Need a high level of stability

The Vietnam national football team has just concluded a training session and friendly match within the framework of FIFA Days in September.

With 24 players called up, including some new faces, the team had two matches that were not as expected.

In the first match on September 4, the team lost to Nam Dinh Steel Club - the reigning V.League champion - 4-0, in which the mark belonged to the foreign players of Nam Dinh Steel Club.

In the second match, which took place three days later, the Vietnamese team won a close 4-3 victory over the Hanoi Police Club in a match where the players were rotated onto the field to test their form.

With 7 goals conceded and 4 goals scored after the 2 training matches mentioned above, it can be seen that the defense is limited, especially in dealing with foreign strikers with superior physique and speed - a factor that the team will likely have to face in the "return" match against Malaysia, an opponent that uses many naturalized players.

After the FIFA Days in September, many people said that these were necessary matches for the Vietnamese team to test the players' form and readiness. This is not wrong, but it is also necessary to see that the team is having to adapt to the characteristics of the FIFA Days, which do not have much time to prepare.

Therefore, the players who are called up must always maintain a state of readiness, stability in both form and high level of tactical thinking. They need to be in a position to immediately integrate into the squad and carry out the tactical requirements of the coaching staff. Today's football no longer has room for long physical or tactical training sessions like before.

Hopefully, the Vietnamese players will soon meet the new requirements mentioned above and in the training session next October, the team will have 2 good matches against the Nepal team in the qualifying round of the 2027 ASIAN Cup.

Source: https://hanoimoi.vn/can-mot-su-on-dinh-o-trinh-do-cao-716060.html