What tactics did coach Park Hang-seo use in the UAE match?
(Baonghean.vn) - When talking about the 1-0 victory over the UAE, the team's Korean interpreter Le Huy Khoa shared: "The ball only rolled for 90 minutes, but we had to prepare hundreds of times more to be able to win." An extremely serious preparation by Mr. Park and the team's coaching staff.
Variety of pads
For a long time, experts and media in Southeast Asia have believed that the Vietnamese team under Park Hang-seo only had one defensive counterattacking weapon. But yesterday, at My Dinh Stadium, our team showed a completely different face against our Gulf opponent.
Few people thought that when facing UAE players who were rated higher in terms of class, the home team Vietnam held the ball 54% of the time and played the game as they wanted. The speed of the match was kept at the lowest level, we used many fouls to break up the match, and the away team did not have much emotion in playing football.
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| The joy of victory. Photo: TA |
One of Mr. Park's tactics is to prevent long-range shots. We committed 13 fouls, more than double the UAE (5 times) and most of them were in the midfield area. Meanwhile, the UAE defenders committed 3 fouls only 20-25m from the goal. If Quang Hai had taken advantage of them, the away team's goal would have been even more unstable.
This is the match that Mr. Park has prepared a strategy so that Tuan Anh can escape the pressing, switching from defense to attack as quickly as possible. At the same time, the Korean coach has planned to press the conductor Omar Abdulrahman (10) of the visiting team UAE, forcing this player to retreat deep into his own half.
Omar Abdulrahman had the ball, the Vietnamese players divided up who was responsible for marking the ball, who was ready to block the pass and who was ready to foul when necessary. Without space or time to control the ball, the midfielder who was voted the best player in Asia in 2012 only created 1 assist in the 80 minutes he was on the field.
"The Middle Eastern Messi", Omar Abdulrahman was almost completely "turned off" when facing conductor Tuan Anh. The plan of "using softness to fight hardness" using a player with the best individual technique of the Vietnamese team to confront UAE players with better physique and physical strength was successful.
Counter-strategy
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| Mr. Park Hang-seo had a flexible and excellent match. Photo: AFC |
Mr. Park fully understands that Van Marwijk is a specialist who always analyzes his opponents very carefully, knowing that the home team will take advantage of defensive counter-attack tactics with strength coming from both wings. The Dutch coach has recalled veteran Yousef Jaber, 34, to counter Van Toan and Trong Hoang, so at the beginning of the match, Mr. Park still instructed Trong Hoang to proactively "fall into the trap" so that Tien Linh can freely attack the center.
Talking about "wizard Park Hang-seo", Mr. Ly Dong-duk, a Korean citizen living in Hanoi, proudly said: "In 2 years working in Vietnam, he has led 54 matches of the U23 and Vietnam National Teams,Coach Park Hang-seo has had the opportunity to meet many famous coaches in the world. From Sven Goran Eriksson, Milovan Rajevac, Akira Nishino to Guus Hiddink, and now coach Bert van Marwijk. It is great that he has achieved good results, thank you Vietnam for creating opportunities for him to promote Korean football.”./.
