The victory revealed many problems of the Vietnamese team.

TPO - The results were assured in the two matches against Nepal, but looking back at the performances at Go Dau and Thong Nhat stadiums, there are many issues that need to be improved in the Vietnamese team.

After 6 rounds of LPBank V.League 2025/26, there have been 107 goals scored. However, only 41 of them, accounting for 38.3%, belong to domestic players. In addition, only Tien Linh, a Vietnamese national, is in the top 9 players who have scored more than 2 goals. This is also the story of last season, when Tien Linh and the player who retired from the national team Van Quyet (not counting the naturalized striker Nguyen Xuan Son) were in the top 11 in the list of top scorers.

For many years now, the task of scoring goals in V.League teams has been assigned to foreign players. Of course, this also leads to the direction of the playing style. Former Vietnam national team coach Philippe Troussier was right when he commented that in V.League, goals mainly come from long passes or set pieces.

Mr. Troussier failed to revolutionize the team's playing style, and it is difficult to ask coach Kim Sang-sik to do better when he only has similar people at his disposal.

The scoring efficiency of Vietnam national team's finishing moves is very low.

Like the two recent matches against Nepal, the Vietnam team had dozens of shots but only scored 4 goals, with two of them coming from set pieces (one by Xuan Manh, one an own goal).

Before the rematch on October 14, the Korean strategist talked about creating a dedicated performance and winning big. Indeed, his team tried very hard to make that a reality by imposing the game and pushing the opponent deep into their own half. They also deployed many attacking moves to peel off the Nepalese defense, sometimes with long passes aimed at the back of the defenders, sometimes with situations down the flank or coordinating in the middle.

Like the 3-0 win last week, coach Kim Sang-sik's players launched many finishing shots, from long shots to close-range shots, from headers to technical shots. The players on the front line also worked hard to move and play mobile to create space. However, all they got was a clumsy own goal from a Nepal defender.

Xiaoming's header led to an own goal by a Nepalese defender.

With such a low chance conversion rate, it must be admitted that the players should have done better. For example, Van Vy, it is hard to believe that the player of Nam Dinh Steel Blue missed a shot in the 20th minute from a distance of only 5m, or the situation where Duc Chien shot the ball right at the goalkeeper's position in the 90+2 minute.

Obviously, the players should be more careful with their chances, because not every opponent is like Nepal, who can waste them and still win. Furthermore, one of the problems of the Vietnam team is the inability to maintain the tempo and intensity continuously. There are times when the team suddenly slows down, losing the initiative and control of the game. The distance between the lines is not maintained firmly, also revealing a vast space for the opponent to penetrate, threatening Trung Kien's goal.

The puddles and the bad pitch affected the players, but they slowed down the progress of the Nepalese players. We can blame luck on our back, as 3 shots hit the woodwork. However, it should be noted that luck was on our side to score a goal in the 4th minute, and prevented Trung Kien's net from shaking once.

The Vietnamese team still secured results, but that was against opponents who were considered weaker. We have a lot of things to improve to be ready for more difficult matches, including maintaining the tempo, concentration, the ability to control the game and especially, need to be better in finishing.

Source: https://tienphong.vn/chien-thang-lo-ra-nhieu-van-de-cua-doi-tuyen-viet-nam-post1787280.tpo