After defeating Mongolia, Vietnam Olympic team faces a more difficult challenge from Iran Olympic team. This is an important match that could decide the outcome of the competition for a place in Group B of the 19th ASIAD men's football tournament. Vietnam Olympic team faces a difficult task.
Coach Hoang Anh Tuan's players got 3 points on the opening day. However, the victory of Vietnam Olympic team was still heavily criticized by fans and the head coach himself.
Vietnam Olympic 4-2 Mongolia.
It was a match in which the Vietnamese Olympic team only achieved their goal in terms of score. The players organized attacks and scored goals as planned. However, their attitude towards playing football was the reason for the minus points. The Vietnamese Olympic players were easily complacent after taking the lead.
Olympic Mongolia is the weakest team in Group B but they still had chances to approach goalkeeper Quan Van Chuan's goal. The goal came from a basic mistake by the defense. Olympic Vietnam can only blame themselves and find a way to fix it quickly.
Vietnam Olympic team needs to score points against Iran. (Photo: Hoang Anh)
Coach Hoang Anh Tuan soon saw the problem with his students. Besides the harsh criticism and reminders, this coach himself had to help the Vietnam Olympic team correct the situation.
With such a short time to concentrate, it is difficult for coach Hoang Anh Tuan to change the players' thinking or how to handle each individual situation. What he can do is to review the previous match with his students to make appropriate adjustments, promote good points and limit mistakes.
In terms of playing style, the Vietnam Olympic team played with the 3-4-3 formation that coach Philippe Troussier applied to the U23 Vietnam team and the national team. Against a weak opponent in the first match, coach Hoang Anh Tuan also experimented with some personnel, but did not operate at its best.
On the other side of the front line, Olympic Iran could not be satisfied with what happened in the first match. They controlled the ball impressively against Saudi Arabia but the strikers were very unlucky in decisive situations. If they had been more careful in finishing, Iran could have won and topped the group.
In addition, the defense of the West Asian representative still occasionally has careless plays like the Olympic Vietnam. The problem does not lie in the level of the Iranian Olympic defenders but in their subjectivity to the opponent's counter-attacks. This could be a weakness that the Olympic Vietnam can exploit.
Expected lineup for Vietnam Olympic vs Iran
Vietnam: Quan Van Chuan, Le Nguyen Hoang, Nguyen Manh Hung, Nguyen Duc Anh, Khuat Van Khang, Nguyen Duc Viet, Nguyen Duc Phu, Dinh Xuan Tien, Nguyen Thanh Nhan, Nguyen Quoc Viet, Nguyen Dinh Bac.
Iran: Hossein, Touranian Khaleghabad, Goodarzi Hossein, Saman Fallahvarnami, Omid Hamedifar, Eslami, Mohammad Khodabandehlo, Motahhari, Jafari Seighalani, Nasiri Seyedmajid, Mahdi Mamizadeh
Prediction: Vietnam 1-1 Iran
Mai Phuong
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