Which opponents will coach Kim Sang-sik face in the race for the hot seat of the Vietnamese national team?
Báo Thanh niên•01/05/2024
Thanh Nien sources said that Mr. Kim Sang-sik will almost certainly become the coach of the Vietnam national team, replacing coach Philippe Troussier. In the fierce race, besides Mr. Kim Sang-sik, there are still 2 other strong candidates.
According to some sources, there are 3 candidates in the "final" of the selection of the head coach for the Vietnam team, replacing the position of coach Philippe Troussier. They are Mr. Kim Sang-sik (Korean), 1 Japanese candidate and 1 candidate with dual German and Brazilian nationality (most likely coach Mano Polking).
Coach Kim Sang-sik
Coach Polking
Khang Nguyen
Before the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) officially announced the new coach for the national team (expected on May 3), the name Kim Sang-sik was mentioned a lot in the past few days, stemming from exclusive information from a media unit in Korea. Korean newspapers are the foreign newspapers with the highest "density" of posting about the selection of a new coach for the Vietnamese national team in recent days. Meanwhile, Japanese, German or Brazilian newspapers hardly mentioned candidates of their nationality. Even Thai newspapers, the land where Mr. Mano Polking once worked and was successful, in the past few days did not mention the coach with dual German and Brazilian nationality, even though Mr. Mano Polking had publicly declared that he was ready to lead the Vietnamese national team. According to initial assessments, each of the three candidates in the "final" has certain advantages and disadvantages. For example, coach Mano Polking is the one who understands Southeast Asian football the most among the candidates, has specific achievements when leading a Southeast Asian team (winning the 2020 and 2022 AFF Cup with the Thai team), and has worked in Vietnam (leading Ho Chi Minh City Club from 2020 - 2021). But Mr. Mano Polking's salary may not be cheap. Mr. Mano Polking himself failed at the last minute when negotiating with the Hanoi Police Club earlier this year. Coach Kim Sang-sik has an advantage, having inherited the success of two compatriots who have worked with Vietnamese teams, including coach Park Hang-seo and coach Gong Oh-kyun (leading the Vietnam U.23 team at the 2022 U.23 Asian Cup). Meanwhile, the Japanese candidate comes from the largest football country in Asia, with the world's leading discipline. According to sources, this candidate could be Mr. Nishino - former coach of the Thai team. Japanese coaches are also making their mark in the Thai team (Coach Masatada Ishii) and Singapore (Coach Tsutomu Ogura). However, the failure of Japanese coach Toshiya Miura in the final stage of taking charge of the Vietnamese team in early 2016 may cause the Vietnamese football community to reconsider.
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