Indonesia-Vietnam friendly match: When teachers and students compete

(Baonghean.vn) - At Maguwohajo Stadium, Coach Huu Thang had the opportunity to face his teacher, Mr. Riedl, Head Coach of Indonesia. There are many such confrontations in world football history and the victory does not always belong to the teachers. The 2-2 draw of the Vietnamese team against host Indonesia is one of those matches!

Team Plan B

In his 7th match as coach, Coach Huu Thang applied the 4-4-1-1 formation for the Vietnam National Team instead of playing with his favorite 4-1-4-1 formation. Partly because the Nghe An coach did not have the midfielder duo Tuan Anh and Xuan Truong, and partly because Coach Huu Thang wanted to hide his secret weapon.

The central midfielders of the Vietnamese team are Hoang Thinh and Trong Hoang and the two main wingers are captain Thanh Luong and Minh Tuan. Playing highest on the attack line is Van Quyet, behind this player of HN.T&T is Van Thang. When Que Ngoc Hai was injured, Tien Thanh had the opportunity to play as a central defender with Dinh Luat, the best left-back of V-League 206, Ngoc Duc, was assigned to guard the left wing, and Au Van Hoan will play the right wing.

Goalkeeper Nguyen Manh continues to be trusted to stand in the goal of the national team. Indonesia was the team that caused goalkeeper Nguyen to make a serious mistake leading to a 2-2 draw at the AFF Suzuki Cup 2014 at My Dinh Stadium. Because he is allowed to replace up to 6 players, coach Huu Thang will give the players maximum opportunities to test their skills.

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At Maguwohajo Stadium, the home team had only 3 days to prepare, leaving coach Riedl with no choice but to bring the team that had just played against Malaysia to face the Vietnamese team. The Austrian coach chose a 4-3-3 formation to confront his student who was in charge of the Vietnamese team. In which, the role of conductor was assigned to Zamrun, the position of center forward was reserved for Dimas.

Just stop at satisfaction

Because the squad has many players with many years of experience in V.League such as Van Thang, Trong Hoang, Minh Tuan, Ngoc Duc..., it did not take them much time to assemble the squad. In the 4th minute, Van Thang had a right-footed shot from 25m away that broke the net of Indonesian goalkeeper Ardhiyasa.

Just 8 minutes later, from Trong Hoang's cross from the left wing, Minh Tuan rushed in and fired a powerful shot from a narrow angle, scoring the second goal for the Vietnamese team.

Vietnam and Indonesia have created two masterpieces. According to: bongdaplus

Coach Riedl, who knows Southeast Asian football very well, was not easily defeated. Taking full advantage of the bad pitch, the home team Indonesia played long, exploiting the two wings, the players were not afraid of collision. Names like Bachdim, Dimas, Solossa made Nguyen Manh confused many times. The home team's fast playing style made us unable to keep up and continuously made mistakes and in the 26th minute, midfielder Zamrun launched a right-footed free kick like a hammer from a distance of nearly 30m, scoring the goal to shorten the score to 1-2.

While the Vietnamese team was still stunned, Zamrun made a smart pass in the penalty area, striker Bachdim, unmarked, simply kicked the ball into Vietnam's net to tie the score at 2-2.

In the second half, in addition to creating opportunities for goalkeeper Tuan Linh, coach Huu Thang also replaced the "wings" Thanh Luong and Minh Tuan with Thanh Trung and Van Toan to create a new breakthrough.

Coach Huu Thang decided to put Cong Vinh in and Dinh Tung was also put in for Van Quyet and Van Thang to take advantage of Cong Vinh's experience to keep the rhythm of the match.

Obviously, coach Riedl knows that physical strength is still the weak point of the Vietnamese team, so the players Lestaluhu, Pradana, Ripora... when entering the field all performed "physical torture" on the away team. The Indonesian head coach continuously directed Ripora to focus on exploiting the position of "new soldier" Ngoc Duc guarding the left wing, forcing central defender Dinh Luat to come out to save the team many times.

The pitch was slippery, the ball was wet and the opponent team had the advantage in speed and physical strength, so despite replacing all the strikers, the Vietnamese team could not approach the opponent's goal. At the end of the match, Coach Huu Thang "risked" by replacing Hoang Thinh with Huy Toan to experiment when the team needed to play "all in".

Obviously, without Tuan Anh and Xuan Truong, our team still scored goals, but Vietnam's playing style appeared much more monotonous. Coach Huu Thang certainly has a lot of work to do if he wants to succeed at the AFF Suzuki Cup 2016.

Line-up

Indonesia:Ardhiyasa, Wahyudi, Rahman, Aryanto, Basna, Vermansyah, Kusnandar, Zamrun, Bachdim, Dimas, Solossa

Vietnam:Nguyen Manh, Ngoc Duc, Tien Thanh, Dinh Luat, Van Hoan, Hoang Thinh, Trong Hoang, Minh Tuan, Thanh Luong, Van Thang, Van Quyet

Score: 2-2

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