Being judged conservative
Coach Kim Sang-sik (born in 1976) was the first person to express his desire to lead the Vietnamese team. Before becoming a coach, the Korean military commander was a famous central defender of "Kimchi Land". Mr. Kim Sang-sik played as a central defender and won the K-League 1 championship three times while playing for Seongnam Ilhwa (1999 - 2008). In 2009, he moved to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and won the championship title twice more.
After retiring in 2013, Kim Sang-sik moved into coaching as an assistant at Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. After 8 years, he was promoted to head coach. This was the first and only time he took on this task in his coaching career. Coach Kim Sang-sik also had an impressive start to his coaching career with the K-League 1 championship in 2021 and the Korean FA Cup in 2022 (second place in K-League 1 that same year).
Coach Kim Sang-sik is one of the young coaches in Korea.
If judged based on achievements, Mr. Kim Sang-sik is definitely a "genuine" coach. However, experts in Korea are not really impressed with the 47-year-old military leader.
In his first year as coach, he helped Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors win the championship but had to go through a tight race to defeat Ulsan Hyundai by 2 points. Ulsan Hyundai suffered a "crisis" in the squad so the team's performance was also considered unconvincing. In the AFC Champions League, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors was in the same group as the Vietnamese team HAGL but struggled in both matches (won 1-0 and drew 1-1). They only finished second in the group, behind Yokohama of Japan.
Inconsistent performance is a common problem for the team led by coach Kim Sang-sik. In addition, coach Kim Sang-sik has also been heavily criticized for his overly defensive style of play and safe ball possession. The 1976-born coach's philosophy is to never rush to score unless the game is almost over or they have conceded a goal.
In addition, his use of players on the field is also considered quite conservative. Although the team has enough depth, he is willing to let one player play many positions because they ensure trust. As a result, during the last period of leading Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, many players were injured and led to bad results, he had to resign.
He was considered quite conservative and the team's playing style was not really attractive.
Luong Xuan Truong's old teacher
The second candidate mentioned by the Korean media is Coach Kim Do-hoon. Compared to Coach Kim Sang-sik, he is not really outstanding in terms of coaching. Mr. Kim Do-hoon started his coaching career as an assistant coach of Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma from 2005 to 2012. In 2013, he moved to become an assistant for the Gangwon team. It was not until 2015 that he began leading Incheon United.
Mr. Kim Do-hoon is a passionate coach on the field and is willing to "win or lose" with opponents to protect his students. In 2020, he finished his work in Korea and moved to coach in Singapore. Here, he led Lion City Sailors and the 1970-born coach caused a stir among Singaporean fans when he got into a fight with Tampines Rovers coach Mustafic Fahrudin. Immediately after that, the Singapore Football Federation and the police had to intervene and discipline him.
In Vietnamese football, Mr. Kim Do-hoon once worked with Luong Xuan Truong when the former HAGL player played for Incheon United. In addition, the 54-year-old coach also faced former Vietnam national team coach Park Hang-seo in friendly matches.
Mr. Kim Do-hoon is very enthusiastic on the coaching bench.
In general, both candidates mentioned by the Korean media are very individual. They also have certain achievements in the past, especially both have been successful in Asia and have contacted Vietnamese players. However, up to now, the Vietnam Football Federation has not announced any approach.
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