Vietnam team vs Cambodia: What Mr. Kim Sang Sik needs most

Win

Inviting Cambodia as a "blue team" to prepare for the first match of the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers is the right choice for both the Vietnamese team and coach Kim Sang Sik.

Cambodia is making strong changes in terms of expertise and more importantly, the team that Vietnam will face tonight is considered to have improved in terms of spirit since adding naturalized players.

Choosing such a team to 'warm up' is clearly reasonable, in the context that the Vietnamese team is starting to enter a new phase of development under coach Kim Sang Sik.

Vietnam needs a victory to bring joy to fans. Photo: VFF

And even though it was a friendly match, the Korean captain still set a goal of winning to 'give a gift' to the Southern audience, after 2 years the Vietnamese team only played in Hanoi, Nam Dinh or Phu Tho.

Besides, Vietnam team also needs to win to accumulate points to return to the top 100 of FIFA rankings as quickly as possible to create an advantage in the Asian Cup finals draw, in order to win a ticket to the next round.

… with the utmost precision

To win, besides concentration, coach Kim Sang Sik must require the Vietnamese team to be more precise than in the first period of taking over from Mr. Troussier.

Vietnam won the ASEAN Cup with an unbeaten record, but in terms of playing style, it was not too impressive and the main reason was the accuracy in the final passes or shots.

Besides, coach Kim Sang Sik's team also needs to be more effective in playing, passing or finishing. Photo: Huu Ha

Typically, in the match against Laos at the ASEAN Cup, the Vietnamese team almost did not encounter too many difficulties against an opponent with much lower ability, but in the end, they still had to wait until the other team was exhausted and made individual mistakes before they could score and win.

And the ineffectiveness in finishing and the lack of precision in final passes continued in the following matches, everything only got better when the Vietnamese team "got into form" with the appearance of Xuan Son at the end of the group stage.

This highest goal set by coach Kim Sang Sik is not easy to achieve when the Vietnamese team is in the rebuilding phase, but at least the Korean strategist's team must make changes compared to the ASEAN Cup if they want to go further from the village pond.

Vietnamnet.vn

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