Coach Kim Sang Sik: "The field is bad so the Vietnamese team cannot score many goals"

Speaking at the post-match press conference, coach Kim Sang Sik said: "Today, players like Hieu Minh, Thanh Nhan, and Trung Kien were able to play. This is not a reward, but the result of their training process.

They had positive competition with other players and that helped improve the quality of the whole team. In particular, Hieu Minh performed well, I also want to praise goalkeeper Trung Kien. In the second half, Van Khang and Dinh Bac entered the field and also played well."

Regarding the strikers' lack of luck and constant missed opportunities, the Korean strategist explained: "Because they play at home, the Vietnamese team has a certain advantage over Nepal.

In fact, we also had many scoring opportunities but did not take advantage of them, the players were a bit hasty in the final handling. In the second half, some players were tired so we did not achieve the goals of scoring more goals.

Today, the weather conditions were not good and the pitch was bad, so we could not play as planned. I am quite sorry that the Vietnamese team could not score many goals, but I am still very happy that the whole team won. I would like to thank the fans in Ho Chi Minh City who came to the stadium to cheer us on."

Coach Kim Sang Sik also regretted that Tien Linh could not score: "We have not discussed much with Tien Linh. In today's match, the whole team had many good finishing situations but did not score, the most regrettable was Tien Linh.

He has good instincts for scoring, running and finishing. Hopefully Tien Linh will score in the match against Laos in November."

After a 3-1 victory over Nepal 5 days ago, the Vietnamese team will face Nepal again at Thong Nhat Stadium (HCMC) with the goal of 3 points. Coach Kim Sang Sik's team started off well when they opened the score in the 5th minute, when a Nepalese player scored an own goal.

However, in the following minutes, the Vietnamese team slowed down and let their opponents regain control of the game. Nepal had many dangerous attacks and the alertness of goalkeeper Trung Kien helped the Vietnamese team not concede a goal in the first half.

In the second half, Nepal played with great effort and they lost some strength in the last 20 minutes. The Vietnamese team also had chances but Dinh Bac, Thanh Nhan and Duc Chien all failed to finish. According to statistics, the ball hit the Nepal goalpost 3 times.

The Vietnamese team struggled to maintain their 1-0 victory after 90 minutes. In the same match, Malaysia easily beat Laos 5-1 despite being behind in the first half. After 4 matches in Group F of the 2027 Asian Cup, Malaysia leads the group with 12 points, the Vietnamese team ranks second with 9 points, the next positions belong to Laos (3 points) and Nepal (0 points).