Vietnam Team: Who is Coach Kim Sang Sik waiting for to return?

Vietnam team still has many uncertainties

In the latest training session, coach Kim Sang Sik set the goal of winning the two matches held at Go Dau Stadium against Cambodia and Laos, which was easily achieved.

However, what the Vietnamese team showed still had many problems that made the Korean strategist not satisfied, especially affecting the plan to improve the team.

Vietnam team completed the achievement target in the last 2 matches.

Dinh Trieu is an example, the number 1 goalkeeper of the Vietnam team under coach Kim Sang Sik has not yet created maximum peace of mind. The only goal conceded against 2 weaker opponents in the recent training session was largely the fault of this goalkeeper.

Or with the attack, although scoring 7 goals, the most expected strikers Tien Linh and Tuan Hai have been "silent". The longing for Nguyen Xuan Son is even longer, while the time for this naturalized striker to return to football, especially to return to the Vietnamese national team, has not yet really been determined.

The solution is to rely on the midfield line to score goals, such as Hai Long, Van Vi... to help Mr. Kim Sang Sik relieve some of his worries. But it is clearly not what Mr. Kim Sang Sik or any other coach wants, when the attack line continuously fails to ensure the role of "heavy artillery".

Mr. Kim Sang Sik has to wait for reinforcements.

It is basically normal for goalkeepers to make mistakes or strikers to not score in a few matches. However, if it continues for a long time, it is clearly very unstable, so coach Kim Sang Sik must make calculations or wait for some players to return in the training session taking place at the end of May.

But Mr. Kim Sang Sik is still not satisfied with his team and is waiting for more "reinforcements".

The first person Mr. Kim Sang Sik is waiting for is definitely Nguyen Filip, even though he may not be the number 1 choice in the Vietnamese national team's goal. Maybe the Korean coach needs the presence of this Vietnamese-American goalkeeper to create fiercer competition, thereby forcing Dinh Trieu to focus instead of just having to compete with "soft opponents" like Trung Kien and Xuan Hoang.

Nguyen Filip returns, creating stronger competition with Dinh Trieu in the Vietnamese national team's goal?

In attack, besides hoping that Tuan Hai and Tien Linh can regain their form every time they wear the Vietnam national team jersey, perhaps coach Kim Sang Sik also hopes that other domestic strikers will shine in the remainder of the 2024/25 season to help the attack become fresher.

Hopefully the Korean strategist's wait will be fulfilled before entering the "first leg final" in the Asian Cup qualifiers with Malaysia taking place in June.

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