Vietnam team "shot down" Macao after two home and away matches with a score of 13 - 1
After two big wins against Macau, in terms of points, Vietnam became a team worthy of respect under the "reign" of Goezt. The whole of Asia looked towards the continental football low point with the event of Vietnam "shooting down" Macau after two home and away matches with a score of 13 - 1. And Goezt and his team could have done more if they had not played down in the return match to allow the home team to score an honorary goal before the end of the match.
(Baonghean) -After two big wins against Macau, in terms of points, Vietnam became a team worthy of respect under the "reign" of Goezt. The whole of Asia looked towards the continental football low point with the event of Vietnam "shooting down" Macau after two home and away matches with a score of 13 - 1. And Goezt and his team could have done more if they had not played down in the return match to allow the home team to score an honorary goal before the end of the match.
Macau was unintentionally shown off when the media reported that this team had a team of highly skilled players from Portugal and Mainland China. However, what the Macau Special Administrative Region brought to Vietnam was just a collection of players, forming a team, not enough to become a real test for the Vietnamese team.
On the world football map, Macau has never been mentioned as a highly ranked team, so the fact that the Vietnamese team won despite being in a generational transition period is not worth mentioning. What is of interest is how the Vietnamese team will play and what significant highlights it will create under Falko Goetz.
Cong Vinh has returned to the role of leader in the attack, temporarily relieving the thirst for goals for the Vietnamese team, but against a weak opponent like Macau, it is impossible to assess whether CV9 has truly returned or not. Sharing the same situation as Cong Vinh, defender Quang Thanh also managed to make his mark in his official return to the team, but that is still not enough if Trong Hoang, Quang Hai, Thanh Luong... either play poorly or have not really won the trust of fans.
The Vietnamese team had won the SEA Games 9-0 against the Lao team in the group stage, but still could not win the Southeast Asian championship because the Lao team was too weak compared to the strong Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia. And also because, after the easy victories, the players gave themselves the right to be satisfied and forgot that there were strong teams ahead of them.
The Vietnamese team will meet Qatar in the second qualifying round of the 2014 World Cup and that will be a truly worthy test. The task of Falko Goetz and his team is not only to implement the right tactics and techniques, but also to know how to correctly identify the opponent and put themselves in the right position before thinking about positive results.
Vo Van Dung
