Vietnam Team: Tien Linh is 'silent' again, why isn't Mr. Kim Sang Sik worried?

Tien Linh's performance in recent V-League rounds has created a big question mark. However, coach Kim Sang Sik is quite calm, why?

Tien Linh is silent again

Tien Linh, the main striker of the Vietnamese national team, is still leading the scoring list in V-League 2024/25 with 11 goals.

However, in recent matches, this striker has not been able to maintain the consistent scoring form that fans expected. After more than 4 matches, Tien Linh has only scored one more goal.

Tien Linh is "forgetting" the feeling of scoring

This decline is of course not entirely Tien Linh's fault, because Binh Duong Club has also played very poorly in the V-League recently.

But, whatever the reason, the fact that the striker considered the main striker of the Vietnamese team has "temporarily forgotten" the habit of scoring goals is making fans worry about coach Kim Sang Sik's team, especially when the key match against Malaysia in the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers is getting closer.

Why is Mr. Kim Sang Sik not worried?

After Nguyen Xuan Son was injured in the 2024 ASEAN Cup, the "fluctuating" performance of Vietnam's number 1 striker Tien Linh is of course causing the Korean strategist to have a bit of a headache.

However, Mr. Kim Sang Sik's worries are not too big because there are currently many new options for the attack line, or old strikers are regaining their form such as Cong Phuong, Khuat Van Khang, Huu Thang, Tuan Hai.

But coach Kim Sang Sik is not worried as he still has Cong Phuong and many other strikers returning.

The above players are of course difficult to completely replace Tien Linh in the role of striker, but their performance and ability to score goals are clearly enough to relieve coach Kim Sang Sik of many headaches.

Not only that, with the flexibility in the Korean captain's tactical deployment, scoring sometimes does not require the strikers but the second line, or even the defenders can do it like in many recent matches.

In addition, in football, the form of strikers also changes erratically and has a period of "fluctuation" before exploding again. For that reason, people are still waiting for Tien Linh, although he has been "slow" in Binh Duong's shirt, to be able to spring up like a spring once wearing the Vietnam national team shirt.

Hopefully, Tien Linh will find himself again, while the other strikers continue to maintain their current high form. If so, the Vietnamese team will certainly be in good shape as they enter the crucial preparation phase for the match against Malaysia on June 10.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/tuyen-viet-nam-tien-linh-lai-tam-tit-ong-kim-sang-sik-vi-dau-khong-lo-2398428.html