Coach Park Hang-seo: Vietnamese players are determined to beat China

Korean media has called the person leading the Vietnamese team "Vietnam's Hiddink", "wizard".Park Hang-seo, who is writing a legend for Vietnamese football. When asked what he will do when he returns to Vietnam, Mr. Park replied: “Because the current epidemic situation in Vietnam is not very stable, the V-League probably cannot continue. The Vietnamese team will gather in early August to prepare for the third qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup. The most urgent thing right now is to prepare the squad. Because we have just finished the second qualifying round of the World Cup, we only need to check the injured players, there is a ready list so there is no problem”.

Mr. Park continued: “My biggest goal this year is to bring the Vietnamese team to the final qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup. This is a goal that Vietnamese football has never achieved despite winning the AFF Cup and SEA Games.”

UCN Channel asked:“A Vietnamese player answered an interview that he could win a match in the final qualifying round if he met China. What do you think?

Coach Park Hang-seo replied: “I also heard the story about that interview. The players have a private chat group, so through an interpreter, I said that whoever said that must take responsibility and told the players that in future interviews, they should only talk about things that they can do.
The Vietnamese players are very determined to beat China, considering history. For this reason, I also understand that my students always want to win the match against the Chinese team. However, this is not something that can be achieved by just being determined, but also by being well prepared. The fact that the Vietnamese players and people are determined to beat China at all costs, we should understand that this is their way of expressing that desire.

UCN channel asked Mr. Park to analyze the reasons why the current Vietnamese team has become stronger, so it has entered the third qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup for the first time.

Coach Park shared: Vietnamese players are very determined to beat China. Photo: vnexpress.net

Mr. Park explained: “I think the players are developing their inherent potential. The special strength of Vietnamese football now is the love of the Vietnamese people for football. Football is really loved in this country. That is the concern of the government, the team is gathered by members who have been working together for a long time (3 to 4 years). So in terms of organizational capacity, teamwork, and confidence, it is not easy to defeat. When I came to Vietnam, although it was not very complete, factors such as experts and related fields were systematic and the systematic good operation of Vietnamese football has been improved.”

Mr. Park continued: “In fact, in Vietnam, the youth football training system is not yet very systematic. Currently, in the North, there is a PVF youth football training center belonging to a very large corporation with very good infrastructure. Vietnam has a long geographical area, so it would be better if there were 3 such centers in the North, Central and South,” Mr. Park concluded the story.