Vietnam’s two leading strikers, Nguyen Xuan Son and Nguyen Tien Linh, dispelled doubts about their ability to combine in the match against Myanmar. The duo are expected to continue to shine in the final stages of the AFF Cup.
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Xuan Son races with Tien Linh
In the 2024-2025 V-League, Xuan Son and Tien Linh are currently leading the list of top scorers, each with 7 goals. These strikers continue to be each other's main rivals in the aforementioned race for the rest of the season. In the Vietnamese national team jersey at the 2024 AFF Cup, Xuan Son and Tien Linh each have scored 2 goals, and are in the group of strikers who are closely following strikers Shawal Anuar (Singapore, 4 goals), Patrik Gustavsson, Suphanat Mueanta and Teesarak Poeiphimai (all from Thailand, each with 3 goals). Tien Linh and Xuan Son continue to compete for the title of top scorer at the 2024 AFF Cup.
Tien Linh and Xuan Son are capable of competing for the title of Top Scorer of AFF Cup 2024
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Unlike the nature of the race for the top scorer title at the club, where Xuan Son (Nam Dinh) is the opponent of Tien Linh (Binh Duong), in the race for the top scorer title of AFF Cup 2024, Xuan Son is both competing with Tien Linh and supporting the striker currently playing for Binh Duong and vice versa.
There were concerns that Nguyen Xuan Son and Nguyen Tien Linh would not be able to get along in the national team, because their playing positions are similar, and each of them has a strong personality, making people worry that they would not support or pass the ball to each other when playing together.
However, these concerns were completely dispelled after just one match against Myanmar: Tien Linh made a decisive pass for Xuan Son to score. In response, Xuan Son also made a decisive pass for Tien Linh to score. In addition, the way these two strikers move also makes them more dangerous, the attack of the Vietnamese team is more dangerous, and they do not compete to score for personal purposes.
When Xuan Son moves up, approaching the opponent's penalty area, Tien Linh will fall back, or move behind Xuan Son, waiting for the ball to bounce from the opponent's defense. When Xuan Son moves to the right of the opponent's penalty area, Tien Linh will drift to the left. The opposite also happens when Tien Linh moves up, or when Tien Linh moves to one corner of the opponent's penalty area, Xuan Son will occupy the remaining corner.
Former coach of the Vietnam national team, Mr. Phan Thanh Hung commented: "Both Tien Linh and Xuan Son are very professional players, they know what to do to help each other play well, support their teammates to play well, and help the whole team play well. In fact, the match against Myanmar proved that when Tien Linh and Xuan Son appeared on the field together, they did not step on each other when moving, when receiving the ball to find a chance to shoot.
Xuan Son is good at working independently.
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Between these two strikers, one can support the other when playing, they are capable enough to support their teammates around them. They help the Vietnamese team become more dangerous than before."
That is, when Tien Linh and Xuan Son appear at the same time, the opposing defenders, instead of only having to keep an eye on one good striker of the Vietnam team, now have to be distracted to keep an eye on both excellent strikers. In the case that Xuan Son and Tien Linh appear alternately on the field, the opposing team will be tired for a long time, because they have to constantly stick to these strikers. For the opponents, being able to mark Xuan Son is not necessarily controlling Tien Linh, being able to mark Tien Linh is not necessarily neutralizing Xuan Son.
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