Vietnam National Team: Who is 'keeping the house' for coach Kim Sang Sik?

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After failing to win a starting position in the Vietnamese national team's goal at the 2024 ASEAN Cup, many people believe that Nguyen Filip, with his professionalism and class as a Vietnamese-American goalkeeper, will soon regain his form and the number 1 position from Dinh Trieu.

But, contrary to that, Nguyen Filip is no longer himself and made mistakes in many of CAHN Club's goals conceded in the first leg of V-League, making his opportunity to start for the Vietnam national team more difficult.

Nguyen Filip and his teammates playing in the same position are losing form. Photo: SN

Although Dinh Trieu has not lost his form too seriously, he has also encountered some significant problems after the ASEAN Cup 2024. Although he did not directly make a mistake in the goal conceded against SLNA in the final round of the first leg, the number 1 goalkeeper of the Vietnamese team is also difficult to be blameless for his poor rushing out.

The recent decline in form of the number 1 and 2 goalkeepers in the Vietnamese team has suddenly pushed coach Kim Sang Sik from a surplus to a shortage of quality, high-performance goalkeepers for the upcoming matches after the ASEAN Cup 2024.

Who will 'keep the house' for Mr. Kim Sang Sik?

The fact that Nguyen Filip and Dinh Trieu are not in good shape is an opportunity for Dang Van Lam, who was absent due to injury before the 2024 ASEAN Cup, to return to the number 1 position.

However, whether the goalkeeper with Vietnamese-Russian blood can convince Mr. Kim Sang Sik or not remains to be seen. For a simple reason, the First Division is not enough to evaluate Van Lam's performance, especially when the team that this goalkeeper plays for is superior to the rest.

Making coach Kim Sang Sik worried. Photo: VFF

The seniors have lost their form or still need time to respond, so it seems like the opportunity is for Tran Trung Kien - who plays the number 3 role in the Vietnam team at the ASEAN Cup. However, the goalkeeper of HAGL has a problem with experience and needs to be challenged further.

The remaining goalkeepers in V-League this season also have their own problems, often making mistakes or getting injured. Van Phong - a member of the top team Viettel, to Minh Toan, a potential player in Binh Duong's shirt or experienced like Nguyen Manh, make Mr. Kim Sang Sik really have a headache...

Fortunately, the first leg of the Asian Cup qualifiers was quite easy. Hopefully, the goalkeepers in the V-League will soon regain their form to help the Vietnamese team or coach Kim Sang Sik win a ticket to Saudi Arabia in 2027.

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