Indonesian Newspaper: A draw is considered a win

The derby between the two Korean coaches was watched by millions of fans from Indonesia, Vietnam and Korean football fans. In the club level confrontations in Korea, coach Shin Tae-yong won 8 matches, drew 1 and lost only 2 matches. People are waiting to see after the heavy 0-4 loss 4 months ago in the framework ofWorld Cup 2022 second qualifying round, how will Mr. Shin adjust the Indonesian team's playing style?

Coach Shin Tae-yong is a master.

Quang Hai was blocked by Indonesian players. Photo: AFF Cup 2020 Organizing Committee

Working with Indonesian football since the end of 2019, this is the time when coach Shin Tae-yong is rejuvenating the squad. Giving the captain's armband to M.Bahar (14), a 22-year-old right-back playing in the K2.League, has proven that. In addition to understanding his students, after a year of working with Southeast Asian football, coach Shin Tae has helped-yong understand more about the vietnam team

Mr. Shin showed that he “knew the enemy and knew himself” when playing as the underdog, especially when the “prodigy” center back Elkan Baggott could not enter the field due to medical isolation. Coach Shin had a precise strategy, advocating “giving the ball, not giving the field” by establishing an active mass defense. Indonesia played with 5 defenders deep in a 5-4-1 formation, even conductor Evan Dimas sat out the first 45 minutes of the match when Garuda focused on defense, playing to exhaust the opponent.

Mr. Shin did not hide his intention to park the bus in front of the goal in order to gain 1 point against the Vietnamese team to focus on solving the problem with Malaysia in the next match 3 days to earn a ticket to the semi-finals. The two central midfielders R. Kambuaya (15) and Irianto (13) instead of building the play, mainly had the task of breaking the play, separating Quang Hai and Hoang Duc, who are the important attacking players of the Vietnamese team.

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Group B situation after the third round of matches. Photo: AFF Cup 2020 Organizing Committee

Coach Shin Tae-Yong has learned a lot of lessons after the 4-0 loss in the second qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup, not foolishly going toe-to-toe with the reigning champion of the 2018 AFF Cup. Throughout the 90 minutes of play, the Indonesian players proactively gave the ball to the Vietnamese attackers. Following the instructions of coach Shin, they only approached when the ball was 25-30m from goalkeeper Argawinata's goal. Garuda took advantage of their superiority in physique and physical strength to wear down Cong Phuong and our attackers with collisions.

The opponent's energetic style of play made it difficult for the Vietnamese players. After the first 45 minutes without a score, Cong Phuong was injured and left the field, Coach Park sent Tien Linh and Duc Chinh onto the field, switching to a 3-5-2 formation. But facing tall defenders with a very tough, aggressive style of play, the two strikers Tien Linh and Duc Chinh were at a disadvantage in the disputes.

There were times when up to 4 HAGL players played on the field together, to take advantage of the opponent's coordination ability, Xuan Truong was sent to replace Tuan Anh in the task of regulating the match. But when coach Shin Tae's students-Yong played impressively, but we had 70% possession, 21 shots but only 1 shot on target, so we had to accept a 0-0 draw.

After the 0-0 draw, although temporarily ranked second in Group B, Vietnam's chance of reaching the semi-finals (7 points) is still much higher than Indonesia (7 points) and Malaysia (6 points). We only have to face Cambodia and have no chance of advancing while Indonesia has to face Malaysia.