Vietnam National Team: Carefully prepare a plan to replace Vu Minh Tuan

Before leaving for Malaysia, Coach Toshiya Miura was very worried about Minh Tuan's injury. There will be many options to replace Minh Tuan to ensure a positive result in this away trip.

Coach Toshiya Miura is very worried about Minh Tuan's injury.

MINH TUAN HAS TO BE OFF FOR 3 WEEKS

Playing very well in the group stage, midfielder Minh Tuan is one of the two players who scored the most goals for the Vietnam national team (2 goals, along with Cong Vinh). However, due to receiving 2 yellow cards, this midfielder born in 1990 will be absent from the first leg of the semi-final. Furthermore, during the training session on December 1, Minh Tuan suffered another injury. Initially, the doctors only determined that it was a soft tissue injury and Minh Tuan could still participate in the second leg on December 11. However, after a thorough re-examination, this midfielder who is in good form was diagnosed with a torn thigh muscle.

Doctors said that Minh Tuan will have to temporarily stay off the field for about 3 weeks, which also means that it will be very difficult for him to return to compete in the second leg of the semi-final against Malaysia on December 11. Even if the Vietnamese team wins the right to play in the final, Minh Tuan will still have to miss the first leg of the final (December 17).

HOW TO PATCH THE HOLE?

Minh Tuan, with his good physical strength, skillful dribbling ability and sharp finishing, always makes the defense miserable. Therefore, Coach Miura has long considered him an important attacking spearhead of the Vietnam National Team and Minh Tuan's injury for 3 weeks has affected the ambition of the Vietnam National Team in the entire AFF Suzuki Cup 2014 campaign and is no longer simply a "small problem" for Coach Miura in the first leg of the semi-final.

In theory, the Vietnam national team has many options to replace Minh Tuan in the right midfielder position. Two options considered "bright" are using striker Van Quyet or left midfielder Thanh Luong to replace Minh Tuan on the right wing and placing Thanh Trung or Huy Toan as left midfielder.

If choosing Van Quyet, Coach Miura will have to sacrifice the most highly rated “weapon” of this striker, which is the ability to create breakthroughs. Van Quyet’s strength is rare in the current Vietnam national team, so it is likely that Coach Miura will continue to let him play the role of striker as in previous matches.

Thanh Luong is ready to fill Minh Tuan's place and shine.

Therefore, the option of moving Thanh Luong to the right wing and placing Thanh Trung or Huy Toan to replace the midfielder nicknamed “little squirrel” on the left wing seems more feasible. Thanh Trung has played well in this position for many years and also possesses highly accurate crosses. Meanwhile, young midfielder Huy Toan is also very agile in climbing the sidelines, especially knowing how to support his teammates in both attack and defense.

“We have a way to replace Minh Tuan because Vietnam’s reserve players have quite good skills,” Coach Miura said on the tournament’s official website. Perhaps the method the Japanese coach mentioned is the option analyzed above.

Hopefully Mr. Miura will make the right decision so that the Vietnamese team can have a positive result in the next match.

Nguyen Manh recovers from injury

After 1 day of treatment for a sprained right finger, Nguyen Manh returned to normal training yesterday. The return of this goalkeeper is very good news for the Vietnam national team because Nguyen Manh has very good skills and courage. Meanwhile, left-back Xuan Thanh has not yet recovered from a sprained knee ligament injury and most likely, Van Bien will be chosen to replace Xuan Thanh in the next match.

According to Bongda+