The first common point of the two losses is that coach Troussier's team made mistakes in defense.
In the match where U.23 Vietnam lost to U.23 Indonesia at SEA Games 32, goalkeeper Quan Van Chuan did not control well the throw-ins of Pratama Arhan of U.23 Indonesia, the defense of U.23 Vietnam was in chaos, and the opponent scored 2 goals from such throw-ins. In the end, U.23 Indonesia won 3-2 in this match.
Vietnam team (red shirt) competes worse than Indonesia
On the evening of January 19, center back Nguyen Thanh Binh made a silly mistake, pulling the shirt of Indonesian striker Rafael Struick too much, leading to an undeserved penalty.
The mistakes of goalkeeper Quan Van Chuan in May 2023 or of central defender Nguyen Thanh Binh on January 19 were first of all personal mistakes, but they also partly reflect the low experience and mettle of Vietnamese players.
Because, the situations of losing in the above mentioned way are completely avoidable. We lose mainly because the players lose their composure leading to mistakes, but the moves that lead to the goal are not too complicated.
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That is also the general lack of Vietnamese teams (U.23 team and national team) recently: Young players lack experience, absent senior coaches.
This is probably an issue that needs to be carefully considered. Rejuvenating the team is a good thing, but in the process of rejuvenation, there still needs to be experienced players as the backbone and support for the young players.
This problem would have been solved if captain Que Ngoc Hai had not been injured before the 2023 Asian Cup.
If Que Ngoc Hai were on the field in the match against Indonesia, we would probably solve two problems at the same time: Avoiding the obvious shirt-pulling by center-back Nguyen Thanh Binh, and having a leader strong enough to urge and remind his teammates around him.
The second common point in the two losses to Indonesia in the past few months is that the Vietnamese players' ability to collide is not equal to their opponents.
Indonesia maximized their ability to play hard and rough, while the Vietnamese team had too few players who were good at collision and one-on-one competition.
The physical strength of the Vietnamese players in the two matches lost to the U.23 team and the Indonesian national team was also inferior to their opponents, which is a shortcoming that needs to be supplemented by the team under coach Philippe Troussier.
Vietnam (right) needs to focus to beat Indonesia again in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers
If there are mistakes, they will be corrected, if there are deficiencies, they will be supplemented. Indonesian football must also learn a lot of experience after a series of losses to Vietnamese teams over many years, to find a suitable playing style to defeat us. After losses like this, the Vietnamese team will also have lessons for themselves, to hopefully do better from there.
Fans are still waiting for an answer from the Vietnamese team in the two rematches with Indonesia in the World Cup qualifiers in March this year.
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