CNN Indonesia points out three major weaknesses of the Vietnamese team

Before the 2023 Asian Cup kicked off, CNN Indonesia, through exploiting information from the Vietnamese press, pointed out 3 major weaknesses of the Vietnamese team.

Indonesian newspaper said that the physical strength of the Vietnamese team has problems. (Source: Dan Tri)

In Group D of the 2023 Asian Cup (taking place from January 12, 2024 to February 10, 2024), in addition to Vietnam and Indonesia, there are also Japan and Iraq. However, the two Southeast Asian teams are direct opponents of each other in the tournament, competing for a ticket to the round of 16.

CNN Indonesia wrote: "There are three very serious problems in the current Vietnam team, the first of which is injury. The players who will definitely not appear at the Asian Cup due to injury are Doan Van Hau, Nguyen Thanh Chung and Hoang Van Toan."

"Some other players are still training with the national team, but have not fully recovered from their injuries, including Que Ngoc Hai, Do Duy Manh, Nguyen Hoang Duc, Nguyen Tien Linh, and goalkeeper Dang Van Lam," CNN Indonesia added.

That is in terms of personnel, but in terms of playing style, the current Vietnamese team has shortcomings. And those are also the second and third weaknesses that CNN Indonesia mentioned.

CNN Indonesia shared: "The second weakness of the Vietnamese team is that their technical players and creative play are having problems. This team lacks creative players who can create opportunities for teammates."

"Quang Hai and Hoang Duc are players expected for this role, but they did not appear in the matches of the Vietnamese team in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers", are still the lines written on the newspaper page of the archipelago country.

Also related to the playing style of the Vietnamese team, CNN Indonesia pointed out: "The third weakness of the Vietnamese team is the way they play and the physical problem. They are having difficulty adapting from the playing style of coach Park Hang Seo to the playing style of coach Troussier."

"The defeat against Iraq in the World Cup qualifiers is a sign that the quality of the Vietnamese team is not competitive enough. The style of play built by coach Troussier requires players to control the ball well, many Vietnamese players are not suitable for this style of play.

Coach Troussier himself once assessed that even some Vietnamese players appeared exhausted after only about 60 minutes, from the time the ball rolled. Improving physical fitness is something the Vietnamese team must address before the Asian Cup," CNN Indonesia affirmed.

On the Indonesian football side, they are confident that the Indonesian team is currently very strong physically. The Indonesian team has a squad of naturalized players with good physique and fitness. That is the detail that the Indonesian media considers them to have an advantage over the Vietnamese team at the 2023 Asian Cup.

Source: https://baoquocte.vn/cnn-indonesia-chi-ra-ba-nhuoc-diem-lon-cua-doi-tuyen-viet-nam-255745.html