Coach Troussier may consider new moves in V-League

CONTINUE "HEADHUNTING"

The members of the coaching staff will assign tasks to each person, attend stadiums across the country to monitor the performance and form of the national team and the selected players in their sights. The matches in the early stages of the V-League have helped coach Troussier regain a good version of Van Thanh that is suitable for what the team needs from the star of the Hanoi Police Club. The successful return of Van Thanh will also be a lesson and motivation for other veterans such as Nguyen Thanh Chung, Ho Tan Tai, Tran Nguyen Manh, Nguyen Phong Hong Duy, Nguyen Cong Phuong to continue to practice, try, even make efforts to learn, adjust and perfect their playing style to adapt to the national team in the new era. Even other factors such as To Van Vu, Duong Thanh Hao (Nam Dinh team) or striker Vu Quang Nam (Ha Tinh team) all have opportunities if they continue to perform well in the V-League arena.

Ho Tan Tai (left) still has a chance to return to the Vietnamese national team if he achieves good performance in the V-League.

The peak of a professional player's career is always measured by the performances they show and their contributions to the team. In the recent past, coach Troussier has shared many times that he prefers to use young players because they understand and operate his playing philosophy fluently. So if the current players, the faces mentioned above, are willing to change and adapt, there will be no reason why the team does not need them. Through the team's past matches, it is clear that young players such as Phan Tuan Tai, Nguyen Thai Son, Vo Minh Trong, Nguyen Dinh Bac have made clear progress and deserve to be in the team. But other names such as Khuat Van Khang, Nguyen Thanh Nhan, Nguyen Van Tung, Giap Tuan Duong, Hoang Van Toan... are actually apprentice players and many of them do not have an official position at the club or are playing in the first division like Thanh Nhan. These factors can prove themselves when the domestic tournament is about to start round 4 so that coach Troussier and his colleagues have another chance to "headhunt".

" WHITE WITCH" CHANGES THE WAY PEOPLE ARE USED?

The French coach is known as the "white wizard" because he has achieved a lot of success in the black continent as well as the years leading the Japanese team. One of the hallmarks throughout Coach Troussier's coaching career is his worship of the 4-3-3 formation and ball control style of play. No matter where, what the environment, whether the human element is suitable or not, he does not change his philosophy. That is why throughout his career up to this point, he has also had failures, and there have been regrettable misses such as the way he could not use the talented conductor of the Japanese team Shunsuke Nakamura. He is a rare player of Japanese football who has reached the pinnacle of European football in the colors of Regginha, Celtic and Espanyol.

Hoang Duc, Tan Tai, Tuan Hai in the national team jersey a few years ago

That is also the case of Hoang Duc at the present time. The fact that the best player of Vietnamese football at the present time, still in good form for Viettel team in V-League, did not play a single minute in 2 important matches in the 2nd qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup, has created a big question for experts and fans. Especially in the context that Duc was one of the best players for the Vietnamese team in the friendly matches in October against China and Korea. More surprisingly, Hoang Duc did not receive much direct reminders and instructions from coach Troussier on the training ground and in experience meetings, so Duc was quite disappointed when he was commented by the teacher that he did not meet the professional requirements of the coaching staff.

Van Quyet (left) in the victory over the Philippines at the end of 2022 in which he scored the only goal.

Perhaps coach Philippe Troussier needs to have more private conversations with the players, just like the way he confided in Van Thanh and "number 17" has tried to change. Surely at this time, Hoang Duc, Van Quyet, Hung Dung, Tan Tai, Thanh Chung, Nguyen Manh, Hong Duy are all still very eager to contribute to the national team. They are all quality players, have experience in competition and certainly still have the ability to make significant professional contributions. The important thing is how Mr. Troussier will create conditions for them, how to train, coach, correct and instruct them. Because in the end, the professional factors, collective strength, fighting spirit and playing quality of the Vietnamese team are the most important things.

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