Laos coach declares to "give" Vietnam team a surprise in the opening match of Asian Cup qualifiers

Laos has arrived in Vietnam to prepare for the opening match of the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers, taking place on March 25 at Binh Duong Stadium.

Vietnam team is considered superior to Laos.

On March 20, Laos surprisingly lost 1-2 to Sri Lanka, a team 16 places lower in the FIFA rankings.

However, coach Ha Hyeok-jun remained optimistic: “We just had a tough match with Sri Lanka. Right after that, the team moved to Vietnam.

All the preparation takes only 1 day. We will have calculations to take advantage of the only training session at Go Dau stadium as a boost for the match with Vietnam."

Speaking more about the opening match of the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers, the Laos coach is confident of surprising the "Golden Star Warriors".

“It should be added that in the match against Sri Lanka, we experimented with both the squad and personnel. The 1-2 defeat against the team ranked 200th in the world was not a shock, especially when we considered it as preparation for the match against Vietnam.

The whole team is still confident as they are in the training cycle towards the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers, which starts with the match against the Vietnamese team.

Let's wait and see what surprises we bring to the Vietnamese team, from personnel management to tactics," Mr. Ha Hyeok-jun declared.

That said, it will be difficult for Laos to cause any surprise for the Vietnamese team, especially when playing on Binh Duong field.

Even if not careful, the team from the land of a million elephants can completely lose heavily to coach Kim Sang-sik's team.