Vietnam national team lineup to play UAE: No room for new players?

Accordingly, Coach Park Hang-seo has said goodbye to 5 students who were called up for this national team training session, including: Ngo Hoang Thinh, Pham Xuan Manh, Ngan Van Dai, Nguyen Viet Phong and Tran Van Kien. Among these 5 players, the most regrettable case is still midfielder Ngo Hoang Thinh.

In addition, Coach Park Hang-seo also decided to call up 3 more excellent players of the U22 National Team to play for the national team. They are striker Nguyen Tien Linh, Nguyen Trong Hung and midfielder Nguyen Hoang Duc.

List of 25 Vietnamese players before the match against UAE. Photo: VNF

If Hoang Thinh's absence in the match against UAE due to a groin injury and Xuan Manh's muscle injury were unintended, then the exclusion of Van Kien, Van Dai and Viet Phong all came from the calculations of the Korean coach.

In the match against Malaysia, Coach Park Hang-seo also did not register 2 defenders from Nghe An. The two players Pham Xuan Manh and Tran Van Kien are usually used as full-backs. And their exclusion proves that Van Hau - Trong Hoang are 2 "untouchable" options in the Vietnam national team at the moment.

During the training sessions of the Vietnam national team, coach Park Hang-seo continued to test Pham Xuan Manh in the center-back position but was unsuccessful.

Not only Xuan Manh, the experiment from Nguyen Viet Phong for the gap left by Phan Van Duc all failed. Instead, Mr. Park continued to expect names like Trong Hung, Hoang Duc for this very sensitive position.

Cong Phuong is unlikely to start in the UAE match. Photo: Hai Hoang

Coach Park Hang-seo also gave a chance to Ngan Van Dai, but unfortunately the Hanoi FC player could not compete with Nguyen Tien Linh. The young U22 Vietnam player has been making quite optimistic progress recently, especially with his impressive goal against Indonesia.

Thus, the list of Vietnam national team preparing for the match against UAE is 25 players. One day before the match against UAE national team, coach Park Hang-seo will finalize the official list of 23 players and 2 more players will not be registered. At this time, coach Park Hang-seo has 10 defenders, 9 midfielders and 3 players who often play as strikers.

If in the match against Indonesia, Tuan Anh (injured) and Trong Hung have to sit out, it is likely that the Vietnam team will say goodbye to 1 defender and 1 midfielder. Most likely it will be central defender Le Van Dai (Thanh Hoa) and 1 of 2 faces Nguyen Trong Hung and Nguyen Hoang Duc. Between the 2 U22 Vietnam players mentioned above, Nguyen Hoang Duc is the bright factor to be kept.

Expected lineup of Vietnam national team for match against UAE. Graphics: Trung Kien

The UAE national team is a strong team, different in class compared to Malaysia and Indonesia, but it can be said that coach Park Hang-seo currently has a squad that he likes. In goal, goalkeeper Van Lam is the best choice. The 3 central defenders will be Tien Dung, Duy Manh and Ngoc Hai, the 2 full-backs are Van Hau - Trong Hoang. With the return of Tuan Anh after injury, he will be a perfect pair with midfielder Hung Dung.

On the offensive line, Quang Hai and Van Toan are two players who are regularly present in the starting lineup in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. The problem lies in which player will coach Park Hang-seo choose to play in the striker position between the three options: Tien Linh, Anh Duc, and Ha Minh Tuan. In the matches against Thailand and Indonesia, Tien Linh was chosen, but in the match against Malaysia, Cong Phuong surprisingly played in this position.

Among the players playing in the attack, the most worrying case is Cong Phuong. The Sint Truidense striker does not often play and his performance is certainly affected. And most likely, he will be put on the field from the bench by the Korean coach.

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(Baonghean.vn) - Today (November 11) is the first day that coach Park Hang-seo has a complete list of all the players after Doan Van Hau and Nguyen Cong Phuong just returned from Europe. Striker Nguyen Cong Phuong and his teammates had a training session to prepare for the matches against UAE and Thailand.