The players of Vietnam's national football team are attending the training camp to gear up for the final Asian qualifiers of World Cup 2022. The call-up list this time includes all familiar quality players such as Quang Hai, Que Ngoc Hai, Xuan Truong, Tuan Anh, Tien Linh, Van Toan, Tien Dung, Duy Manh, and Tan Truong.
The players of Vietnam’s national football team are attending the training camp to gear up for the final Asian qualifiers of World Cup 2022. The call-up list this time includes all familiar quality players such as Quang Hai, Que Ngoc Hai, Xuan Truong, Tuan Anh, Tien Linh, Van Toan, Tien Dung, Duy Manh, and Tan Truong. There are three new faces selected by head coach Park Hang-seo namely defender Truong Van Thiet (Viettel), midfielder Le Tien Anh (Binh Dinh), and striker Pham Tuan Hai (Hong Linh Ha Tinh). Besides, the head coach continue to offer opportunities for young players Le Van Xuan, Bui Hoang Viet Anh, Ly Cong Hoang Anh, who were assembled in the previous training session but did not have many opportunities to perform.
In a speech given to the media, coach Park Hang-seo said that acknowledging the current difficulties of the team, such as injuries of players and the impacts of COVID-19 outbreak on training and practicing activities, he and his colleagues know that it is necessary to brace the players for the challenges when they face strong opponents in the region and continent, who have had much experience in World Cup finals such as Japan, Saudi Arabia, Oman. , China, Australia. It is very difficult to overcome these strong teams to grab a ticket to the final round. It requires more than determination and competing spirit to achieve this target.
It is certainly possible that coach Park will not take risks of changing the line-up of Vietnam’s national football team that he has built up and that has brought many successes to Vietnam’s football in recent years. However, the problem is the physical fitness of Vietnamese players is not as good as the fitness of the players from countries in the Asia Pacific and West Asia. The loss to UAE in the last match of the 2nd Asian qualifiers proved this. It was clear that Vietnamese players fought with determination and constant effort but still lost to their opponents in terms of physical fitness.
With a line-up that hasn't changed much and some players who have not fully recovered from injuries (Xuan Truong, Tuan Anh, and Van Toan), no one can sure that these players can regain their form in less than a month.
Vietnamese football fans are waiting to see whether the strategies of coach Park can help Vietnam’s national football team to create a miracle once again.
An Nhien
Translated by H.N
