Vietnam team don't play with fire

Vietnam team won 3-1 against Nepal in the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers.

Coach Kim Sang-sik has great respect for Nepal? Yes, it must be affirmed that the captain of the Vietnam national team showed great caution and highly appreciated his opponent. The proof is that he deployed the strongest lineup.

In defense, instead of new names like Hieu Minh, Nhat Minh… Mr. Kim uses central defenders with international experience, high expertise and great battle spirit including Tien Dung, Duy Manh and Quang Vinh. Above, the defense system of the Vietnamese team is also protected by other good faces like Xuan Manh, Thanh Long, Hoang Duc and only Tien Anh is "young".

Throughout the match, Nepal only had 2 shots on goal against Vietnam. However, those were situations that really made Vietnamese fans angry.

First of all, we have to mention Nepal's equalizer from a set piece. The Vietnamese team was very crowded in the 16.50 meter area while Nepal's number was only half that of the home team. However, Sanish Shrestha easily moved to jump high to head the ball.

The most obvious mistake in this goal was Duy Manh when this central defender approached but did not show strength and seemed to lack concentration, so his jumping ability was not good, allowing Sanish Shrestha to jump a head higher and easily defeat goalkeeper Van Lam.

No goal but another "heart-stopping" situation happened in the 54th minute. Quang Vinh returned the ball, Xuan Manh lacked concentration, allowing the Nepal striker to come and create a dangerous dribble.

Vietnam team needs to play more focused.

Duy Manh and Van Lam then also fell into a passive position, creating a very dangerous threatening situation. Fortunately, the Nepalese player's ball handling ability was not good, so he missed a clear scoring opportunity. If the opponent scored from this systematic mistake to lead 2-1, the Vietnam team could fall into a chaotic situation like... chives and it is not certain that they can win?

Of course, demanding perfection for 90 minutes for Vietnam is too strict, but clearly, allowing 2 situations after those mistakes to happen is unacceptable, especially against an opponent in the weakest group in the world like Nepal. If facing a higher-class opponent, the defense system of the Vietnam team may have to pay the price in both situations and even expose more mistakes and then the match may have to have a different outcome.

Speaking after the match, coach Kim Sang Sik also admitted that the Vietnamese team's defense did not operate as effectively as expected when it still made mistakes and lacked concentration, making the home team's goal unstable even though Nepal only controlled the ball 25% of the field. That is something Duy Manh and his teammates cannot be allowed to repeat. Because it is difficult to accept that a team of experienced international players, famous for making mistakes like trainees, especially against a much weaker opponent.

Source: https://znews.vn/tuyen-viet-nam-dung-dua-voi-lua-post1592381.html