Coach Park Hang-seo and opponent UAE cautious before the match

Sharing about the upcoming opponent, the Vietnam team, coach Bert van Marwijk highly appreciated the playing style of the Vietnam team: “I am particularly impressed with the diverse playing style of the Vietnam team. We have analyzed the opponent quite carefully. Regarding tomorrow's match, the UAE team will try to show its own unique playing style. I can say that tomorrow will be a very interesting match.”

Speaking to the press, coach Bert van Marwijk denied the pressure before the match: “We have had a lot of time to study every aspect of the Vietnam national team and coach Park Hang-seo, but we cannot reveal much.

Despite losing to Thailand - a team in Southeast Asia, UAE did not show any anxiety before the match with Vietnam. We respect all opponents in the group, including Vietnam. In my opinion, Vietnam is the strongest opponent that other teams have to face. We are fully prepared and ready to fight."

Two coaches at the press conference this afternoon (November 13). Photo: Hai Hoang

Speaking before the match with Vietnam, UAE player Yousif Jaber said: “I think the entire UAE team has studied the opponent carefully and is ready for the upcoming match. We will definitely fight with all our might. The climate in Hanoi is quite humid, similar to the UAE and it rains. But that does not cause much difficulty for us. UAE will fight in any conditions.”

Responding to the question that head coach Bert van Marwijk could be fired if he loses to Vietnam as reported by the UAE press, player Yousif Jaber said briefly: “The whole team will prepare the best and be ready for tomorrow’s match. At this time, we will not care what the press writes. We wish Vietnam good luck.”

Coach Bert van Marwijk highly appreciated coach Park Hang-seo. Photo: Hai Hoang

Regarding coach Park Hang-seo, he said: “Every match, whether away or home, is aimed at winning, and of course there is pressure to win. The new contract takes effect from January 2020, so it has not affected this match yet. UAE just lost to Thailand, and their coach said the match against Vietnam was the decisive match, so they are under pressure.

Football has many variables, anything can happen. It is not surprising that the UAE team lost to Thailand because Thailand is quite strong. The result of that match does not affect our calculations. Vietnam wants to win the next match."

“The UAE coach is a famous person, leading the Netherlands to the runner-up position in the 2010 World Cup, and has led many Middle Eastern teams since then. He has a lot of experience. I focused my efforts on analyzing this coach's style. He focuses on defense, always prioritizes defense, and aims for quick counterattacks.

Coach Park Hang-seo has a way to deal with UAE. Photo: Hai Hoang

He deploys many midfielders in the middle of the field, he always analyzes the opponent carefully and attacks the opponent's weaknesses. UAE focuses on tomorrow's matches. There are times when they can play all-out with Vietnam, maybe at the end of the first half they will focus on attacking to find victory. We try our best to respond to each situation that occurs," Coach Park assessed Coach Bert van Marwijk.

Sharing about the cases of Cong Phuong and Van Hau, Coach Park shared: “They have some problems adapting to time zones. However, they have slept for 8 hours now, which is enough, everything is fine, and their health is good.

I will practice and test their performance and then decide. These two players have been with the team many times. I saw them talking and laughing with their teammates a lot, so there is no problem. In addition, Hung Dung has an injury in his hand, but the doctors said he can still play, it's okay."

Before the match against UAE, coach Park Hang-seo finalized the list down to 23 players. Accordingly, central defender Le Van Dai and Nguyen Trong Hung (Thanh Hoa) were the two players not registered.

Speaking more about coach Van Marwijk, the head coach of the Vietnam national team said: “The UAE coach has many plans, because they lost to Thailand in the previous match, so they are determined to win against Vietnam. They are missing number 7 and number 13, but they are well prepared for the match against Vietnam, they have many changes against Vietnam. This coach has the ability to create those changes. But we are well prepared to deal with them.

I would like to not answer about the possibility of the away team winning, because it is not polite. We just try our best to aim for victory. Thank you for the UAE coach's high evaluation of Vietnam, but we will not be subjective."

The match between Vietnam and UAE in Group G - 2022 World Cup Qualifiers will take place at 20:00 on November 14 at My Dinh Stadium.

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