Vietnam National Team: What does coach Kim Sang Sik expect from the new players?

There will be new faces

As mentioned, the fact that some veterans and pillars of the Vietnam team are having health and performance problems... forces coach Kim Sang Sik to consider alternative and supplementary options.

At the same time, in the past stages of the 2024/25 season, many new and old faces appeared, as well as played very well, helping the captain of the Vietnamese team reduce a lot of worries.

We can mention Jason Quang Vinh - who has just successfully naturalized, Huu Thang (The Cong Viettel ), Ly Cong Hoang Anh, Van Kien (Nam Dinh), Huu Son (Hai Phong) or Cong Phuong are the names that coach Kim Sang Sik is calculating to call up in the upcoming training session.

Coach Kim Sang Sik is ready to call up a series of new players to the Vietnam national team in the next training session.

Expectations from Mr. Kim Sang Sik

More than a year since taking over the hot seat, it can be seen that the Korean strategist is quite open when giving many opportunities to show off to new players in the Vietnamese team's training sessions.

However, the opportunity to play and show off is not simple for new faces with little experience because of the high demands from coach Kim Sang Sik.

Quickly calculating, not counting Nguyen Xuan Son who is too classy, ​​there are only a few names that can really conquer the 49-year-old coach: Dinh Trieu, Ngoc Tan, Van Vi, Hai Long and Vi Hao. These are players who show stability, discipline and adapt well to the high tactical requirements of the team.

But to conquer coach Kim Sang Sik is not simple.

Coach Kim Sang Sik's emphasis on discipline, concentration and teamwork is considered a big challenge for new faces at each meeting, which can easily be overwhelming (if inexperienced) or difficult (in the case of older players), making it difficult to stay.

Therefore, in the upcoming training session, what Mr. Kim Sang Sik hopes for the most is the quick adaptation of the new group of players. And fortunately, most of the candidates expected to be called up are of high caliber or experienced such as Cong Phuong, Quang Vinh... so the Vietnamese team can be confident before the confrontation with Malaysia.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/tuyen-viet-nam-hlv-kim-sang-sik-cho-gi-tu-cac-tan-binh-2401938.html