On October 7, the Vietnamese team welcomed two players, Duc Chien (with hamstring strain) and Tien Dung (back strain), who officially returned to training after days of being cared for by the team doctor. This good news helped coach Kim Sang-sik lead training sessions with all 23 players for the first time. The Korean strategist will focus on improving the efficiency of the Vietnamese team's attacking tactics.
Earlier in the day of the Vietnam national team gathering in Ho Chi Minh City, Mr. Kim, when talking to his students, especially reminded the players from U.23 Vietnam to try to live and practice as a team, and gain experience from their seniors. Mr. Kim expressed his expectations for the young players, in the strategy of gradually changing the team. In response, the seniors in the team showed their welcome, working side by side with the U.23 Vietnam players, creating positive competition. This brought the expectation that a new breeze would quickly mature, creating new development momentum for the Vietnam national team.
The Vietnamese team is seriously preparing for the two matches against Nepal.
Photo: Nguyen Khang
With all the best players, the Vietnamese team is focusing on sharpening its attacking moves, aiming for a good performance and result against Nepal. The responsibility of scoring goals will be given to experienced seniors such as Tien Linh, Tuan Hai and along with that, U.23 Vietnam strikers such as Dinh Bac, Thanh Nhan, Gia Hung. Besides, the defense with Duy Manh, Tien Dung, Xuan Manh, Quang Vinh, Tien Anh... will still have to ensure solidity against an opponent Nepal, 62 places below Vietnam on the FIFA rankings.
Learn about the playing style of the Nepal team
On October 5, Nepal officially announced the list of national teams preparing for the two matches against Vietnam at Go Dau Stadium (October 9) and Thong Nhat Stadium (October 14). Coach Kim Sang-sik's assistants have planned to study the players and playing style of the opponent, from which to propose specific response plans. In the list of 24 Nepalese players brought by Coach Matt Ross to Vietnam this time, there are many young players. They have youth and a desire to show themselves, contributing to the Nepal team, but on the contrary, they lack international competition experience. Nepal's biggest star is striker Anja Bista (27 years old), who has scored 13 goals in 70 matches. In fact, Nepal caused a lot of trouble for Malaysia in the 0-2 loss in March 2025. Therefore, Mr. Kim was not subjective, instead he asked the whole team to really focus seriously on the 2 matches with Nepal.
On October 7, many fans came to Go Dau Stadium early in the morning to line up to buy tickets to watch the match between Vietnam and Nepal. This shows that the Vietnamese team is still very attractive to fans. Vietnamese football fans hope to see the Vietnamese team play with high intensity, suffocating the opponent's style of play, as they did in the 5-0 win over Laos at Go Dau Stadium. That will also be a special match day for Tien Linh, returning to the stadium where he had 10 years of dedication in the Becamex Binh Duong Club shirt. Tien Linh is even more motivated as he wants to equal the record of 27 goals scored for the national team like his current teacher, Coach Le Huynh Duc.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/doi-tuyen-viet-nam-mai-sac-mieng-danh-tan-cong-quyet-thang-doi-thu-kem-62-bac-tren-bang-xep-hang-1852510071958258.htm
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