3 bright spots of Vietnam National Team: Quang Hai, Van Lam at continental level
Despite losing to Iran, the performance of coach Park Hang Seo's team deserves praise.

Captain Que Ngoc Hai is proud of Vietnam's fighting spirit against Iran.
After the match, the captain of the Vietnamese team said that the players played their best against Iran in the second match of the group stage of the 2019 Asian Cup.
Facing the strongest team in Asia at the moment, Coach Park Hang Seo has built a very scientific defensive style for the Vietnamese team. Iran had a lot of difficulty approaching Dang Van Lam's goal in the first half of the first half. And only when taking advantage of their physical advantage, the opponent was able to score 2 goals against us.
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Vietnam implements scientific gameplay. |
Not only did they organize their defense properly, Coach Park Hang Seo’s players were also very confident in deploying the ball in counter-attacks. There were opportunities, but unfortunately our strikers failed to take advantage of them.
Compete with full spirit
The characteristics of the Vietnamese team continued to be shown in this match. Facing an opponent with superior physique and higher level, our players were not afraid in the conflicting situations. Que Ngoc Hai, Trong Hoang, Bui Tien Dung... played extremely hard on the field to prevent the opponent from having a chance to shoot.
Duc Huy is probably the most impressive player in midfield as he works tirelessly, always present at every hot spot on the field. He and Hung Dung have covered the defense very well. Unfortunately, injury forced the Hanoi FC player to give way to Ngan Van Dai.
Dang Van Lam and Quang Hai reach continental level
After a controversial performance in his debut match, Dang Van Lam made his critics rethink with an excellent performance in this match. The new player of Muangthong United had a total of 3 saves, along with very reasonable situations of entering and exiting.
The two goals that the Vietnamese team conceded can hardly be blamed on Lam “Tay” because the defense was completely defeated at that time. Surely Muongthong United is completely satisfied with the quality of the new player they just recruited.
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Van Lam and Quang Hai are completely at continental level. |
Quang Hai was the rare bright spot in the Vietnamese team's attack in this match. The Hanoi FC player confidently showed off his excellent skills against taller opponents. The situation where Hai "con" performed a "tall" kick to open a counter-attack in the first half and then an Iranian player was forced to commit a foul to prevent it showed that the opponent was very wary of the danger of the midfielder wearing the number 19 shirt.
The performance of Van Lam and Quang Hai in this match showed that this duo is at the same continental level as the players on the Iranian side. The rare bright spots in our defeat today are the basis for believing in a victory in the final match, against the Yemen team.