Vietnam team lost heavily to Malaysia: Coach Kim Sang Sik's mistake

Vietnam lost 0-4 to Malaysia in the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers due to a big mistake from coach Kim Sang Sik.

1. Without having to wait until the match ended, experts had previously confirmed that the match against Malaysia at Bukit Jalil Stadium was the biggest challenge that coach Kim Sang Sik had to face since the Korean strategist took charge of the Vietnamese team.

This assessment is completely reasonable because the Vietnamese team cannot bring the strongest force to Bukit Jalil Stadium, the preparation is also too little, and a series of key players are overloaded.

At the same time, Malaysia added a series of quality naturalized players playing in Europe, South America... so the chance of victory for the Vietnamese team is very low.

It should be noted that the Vietnamese team, not only under Mr. Kim Sang Sik but also before, has encountered many difficulties or failures when opponents used naturalized players or players with roots playing abroad.

Malaysia changes dramatically thanks to naturalized players

2. In the 55th minute, the score on the field was only 1 goal difference for Malaysia after the home team at Bukit Jalil took advantage of Chau Ngoc Quang's mistake before Figueiredo scored, many people did not believe that the Vietnamese team could equalize.

It sounds unbelievable, but the reality on the field has shown that. Coach Kim Sang Sik's students are still determined, but their legs are not.

The Vietnamese team's physical strength dropped dramatically, but it was not surprising after the first 45 minutes of only fending off Malaysia's attacks.

Nguyen Filip had a great match, but the goalkeeper with Vietnamese-Czech bloodline had to pick the ball out of the net 3 more times due to mistakes, the helplessness of his teammates above is understandable.

3. The Vietnamese team was unlucky not to have their strongest squad, Thanh Chung and Bui Tien Dung were injured in the match at the same time Malaysia was stronger... so that could be part of the reason for the defeat.

But, the heavy defeat of the Vietnamese team was largely due to Mr. Kim Sang Sik.

However, coach Kim Sang Sik's mistake caused the defending ASEAN Cup champion to suffer the heaviest defeat (in an official tournament) since losing to Australia in early 2022 (the Vietnamese team also lost 0-4).

Coach Kim Sang Sik's caution in not deploying any real strikers in the first half allowed Malaysia to comfortably attack and forced the Vietnamese team into a defensive position.

This is the reason why coach Kim Sang Sik's players' physical strength decreased very quickly because they had to constantly chase the ball, leading to individual and systematic mistakes and collapse as seen.

The decision to play without a striker was a mistake, as evidenced by the first few minutes of the second half when Tuan Hai entered the field. The Malaysian defense was quite confused when the Vietnamese team pushed up their attacking formation.

Unfortunately, when Mr. Kim Sang Sik changed, the Vietnamese team lost strength, leading to mistake after mistake, resulting in a bitter defeat, as well as seriously affecting the chance of winning a ticket to the 2027 Asian Cup Finals.

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