7 Nghe An players on the field - Vietnam continues to 'fly' on Cong Vinh's wings

(Baonghean.vn) - There were 7 players from Nghe An in the starting lineup (not to mention Trong Hoang who was put on the field later) and the Vietnamese team continued thanks to the luck and excellence of CV9.

In 9 meetings between Vietnam and Myanmar, we have 7 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss, but Coach Huu Thang is still very cautious. The reality at Thuwuunna Stadium shows that the coaching staff's caution is necessary. Because we only had a hard-fought 2-1 victory in the opening match against the host team Myanmar.

Mind game

In 14 matches in charge of the national team, coach Huu Thang often started with a 4-1-4-1 formation, but the Nghe An coach always prepared a plan B. Therefore, Vietnamese fans were not surprised that when facing host Myanmar, we took the field with a 4-4-1-1 formation, in which Hoang Thinh and Xuan Truong played as a pair of central midfielders.

Van Quyet continues to show his charm in the national team jersey.

The first surprise was Thanh Trung, not Thanh Luong, who played as a left midfielder. Next was Van Thanh, a left-back who was very good at attacking the flanks, but was asked to focus on defense. Meanwhile, Dinh Dong, who was strong in defense, was asked to move up to support midfielder Van Toan in attacking.

These are considered surprising decisions by Huu Thang because when analyzing the opponent's two recent matches using InStat software, the right flank of the Myanmar team - that is, the left flank in the direction of the Vietnamese team's attack - is the "weak spot" of the home team. Obviously, the Vietnamese coaching staff knows that David Htan, the right back, and Zaw Min Tun, the right center back, are both very good at being attacked. However, observing that striker Kaung Sett Naing (currently playing for Samut Sakhon of Thailand) often drifts to the left flank, where Van Thanh is stationed, they made such surprising decisions.

Coach Huu Thang seemed to have read coach Gerd Zeise's intention and proactively gave the first 10 minutes of the match to the home team. When he slowed down the match's pace and did not allow the home team's young players to be excited, the team's midfield organized an attack.

Coach Gerd Zeise also showed his class when he discovered the weakness of Xuan Truong's central defense when he discovered that he was not strong in one-on-one situations. He directed his students to play fiercely from the midfield area, Kaung Sett Naing, Aung Thu, Mg Mg Lwin continuously attacked the central defenders Dinh Luat and Ngoc Hai and they scored. Without the excellence of goalkeeper Nguyen Manh, the Vietnamese team would have had difficulty maintaining the score of 2-1 in the first match. Despite the loss, Gerd Zeise introduced a young, promising Myanmar team with 19 players aged only 19 to 23 (including 4 players who were called up to the national team for the first time).

Courage and experience

In the first match, if the defense still had a lot to discuss, the offense showed diversity in playing style. Only Thanh Trung disappeared throughout the first half, but the players Van Toan, Van Quyet, Xuan Truong and captain Cong Vinh continuously moved, causing chaos in the Myanmar defense. Van Quyet's opening goal 1-0 was a familiar arrangement of Cong Vinh and Xuan Truong. If Van Quyet was more skillful, he could have scored the second goal in the 62nd minute, in a face-to-face situation with goalkeeper Kyaw Zin Phyo. If this situation had become a goal, the Vietnamese team would have had less trouble, making the audience not too worried at times because not long after this situation, the home team leveled the score 1-1.

Cong Vinh continues to take responsibility for scoring the winning goal for the Vietnam team.

Aung Thu's (9-Myanmar) equalizer 1-1 showed that our team's defensive triangle of Ngoc Hai, Dinh Luat, Hoang Thinh had problems. Myanmar players did not have to counter-attack, attack at high speed but our defense still did not mark well. Right after the equalizer, with good physical strength, the young Myanmar players continuously put pressure on the Vietnamese defense. Our players had to steadfastly resist Myanmar's attacks while being cheered on by more than 32,000 spectators in the Thuwuunna stadium..Captain Cong Vinh was very smart in his movements and experienced in finishing to score a goal to increase the score to 2-1 in a close-range situation.

Xuan Truong, Cong Vinh and Nguyen Manh are the names that are highly appreciated by experts in this match. If Nguyen Manh played with full dedication, Cong Vinh scored an extremely valuable goal and Xuan Truong is still the "silent hero" who initiated all the goals of the Vietnamese team. Hopefully, after this first victory, the team will learn many lessons.

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