Cambodia coach 'lowers voice' before match against Vietnam team
Cambodia coach Leonardo Vitorino no longer shows the confidence he had when he declared that he would “defeat Vietnam” a few days ago. The Brazilian coach said that Cambodia’s goal in the upcoming match at My Dinh Stadium is to try to achieve the best result.
Although they arrived in Hanoi yesterday afternoon, it was not until this evening (October 7) that the Cambodian team had their first training session at the VFF youth football training center. Coach Leonardo Vitorino said: “We just finished a friendly match with Indonesia and had to travel a long distance to get here. I let the players rest to regain their strength. We still have 3 days to prepare for the match with the Vietnamese team.”
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| Cambodia team has first training session tonight. |
Before the match against Indonesia, coach Leonardo Vitorino said that Cambodia's goal was to defeat Vietnam to qualify for the Asian Cup finals. However, when arriving in Hanoi, the Brazilian coach said otherwise: "Vietnam is a strong team in the region. I don't want to talk about the result, or whether we win or lose in the next match, because this is football, anything can happen.
Compared to the first leg, all the home field advantages, playing on artificial turf, have now become disadvantages for us. Therefore, Cambodia's goal is to play at our best to get the best result."
It should also be mentioned that before the match against Vietnam, Cambodia lost 1-3 to Indonesia, which greatly affected the players' morale.
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| Cambodia's goal in the match against Vietnam on October 10 is simply to "try to get the best result". |
At the 29th SEA Games, coach Leonardo Vitorino himself declared that he would lead the U22 Cambodia team to win the championship, however, the team was defeated and eliminated in the group stage.
This failure has made the Brazilian coach learn many lessons, he said: "I came to Cambodia to play football long term. Not only us, but football in the region needs to do better in youth training."
Cambodia practices secretly before the match against Vietnam team Coach Leonardo Vitorino only allowed Vietnamese reporters to work in the first 15 minutes of tonight's practice session, then requested to practice in private. According to observations, the Cambodian players, despite having more than a day of rest, still appeared quite tired. |
According to Bongda.com.vn
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