Coach Kim Sang-sik commented on the opponents in the same group: 'Vietnam wants to win the AFF Cup 2024'
Báo Thanh niên•21/05/2024
Coach Kim Sang-sik said that although all opponents in the AFF Cup 2024 are difficult, the Vietnamese team still has the ambition to win the championship.
On the afternoon of May 21, the AFF Cup 2024 group stage draw took place in Hanoi. The draw of luck put the Vietnamese team in the same group with opponents Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar and Laos. This is an unpredictable group for coach Kim Sang-sik and his team as Indonesia and the Philippines are both formidable obstacles that the Vietnamese team faced in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, while Myanmar is improving, having just drawn with Syria in the World Cup qualifiers. Coach Kim Sang-sik made a quick assessment of Indonesia and the Philippines: "The Indonesian team is in good form, their performance recently has been very positive.
Coach Kim Sang-sik confident in championship goal
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Meanwhile, the Philippines has a lot of new naturalized players. However, the Vietnamese team also has its own advantages and if we prepare carefully, we will have good results in these two matches." The Vietnamese team is the current AFF Cup runner-up, with two records set under coach Park Hang-seo, which is the first team to reach the final with a clean sheet (AFF Cup 2022), and is also the only team in history to be undefeated and keep a clean sheet in 12 consecutive group stage matches (in the 2018, 2020 and 2022 AFF Cups). In the 5 years under Mr. Park, the Vietnamese team has only lost 2 matches in the AFF Cup. Those were all defeats against Thailand, respectively in the first leg of the AFF Cup 2020 semi-finals and the second leg of the AFF Cup 2022 final. In the matches against the Philippines and Indonesia at the AFF Cup in the past 5 years, the Vietnamese team has had an unbeaten record. Under coach Park Hang-seo, the Vietnamese team won 1, drew 2 against Indonesia and won both matches against the Philippines. The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) set a target of reaching the AFF Cup final for Mr. Kim Sang-sik. However, the Korean coach still hopes to win the championship. "In any tournament, I always set a goal of winning the championship. The 2024 AFF Cup will be very difficult for strong teams, every match will be difficult, no match is easy. However, with good preparation, I still believe that the Vietnamese team can achieve good results and successfully conquer the 2024 AFF Cup," concluded coach Kim Sang-sik.
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