Coach Park Hang-seo: The important thing is not many goals but beating Indonesia!

At the beginning of the press conference, Coach Park Hang-seo shared that the Vietnam team has been going through a very tough time recently. “On October 10, we had a very difficult match and won 1-0. Now we are going to play away to Indonesia. We have to be very careful and keep our concentration at the highest level.”

Assessing the correlation between the playing styles of Malaysia and Indonesia, the Korean strategist said: “I think it is impossible to compare. Each team has a different color. Malaysia mainly builds the team on its own people. Meanwhile, Indonesia has its own playing style and is suitable for its tactical characteristics. They also have up to 5 naturalized players from the Netherlands and Brazil.”

Coach Park Hang-seo at the press conference this afternoon. Photo: Hai Hoang

“I watched the match against Thailand and Indonesia, which had four naturalized players in attack. Numbers 9, 10, and 17 have the ability to coordinate well. Number 17 is a good corner kick taker. I also know they just naturalized a defender of Brazilian origin,” the Korean coach shared.

Although coach Simon McMenemy showed great determination to defeat Vietnam, coach Park Hang-seo still showed respect for his Indonesian colleague: "Before each match, the teams expressed confidence. The coach of the opposing team said that, which is completely reasonable. The Indonesian team is a strong team with good players, but we have prepared to win."

In addition, Coach Park Hang-seo also shared some difficulties when playing as a guest in Indonesia, he said: “The distance between the hotel and the training ground is a bit far, besides, the condition of the field is not really good. Jakarta is the capital so everything is easy, from the hotel to the training ground. Meanwhile, in Bali, everything is a bit more difficult”.

Striker Van Toan attends press conference. Photo: Hai Hoang

Before meeting Vietnam, Indonesia lost all 3 previous matches, however, Coach Park said that winning is the most important thing: “UAE and Thailand both won big against Indonesia but I don’t think this is a big problem. For us, scoring many goals is not as important as winning.

This afternoon, the team will check the pitch and make preparations in case the pitch is hard. This will help the players prepare. However, the pitch is not a big problem for us to change the formation or the way we play.”

In his first time accompanying coach Park to a press conference, striker Van Toan expressed his confidence and optimism before the match with Indonesia. “The whole team is preparing very carefully for this match. We will try to win. I am also eager to have the opportunity to compete with the Indonesian players."

Indonesia and Vietnam will meet at 6:30 p.m. on October 15 in Group G of the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers. This afternoon, both teams will have a practice session at Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, which has a capacity of about 23,000 seats./.

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