Coach Kim Sang-sik and the Vietnamese team face difficulties when ASEAN All Stars play MU, Korean media speaks out

TPO - In 2 weeks, the match that the whole Southeast Asia is waiting for between ASEAN All Stars and MU will take place. But at this time, it can be said that not many countries are interested in the match at Bukit Jalil Stadium. That is the opinion of Four Four Two, the leading sports magazine in Korea, when witnessing one player withdrawing their name after another not participating.

Báo Tiền Phong•14/05/2025

Coach Kim Sang-sik and the Vietnamese team face difficulties when ASEAN All Stars play MU, Korean media speaks out photo 1

First, Four Four Two newspaper said that coach Kim Sang-sik and the Vietnamese players might lose unnecessary energy in this match, which would affect the big match with Malaysia in the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers. Because between the two events, the Vietnamese team only has more than 1 week to prepare.

“The problem is that the friendly match with MU can easily become a burden for the key players of the Vietnam national team. The match with MU is simply a friendly event. Meanwhile, Vietnam under the leadership of coach Kim will face Malaysia in the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers on June 10," the newspaper wrote.

"The result of the match will significantly affect whether Vietnam can advance to the final round in Saudi Arabia or not. So, meeting Malaysia is a match they must win."

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Duy Manh will become the top choice of ASEAN All Stars

As the Korean publication feared. If other countries only send players who are not too important, Vietnam has summoned the best and most necessary factors to build the framework for ASEAN All Stars. They are Duy Manh, Hoang Duc, Van Vi and Hai Long. If they are unlucky enough to get injured against MU, it will be difficult for them to play against Malaysia on June 10 and it will affect the team's results."

Four Four Two newspaper was also not satisfied, especially thinking that Malaysia did not support coach Kim Sang-sik for the friendly match with MU while they were the host.

"The fact that Malaysia, the host country of the match against MU, refused to send its key players may have made coach Kim unhappy. On the contrary, coach Kim's worries may increase when the pillars of the Vietnamese team may waste unnecessary energy and leak tactical information in their home country of Malaysia, where the two teams will face each other," the Korean publication wrote.

Apart from Malaysia, Indonesia also did not send its main players to the ASEAN All Stars, Thailand did not send its best players while the Philippines did not even contribute any players to the squad. Currently, Coach Kim has 17 players but it is difficult to say that they are the faces he is most satisfied with for the match against MU.

Dang Lai

Source: https://tienphong.vn/hlv-kim-sang-sik-va-tuyen-viet-nam-gap-kho-khi-asean-all-stars-dau-mu-truyen-thong-han-quoc-len-tieng-post1741981.tpo