Coach Kim Sang-sik temporarily leaves V-League with more joy than worry

Coach Kim Sang-sik watched the match between Hanoi Club and Hai Phong Club in round 7.

Coach Kim Sang-sik will temporarily leave V-League

In this round 8, Hang Day Stadium will be the center of attention when Hanoi FC welcomes rival Binh Duong at 7:15 p.m. on November 14. That will be a match where coach Kim Sang-sik will be absent (because he is busy watching the opponents of the Vietnamese team) but will send his assistant to witness more than a dozen Vietnamese players compete.

In addition to Hung Dung, Tuan Hai, Duy Manh, Van Truong, Van Tung, Xuan Manh, Hai Long... in the Hanoi FC jersey, the team's scouts will eagerly await the return of central defender Nguyen Thanh Chung - who has been absent for the past few rounds due to a sore heel.

If the 1997-born center-back can return to play as expected, it will significantly eliminate coach Kim Sang-sik's worries about the crucial position of the three shields in the center of the defense, after Duy Manh and Ngoc Hai returned earlier.

The coaching staff of the Vietnam national team is also eager to see Tien Linh continue his explosive performance, alongside his young partner Vi Hao - important candidates for the Vietnam national team's attack, and most likely former U.23 Vietnam striker Viet Cuong, who is pushing foreign player Wellington Nem to the bench.

Tien Linh is leading the scoring list in V-League 2024 - 2025 with 7 goals after 7 matches.

In addition, the away team Binh Duong will also have a series of other notable quality players such as Ngoc Hai, Tan Tai, Minh Trong, Minh Khoa, Tung Quoc, Minh Toan...

This will be an uncompromising battle, as Binh Duong Club (5th place, 11 points) and Hanoi Club (10 points) both aim to get 3 points to narrow the gap with the top team Thanh Hoa (14 points).

One day later, the two championship candidates, The Cong Viettel Club (4th place, 12 points) and the top team Thanh Hoa, will face off without mercy, with the stars Thanh Binh, Van Khang, Duc Chien, Minh Tung, Tien Anh, Thai Son, Nguyen Hoang... and especially left-back Phan Tuan Tai expected to return - to officially help the Vietnamese team be injury-free.

More happy than worried

Looking at the tension of the top group with a series of continuous usurpations, it will not be surprising if the match at My Dinh Stadium (7:15 p.m. on November 15) will be extremely fierce, when both coaches Nguyen Duc Thang and Velizar Popov are very good at occupying every space on the field with the play of warriors.

Thanh Chung will return to play from round 8.

In addition, round 8 also has very notable matches between Ha Tinh Club and HAGL of Ngoc Quang, Bao Toan, Minh Vuong or 2 matches between the top group and the relegation group Nam Dinh Club - Da Nang Club, Ho Chi Minh City Club - Hanoi Police Club.

These are all matches in which each team will give their all, in order to maintain their ambition to compete for the championship or create a points advantage to avoid being "last in the standings" when the V-League has only 2 rounds left and will be suspended for more than a month.

With the fierce nature of those 2 rounds 8 and 9, Coach Kim Sang-sik must be feeling nervous, not being present in Vietnam, while on the journey to scout the players and playing style of the opponents at the AFF Cup 2024.

Young talent Van Khang scored for Viettel The Cong Club in round 7

It will be a particularly contradictory feeling, when the players' efforts in the next two matches will help them push their threshold to a high level both physically and mentally, but on the contrary, there is a risk of injury and overload lurking.

But anyway, overall, Mr. Kim will have much more positive feelings than a few weeks ago, when injuries and a series of problems that prevented a series of Vietnamese players from playing made the team's coaching staff lose sleep with worry.

Obviously, the fierce competition of the V-League taking place continuously (VFF proactively skipped the FIFA Days this November) will help the players maintain their best form, before the Vietnamese team gathers on November 21, officially entering the final preparation stage for the AFF Cup 2024.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/hlv-kim-sang-sik-tam-xa-v-league-ma-long-mung-nhieu-hon-lo-185241113210309147.htm