Who is Coach Park's trump card? Malaysian newspaper criticizes Cong Phuong and the Vietnam team

Malaysian newspaper criticizes Cong Phuong and Vietnam team for not knowing how to score goals

The New Straits Times website commented on the strength of the Vietnamese team's squad and did not highly rate Cong Phuong's ability.

"The Vietnamese team has faced many problems in attack as their ability to score goals has not been good recently. Coach Park Hang-seo feels that his strikers are not sharp enough," the article said.

The above statement is not without basis, the "Golden star" strikers have not been in good form in the past year. "Since the beginning of 2019, both teams have played 8 matches. The Vietnamese team scored 7 goals and Malaysia had 20 goals," the author cited.

List of Vietnam team preparing to meet Malaysia. Graphics: Minh Phuc.

"Vietnam, the highest-ranked team in Southeast Asia in the FIFA rankings, see Malaysia's attack as a major threat and will have to come up with solutions to stop the trio of Norshahrul Idlan Talaha, Safawi Rasid and Mohamadou Sumareh," the author commented.

The article also commented that it would be difficult for Malaysia to get 3 points at My Dinh Stadium due to the team's injuries: "It's hard to expect much from coach Tan Cheng Hoe's team. We have only won one match in 8 matches in Hanoi since 1991."

Vietnam Team: Who is the trump card for Coach Park to defeat Malaysia?

Coach Park Hang Seo does not underestimate Cong Phuong's role, but for professional reasons, the captain of the Vietnamese team had to use the striker who scored the most goals against Malaysia on the bench.

This is understandable, because it is very difficult for Mr. Park to arrange for Cong Phuong to play from the start due to concerns about his physical strength and playing feeling after a very long time without playing in Belgium.

Cong Phuong was on the bench in a match of the Vietnam team.

Because obviously, Quang Hai at this time is not sure to be 100% fit and healthy after having just had a relatively difficult trip to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to play in the AFC Cup final.

Without Cong Phuong, reducing the burden on Quang Hai, who will coach Park Hang Seo give the responsibility to launch attacks and win against Malaysia in the upcoming match?

Striker Van Toan. Photo courtesy of Trung Kien

Van Toan may not be a very good finisher, but just relying on speed alone will surely break the Malaysian defense. And the remaining job of the striker currently playing for HAGL is to create or create a free kick situation for Quang Hai to score.

Let's wait and see who coach Park Hang Seo will choose: Cong Phuong, Quang Hai or Van Toan as the trump card for the next match?

A pair of 'black market' tickets for the Vietnam - Malaysia match costs as much as a tael of gold

A pair of tickets for stand A or B for the match between Vietnam and Malaysia in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers is being sold online for between 4 and 5 million VND.

Due to the limited number of tickets sold, while the demand from fans is very high, this has directly pushed the ticket price to many times higher than the original price. Tickets in the B stand area of ​​My Dinh Stadium are currently being sold by many people for the equivalent price of 1 tael of gold (about more than 4 million VND).

"Black market" tickets are being sold widely online. Screenshot.

On some social media accounts, ticket prices have been pushed up very high. Tickets for stands C and D, originally priced at VND200,000, are being sold at VND1.8 million/pair. Tickets for stands A and B, originally priced at VND300,000, are being sold at VND2.8 million/pair. Pairs priced at VND500,000 are being sold at VND4.8 million/pair. The highest price recorded is VND6.4 million for a pair of tickets in a prime location in stand A.

MU has been in the relegation group since Solskjaer signed the official contract

After a dream start, Man Utd are going through an extremely difficult time under coach Solskjaer.

In round 8 of the Premier League, coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and his team came up empty-handed when they traveled to Newcastle, the second-to-last club in the rankings. The 0-1 defeat caused Man Utd to drop to 12th place and only 2 points above the relegation zone.

Man Utd have been in the relegation zone since Solskjaer was appointed permanently.

Man Utd have lost 7, drawn 5 and won just 4 during this period. If the season had started when Solskjaer was officially contracted, Man Utd would be in the group of 3 relegation teams along with Brighton and Watford.