In just the first 3 weeks of November, from the 1st to the 20th, there will be 4 rounds of the V-League taking place, from round 6 to round 9. Coach Kim Sang-sik will have to closely monitor these rounds to select players for the Vietnam national team.
In addition, in parallel with the rounds of the V-League, there are 6 rounds of the first division, taking place in November, from round 2 to round 7 (from November 2 to 24). The reason why coach Kim Sang-sik needs to follow the first division this year is because this tournament brings together a number of bright stars of domestic football. Notable among them are midfielder Hoang Duc, goalkeeper Dang Van Lam, young talent Nguyen Quoc Viet, striker Dinh Thanh Binh of Ninh Binh Club, and especially striker Nguyen Cong Phuong of Binh Phuoc Club.
Coach Kim Sang-sik will have a lot of work to do by the end of 2024.
Fans and some experts are looking forward to Cong Phuong's reunion with the national team, because he is still considered a special talent of Vietnamese football in the past few years. However, the difficulty for Cong Phuong lies in the fact that only when he regains his form can he maximize his special qualities. On the contrary, if Cong Phuong still cannot free his mentality, as well as release his "inertia" after up to 2 years of not playing for Yokohama Club (Japan), he is still no different from the rest of the normal players.
The difficulty of Cong Phuong in the current situation leads to the difficulty for coach Kim Sang-sik: the Korean coach cannot call up a player who is not in good form, and it is unclear whether he can reunite well at the national team level, but Mr. Kim cannot easily dismiss a name like Cong Phuong, because this is related to pressure from all sides of public opinion. Moreover, dismissing Cong Phuong now is afraid of himself dismissing the special things that this player can create in moments of sublimation.
Cong Phuong needs to show better form if he wants to be called up by coach Kim Sang-sik.
Coach Kim Sang-sik’s task from now until the 2024 AFF Cup does not even stop here. Not only does he have to monitor his players, Mr. Kim also has to monitor the movements of his opponents. It is expected that the Korean coach will go to Indonesia and the Philippines, watch these teams compete during the FIFA Days in November, trying to read the playing style of the archipelago team and the Philippines team, before the Vietnamese team meets them in the group stage of the Southeast Asian championship.
A huge amount of work awaits coach Kim Sang-sik. Mr. Kim must handle all of these tasks well, because the AFF Cup 2024 campaign could be the campaign that determines the level of trust that the Vietnamese football community has for the Korean coach. Mr. Kim has so far received sympathy when the team has not been successful in the recent friendly matches, but if he is not successful in the AFF Cup, this sympathy may no longer exist!
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/hlv-kim-sang-sik-chay-nuoc-rut-truoc-aff-cup-185241031154001699.htm
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