The Vietnamese team has a huge advantage in the AFF Cup group stage, which is…

According to the regulations of the AFF Cup 2024, each team participating in the group stage will play 2 matches at home and 2 matches away. As the No. 1 seed in Group B, the Vietnamese team has a huge advantage in terms of home field.

Specifically, coach Kim Sang-sik's team will play at home against our toughest opponent in the group stage, Indonesia (December 15). Hosting Indonesia at home is certainly much more comfortable than playing away in the archipelago. The remaining match of the Vietnamese team at home is against Myanmar (December 21).

Vietnam team will have 2 group stage matches at Viet Tri stadium.

Meanwhile, the two matches that the Vietnamese team will play on their home turf are against Laos (December 9) and the Philippines (December 18). The stadiums of Laos and the Philippines are not too scary for the Vietnamese team. The audiences in Laos and the Philippines are not as enthusiastic as those in Indonesia and Myanmar.

With the away match at the Laos national stadium on December 9, it is very likely that the Vietnamese team will receive a lot of support from Vietnamese people living, working and studying in Vientiane (Laos). Therefore, this match is likely to be no different from a home match for the Vietnamese team.

As for the match against the Philippines at Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila on December 18, the pressure on the Vietnamese team will not be great. Filipinos are not too crazy about football. Rizal Memorial Stadium itself has a modest capacity of less than 13,000 people. It is rare for Filipino spectators to fill Rizal Memorial Stadium, so the pressure from the stands for the away teams is usually insignificant.

Rizal Memorial Stadium witnessed many victories of the Vietnamese team.

Moreover, at Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila, the Vietnamese team often has sweet memories. Most recently, the Vietnamese team won the Philippines team on this field with a score of 2-0, in the second qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup in Asia, on November 16, 2023. Previously, Rezal Memorial Stadium was also the place where the U.23 Vietnam team won the gold medal (HCV) of the 2019 SEA Games. It can be said that this football field brings many beautiful memories to the stars of Vietnamese football who are present in the current squad, such as Quang Hai, Hoang Duc, Tien Linh, Ho Tan Tai...

Compared to the Vietnamese team, the main opponents in Group B of the AFF Cup, including Indonesia, the Philippines and Myanmar, have a more intense away match schedule. For example, Indonesia will have an away match against the Vietnamese team at Viet Tri Stadium ( Phu Tho ), on December 15. Myanmar will also be away at Viet Tri Stadium on December 21. Having to play away at the Vietnamese team is never easy for teams in Southeast Asia, because Vietnamese fans are very enthusiastic. As for the Philippines, they have an away match against Indonesia at Manahan Stadium (in Surakarta City, Central Java).

Indonesia is one of two teams that have to play away against Vietnam.

In general, these opponents all have at least 1 away match against a strong opponent, on famous and passionate football fields, while the 2 away matches of the Vietnamese team are both easy. With favorable match schedule and field, the Vietnamese team initially has the advantage in winning a ticket to the semi-finals of the AFF Cup 2024. The remaining important thing is the professional performance of the Vietnamese players in this year's tournament.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/doi-tuyen-viet-nam-co-loi-the-cuc-lon-tai-vong-bang-aff-cup-do-la-185241127153546444.htm