These days, Coach Troussier has been constantly traveling back and forth between Hanoi, Phu Tho and Nam Dinh to ensure that the Vietnamese team has the best preparation before the match against Palestine, while also taking care of the U.23 Vietnam team for the 2024 AFC U.23 Championship qualifiers. In fact, in addition to training sessions with juniors, the Vietnamese team still has completely separate training days to hone their moves. The players' spirit of cooperation and desire to contribute are still very positive. The quality of the training sessions has improved significantly. After two "getting acquainted" training sessions in March and June, the Vietnamese team has begun to delve into specialized moves. In other words, Coach Troussier expects the Vietnamese team to demonstrate an upgraded playing style against a "fairly capable team" named Palestine.
Hoang Duc is still a very important factor of the Vietnam team.
In addition, Mr. Troussier's continuous promotion of the rejuvenation process, bold screening, daring to remove familiar names to give opportunities to new players is creating a fiercely competitive atmosphere. The fact that up to 1/3 of the squad are new players, almost unchanged when the list is reduced to 26 people, while Bui Tien Dung and Dinh Thanh Binh are eliminated is an important proof of Mr. Troussier's way of using people. "We will mix the national team squad according to each age group, aiming for good results in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, increasing competitiveness, helping players prove their class beyond the Southeast Asian region," Coach Troussier emphasized.
Players practice before the match
In addition to testing the new players, Coach Troussier also had interesting experiments such as Tan Tai playing as a right center-back, leaving the right wing to Lam Ti Phong, and new player Giap Tuan Duong being assembled in the left center-back position. New players Duc Chien, Thanh Long and Van Luan were also continuously assembled to test their adaptability alongside Tuan Anh, Hoang Duc and Hung Dung. Van Quyet is also fiercely competing with Tuan Hai, Cong Phuong and Quang Nam in the role of left striker. On the attack line, Tien Linh is trying to score points with serious concentration, trying to prove himself after missing his debut with Coach Troussier at FIFA Days in June due to injury. Linh is facing fierce and interesting competition from Quang Nam and Hoang Duc. It seems that the 5 goals in V-League 2023 and countless other assists of the 2020 Vietnam Golden Ball made Mr. Troussier interested in testing Duc in the role of "false 9".
Striker Oday Dabbagh is the most notable star of the Palestine team.
Yesterday, in the pre-match press conference, coach Troussier emphasized: "The scoring efficiency of the Vietnamese team is not high. The two wins over Syria and Hong Kong a few months ago were only by 1 goal. The whole team does not have good enough technique to turn tactical instructions into effectiveness on the field. Therefore, I always try to push to improve the team, but we need to look back at Vietnamese football in many aspects, from the player base as well as the perspective of the Vietnamese football system. The current players (both in the U.23 and national team) still lack a lot in terms of passing quality, basic situation handling ability, ball control or receiving... The Vietnamese team is improving every day. I hope each player will do better in the match against Palestine than in the matches played in June. We will try to have more scoring opportunities, have ideas but need to do better. I need to experiment, build and select the squad to the maximum, how to get to the day November 16, Vietnam will have the strongest lineup".
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