Laos National Team - Vietnam National Team (0-3): Who was the best in the match?
(Baonghean.vn) - Although the referee did not recognize the goal in the 77th minute, but with an impressive performance against the Laos team, Cong Phuong was still voted the best player of the match. In addition to scoring the opening goal, the Nghe An player also played aggressively, contributing to the 3-0 victory with his teammates.
Amateur opponent
Lao people are quite indifferent to the AFF Cup 2018. That is shown by the fact that the majority of the 15 thousand spectators who came to the stadium were Vietnamese. The spectators also witnessed the rough and quite hard surface of the Lao national stadium, which greatly limited the technical playing style of Van Quyet and his teammates.
The organization of the host country was also quite sloppy. Lao National Television also failed to catch Anh Duc's second goal. On the stadium's electronic board, although Cong Phuong's fourth goal was not recognized, it took a long time for the organizers to discover and correct the mistake.
With such a football background, poor infrastructure, lack of organization, and many Lao players playing semi-amateur football, working and playing at the same time, losing 0-3 is acceptable.
Speaking to the press after the match, coach Sundrmoorthy said: "We did everything to prevent the Vietnamese players from scoring but couldn't. I don't blame my players because they tried their best. Today we lost but we are not sad because Vietnam is a much stronger team."
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| Cong Phuong deserves to be the best player of the match. Photo: Internet |
The mark of the attack
The home team's defensive lineup with the hope of getting 1 point against Vietnam did not cause much difficulty for the Vietnamese team's attack, as it only took 11 minutes for Cong Phuong to score the opening goal.
The two goals scored by Vietnam against Laos were scored by Anh Duc and Quang Hai. However, according to coach Park Hang-seo, if his players had taken better advantage of their opportunities, the score would not have stopped at 3-0.
It is difficult to rate goalkeeper Van Lam and the 3 central defenders because the Lao team only had the ball for about 20% of the time, the pressure was not enough to cause difficulties for the Vietnamese team. In fact, it was not until the 21st minute that goalkeeper Van Lam first touched the ball.
Playing on the wing in the 3-4-3 formation, Van Hau was rated higher than his "substitute" Trong Hoang. The Nghe An player had 3 shots towards goalkeeper Saymanolinh Paseuth's goal but "forgot" his defensive duties many times. If he had not been given a yellow card for playing the ball with his hand and had not been replaced by Coach Park early to avoid losing a player, Van Hau would have had a higher score of 8, because he was the one who made a mark in Cong Phuong's opening goal.
Quang Hai playing as a central midfielder is not a bad solution, but only when replacing Van Quyet on the wing can the Hanoi player fully demonstrate his value. In addition to the goal that sealed the 3-0 score from a continental-class free kick, Quang Hai did a good job of blocking and creating, deserving a score of 8.5.
Xuan Truong has regained the necessary confidence with many long-range shots towards the Lao goal. However, the sharpness and breakthrough of the player from Tuyen Quang have not been seen. The score of 7.5 accurately reflects the contribution of this number 6.
Anh Duc and Cong Phuong deserved 9 points, "veteran" Anh Duc passed the ball to his juniors to score and scored himself. Captain Van Quyet probably could not show his professional ability on the uneven pitch so he only got 8 points.
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| Veteran Anh Duc had his mark on 2 out of 3 goals of the Vietnam National Team. Photo: Internet |
Of the three substitutes, Van Duc showed that he is Mr. Park's number 1 choice whenever he needs to create a breakthrough. Hung Dung showed that winning the position of the midfield boss of the Vietnamese team is just a matter of time. Both deserved a score of 8 and showed that they are not far behind the main players.
“Youngest brother” Tien Linh was tested for the first time and showed that the “domestic top scorer” of V-League still needs to learn a lot in aerial situations as well as handling narrow spaces. The score of 7.5 still seems generous for the player of B.Binh Duong.
Cong Phuong, Quang Hai scored, Vietnam defeated Laos on the opening day
(Baonghean.vn) - In the group stage of the AFF Cup 2018, the Vietnam national team only had to face Laos on their home field. With the strongest squad, coach Park Hang Seo and his team did not encounter many difficulties in imposing their playing style and winning easily.
