the Vietnam national team.

Also in the preliminary list of the Vietnamese team preparing for the AFF Cup 2024, Nguyen Van Vi is almost the only player who can play full-time in the left-back position. The remaining wingers including Ho Tan Tai, Vu Van Thanh, Pham Xuan Manh, Truong Tien Anh, although they can also play in the left-back position when needed, they are not specialized in this position.

For example, Ho Tan Tai, Pham Xuan Manh and Vu Van Thanh play better as right backs than left backs. Truong Tien Anh plays more as a winger than as a full back. Truong Tien Anh is often compared to his senior Truong Viet Hoang at The Cong Viettel Club. This means that when Tien Anh is pushed higher up, playing as a winger, he will play more effectively than as a full back.

This detail shows that Nguyen Van Vi is very likely to play the role of left-back for the Vietnam team in the AFF Cup 2024 campaign. If this happens, he will be a completely new face for the opponents of the Vietnam team. Because, as mentioned, a few months ago, not many people imagined that Van Vi had not yet won a starting position at his home club, let alone people imagining that he would win a regular position in the national team.

Nguyen Van Vi's strengths are his ability to dribble at high speed on the left flank, along with his ability to cross the ball accurately from the flank. These are all important advantages for wingers. In addition, Van Vi's physical foundation is also among the most resilient. In the 2024-2025 season, in addition to competing in the V-League, Nam Dinh will also compete in the Asian Cup. Van Vi has shown that he is not inferior to foreign players in terms of physical strength and speed in the Asian Cup, which helps him to be highly appreciated by coach Vu Hong Viet of the Nam Dinh team and coach Kim Sang-sik of the Vietnam national team.

Van Vi (right) has had an impressive performance recently.

Van Vi is 26 years old this year, the most beautiful age of a professional football player. This is the age when players have matured, so hopefully Van Vi will not lose his composure and be immature when entering the big playground of AFF Cup.

The left wing is the weak wing of the Vietnam national team under coaches Philippe Troussier and Kim Sang-sik. During the time these two coaches were in charge, they used many players in this position, such as Vo Minh Trong, Khuat Van Khang (under coach Troussier), Phan Tuan Tai, Khuat Van Khang, Nguyen Phong Hong Duy, Hoang Van Toan (under coach Kim Sang-sik). All of them have not brought success. Hopefully, with the new face Nguyen Van Vi, the left wing of the Vietnam national team at the AFF Cup 2024 will be completely different from before!

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/canh-chim-la-nguyen-van-vi-se-tung-canh-manh-me-o-vung-troi-doi-tuyen-185241204172156378.htm