Coach Kim Sang Sik: Vietnam team's last-minute draw with Philippines is a miracle

Drawing 1-1 with the Philippines, coach Kim Sang Sik affirmed that the Vietnamese team has a great chance to enter the semi-finals of the ASEAN Cup 2024 (AFF Cup). Changing 9 positions in the lineup compared to the victory over Indonesia, the Vietnamese team faced many difficulties against the Philippines, the third match of Group B, ASEAN Cup. Not only did they play deadlocked, coach Kim Sang Sik's team also conceded the first goal. Fortunately, in the final minutes of the match, Doan Ngoc Tan took advantage of the opponent's goalkeeper's mistake, heading the ball close to the goal to bring home a valuable point for the "Golden Star Warriors".

Coach Kim Sang Sik

Evaluating the match, coach Kim Sang Sik said: "I predicted that the Vietnamese team would have a very difficult match when playing away at the Philippines. We could not score or create many notable opportunities in the first half. In the second half, I made some changes, the players played hard after conceding a goal. The Vietnamese team equalized 1-1 in the final minutes of the match. With a draw, we have a wide open door to the ASEAN Cup semi-finals. Everything is in the team's calculations." "The players did not give up and tried until the end, scoring a goal in the final minutes, I think this is a miracle thanks to the efforts of the whole team," the Korean strategist emphasized.

Doan Ngoc Tan brought a valuable draw for the Vietnam team. Photo: John Mauricio

Talking about the situation where the Vietnamese team was denied a penalty after Van Thanh fell in the penalty area at the beginning of the first half, coach Kim Sang Sik said: "I feel a bit regretful because the Vietnamese team should have been awarded a penalty in that situation. But the players fought to the end and were rewarded accordingly." Regarding the replacement of almost the entire Vietnamese team, coach Kim Sang Sik explained: "The tight match schedule definitely affected the players' physical strength. But I don't think there were too many negative effects, the players still performed well in their positions until the end of the match." The 1-1 result helped the Vietnamese team stay at the top of Group B with 7 points, 3 points more than Indonesia and Myanmar. In the final round, coach Kim Sang Sik's team only need to draw with Myanmar at home to finish the group stage in first place.

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