What scenario on My Dinh Stadium?

(Baonghean.vn) - To be present in the AFC Cup final for the third time, the Vietnamese team has 2 or 3 match scenarios. Surely the Vietnamese coaching staff must sit down to calculate and build a detailed plan so that when the players enter the field, they will not be passive.

“With an away goal from Van Quyet, the second leg of the semi-final at My Dinh Stadium on December 7th, the Vietnamese team has many advantages. First, they are supported by tens of thousands of Vietnamese fans in the stands, and next, the beautiful pitch will help the passing and short-ball style of play to be effective. But in terms of expertise, coach Huu Thang must calculate and come up with a specific plan,” commented commentator Dang Gia Man.

This morning, December 5, coach Alfred Riedl sent his troops out to practice.

In the worst case scenario, if Indonesia scores more than one goal and we only win by a narrow margin, then according to the away goal rule, the Vietnamese team will be eliminated. Or we only win 2-1 after 120 minutes of play and the two teams cleverly settle the score with a penalty shootout full of luck.

To win, the Vietnamese team's coaching staff must develop two scenarios right now.

Option A

Vietnam team scores first, winning 1-0. This is the “brightest” scenario in the condition that Vietnam’s attack has many players capable of scoring, such as Cong Vinh, Van Quyet, Van Toan, and even the back line. It is likely that Cong Vinh will be more of a “decoy” than a goalscorer, because Alfred Riedl will surely assign someone to take good care of his former student.

The key to this plan is not to be impatient, to protect the goal before scoring a goal. That is the extremely difficult point of this scenario, wanting to score a goal but not being able to overwhelm the players. If the short pass hits the wall with a large number of Indonesian players, then you have to save the set pieces. The long shot, another weapon of the Vietnamese team that Thanh Trung and Van Thanh both use quite well, is now the time to use it. Compared to Dinh Dong, Van Hoan has a much better "sneak attack" style, rarely attacking but daring to carry the ball into the 16.5m area.

If Vietnam had scored early, it would have been "the wind had changed direction", Alfred Riedl's army would have been forced to attack and Huu Thang would have had the opportunity to play his forte in counter-attacking. This was a rather tense moment for both the coaching staff and the players on the field because if either side made a mistake, it would almost be the end of the game. So if Huu Thang had scored early, he would have needed to change his personnel, bringing in players with a defensive bent and good ball control rather than risking further attacks.

If the goal had been scored in the last minutes of the match, perhaps millions of Vietnamese fans would have been overwhelmed with emotion and it would have been easier to preserve the victory.

Option B

The other team scores first. If Indonesia scores 1 goal, we will have to try to score a goal difference. In case Vietnam only wins 2-1 in 90 minutes of regular play, the two teams will have to go into extra time. If the match ends in a 0-0 draw in the two extra times, the two teams will have to decide the winner in a risky penalty shootout.

Only captain Boaz Solossa suffered a minor injury.

The scenario is beautiful but the probability is quite high that we win with a 2-goal difference against Indonesia. This can only happen if the team scores early and the strikers take advantage of the opportunities, forcing Indonesia to attack to find an equalizer. Or in the situation where an Indonesian player receives a red card, we have the opportunity to play with one more player. If this happens, the Vietnamese players will have a lot more confidence when facing Thailand, and will most likely be in the final.

But with the current defense, many people think this is relatively unlikely to happen. Maybe, the coaching staff will use players Minh Tuan and Phi Son who have been "locked up" for a long time, to play explosively, maybe.

For you, the fans who love the Vietnamese team, which option would you choose? Personally, I like the 1-0 scenario and the scorer is Minh Tuan, a goal dedicated to his father who just passed away./.

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