Before succeeding the successful cycle of "Mr. Park", Mr. Troussier certainly understood what he had to do to create a fresher breeze in the playing style of the Vietnamese team, so right after sitting in the "hot seat", the French coach declared that he would call at least 100 of the most elite names of Vietnamese football so that he could experiment with his philosophy.
Right in the friendly match with Hong Kong (China) at Lach Tray Stadium on the evening of June 15, fans could see the first step of Mr. Troussier to change the way the Vietnamese team plays. Most clearly in the starting lineup, he did not hesitate to let the indispensable names of Coach Park before, such as Van Thanh, Cong Phuong, Van Toan, Tien Linh, Tien Dung... sit out to give the opportunity to young players like Nguyen Thanh Binh, Van Tung... to start from the beginning. Not only that, in the whole match, there were also brand new players playing for the team for the first time, such as Tien Anh, Hai Huy, Dinh Thanh Binh and even those who had not played for the team for a long time like Xuan Manh, Hai Huy... to try their hand. In total, more than half of the starting lineup was replaced by Mr. Troussier throughout the match. With the meaning of a friendly match to review the factors and test the squad, this is one of the goals that any coach wants to do... and Mr. Troussier also took full advantage of the 90 minutes on Lach Tray field to do this.
Being the first match leading the Vietnamese team, especially in a situation where many people are too familiar with the resounding victories of his predecessor, a veteran and experienced coach like Philippe Troussier fully understands that there are many "scrutinizing" eyes aimed at him. Not to mention that the unsatisfactory journey at the recent 32nd SEA Games also created a lot of pressure for the person who is steering the Vietnamese team.
However, in the debut match at Lach Tray Stadium, the French coach was still willing to do what he had thought of, which was to boldly experiment. With this choice, through the match against Hong Kong (China), the Vietnamese team had at least 2 interesting new discoveries.
The first is the case of Xuan Manh when he showed that he played quite well in his new role as an anchor midfielder even though he only entered the field for less than the last 20 minutes; the second is the case of Hai Huy - the card dealer in the center of the midfield also proved that he has the ability to compete fairly for an official position with Tuan Anh, Hoang Duc...
Although he won by a narrow margin and struggled against Hong Kong (China), a team ranked 50 places below Vietnam on the FIFA rankings, and his playing style was not smooth enough to satisfy many picky people, in his first match without losing and achieving his experimental goal, this was the first success of the French coach when sitting in the hot seat left by coach Park....
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