Nepal's goalkeeper has a warm-up routine... like no other

Despite the heavy rain during the Nepal team's training session, captain goalkeeper Chamjong had a unique warm-up performance by hanging upside down on the crossbar.

Nepal coach Matthew Ross confidently said that if no player receives a red card in the match against Vietnam tomorrow night (October 14), Nepal will get a point. In the match on October 9, Nepal had a player sent off at the end of the first half when the score was 1-1. Only after the man was sent off did Nepal concede two more goals and lose 1-3 overall.

Interestingly, coach Matthew Ross hopes for rain in tomorrow's match at Thong Nhat Stadium. According to the Australian coach, if it rains, it will be beneficial for the Nepal team.

Mr. Matthew Ross shared: “Nepal has just experienced a heavy rain. Before coming to Vietnam, we also played in Bangladesh under bad weather conditions. One of my players is playing in the Bangladesh championship, they are used to playing in the rain”. “I can also say that the pitch in Bangladesh is not as good as the pitch in Vietnam, so we will not have any problems if we have to play in the rain, on a pretty good pitch in Ho Chi Minh City. Even for the Nepal team, the heavier the rain, the better, the more advantageous it is for us”, affirmed Coach Matthew Ross.

Nepal players warmed up with an aerial duel.

Next, there was the pressing exercise. Perhaps, the Nepal coach was preparing for a fair match with the Vietnamese team.

Air combat exercises were carried out at the beginning of the session.

Answering a reporter's question about whether Nepal would be able to score points against Vietnam if the two teams played with the same 11 players from start to finish tomorrow, coach Matthew Ross affirmed: "I believe that if we play with all our players, we can do it and score points in tomorrow's match."

“However, our problem at the moment is the players’ fitness and recovery. I mentioned before that my players were not in the best condition before coming to Vietnam for the two Asian Cup qualifiers. Right now, my priority is to help the young players recover before tomorrow’s match,” coach Matthew Ross analyzed.

Nepal captain Chamjong said confidently: “I know the Vietnamese players have very good crossers. They made many quality crosses on October 9, but I think I also did my part well in stopping most of those crosses.”

“I am not too worried about the Vietnamese players declaring that they will score many goals against me. I will still focus on doing my job and not pay too much attention to the weather,” goalkeeper Chamjong added.

Another important detail revealed by coach Matthew Ross about how Nepal approached Vietnam's goal was to exploit set pieces. In the first leg, Nepal scored against goalkeeper Dang Van Lam in this way.

Mr. Matthew Ross shared: “We will still practice set pieces. My players are fast and strong, that will be one of the options for the Nepal team to approach the Vietnam team’s goal.” The match between the Vietnam and Nepal teams will take place at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow night (October 14), at Thong Nhat Stadium (HCMC).