Vietnam National Team: Who will play instead of Doan Van Hau?

This is a huge loss, greatly affecting the strength of the Vietnam National Team, especially in the defense front. What Doan Van Hau has done in the past is clear proof. The most important issue now is who will coach Park Hang-seo choose to take on the left-back position?

It will take Doan Van Hau a long time to fully recover from his injury.

Currently, the Korean strategist has many quality left-backs in his hands. Besides Nguyen Phong Hong Duy, there are Le Van Xuan, Sam Ngoc Duc and Vu Van Thanh. However, in all aspects, Nguyen Phong Hong Duy and Vu Van Thanh are the two strongest candidates.

In the past, every timeDoan Van HauWhen not playing, Nguyen Phong Hong Duy is always the first choice of coach Park Hang-seo. Objectively, Duy "pinky" plays quite well. However, compared to Doan Van Hau, Nguyen Phong Hong Duy's ability to compete one-on-one is still not up to standard.

On the contrary, this is the strength of Vu Van Thanh, a player with a strong physical foundation and a strong, enthusiastic and equally sophisticated playing style. In addition, the left-back position is where Vu Van Thanh has been held many times. Typically, in some matches of U23 Vietnam at the 2018 AFC U23 Championship.

The left-back position will be given to Vu Van Thanh. Photo: Ngoc Linh

It is very likely that, against teams with big, physically fit players like Saudi Arabia and Australia, Coach Park Hang-seo will consider Vu Van Thanh as a priority option. If so, the Vietnam team will have the "wings" Nguyen Trong Hoang - Vu Van Thanh, who are both good at their skills and have a lot of experience.

The decision on who to use is Coach Park Hang-seo's right, but experts and domestic football fans all hope that the gap left by Doan Van Hau will not greatly affect the performance of the Vietnamese team in the next two matches./.