Coach Kim Sang-sik apologizes for not being able to beat Thailand
Coach Kim Sang-sik apologized to the Vietnamese people for not being able to beat the Thai team in the match at the 2024 international friendly tournament.
On the evening of September 10, the Vietnam National Team hosted the Thai National Team at the 2024 International Friendly Tournament. Despite their best efforts, coach Kim Sang-sik's players lost to Thailand 1-2.
Speaking after the match, coach Kim Sang-sik apologized to the Vietnamese people.
"Today I wanted a victory but I couldn't do it. As the head coach, of course I'm not satisfied. Recently, storm No. 3 has caused the Vietnamese people to go through many difficulties. I wanted the Vietnamese team to win to bring joy to everyone but I couldn't achieve that.
I have witnessed and watched many clips of Vietnamese people being seriously affected by storm No. 3, which is very heartbreaking. I am very grateful that Vietnamese people are still cheering for the team. And I am sorry that we could not win today."
Talking about the team's playing style, coach Kim commented: "The formation I used today was 3-4-3, which requires physical priority. The players performed the right tactics and showed their full potential. However, due to the storm, the match between Russia and Thailand could not take place, so it was impossible to analyze the opponents.
In addition, during this time, the players have not been able to reach their best form and best physical condition to play 90 minutes. The Thai and Russian teams both have good physical strength and physique. The Vietnamese players still lack that. If they train better, the Vietnamese team can also achieve such physical condition."
Meanwhile, coach Matsatada Ishii of the Thai team also expressed his respect for the Vietnamese team: "The Thai team came here to prepare for two matches, but only one match took place. However, I would like to thank the VFF for their efforts in organizing this match.
In the first minutes of the match, the Vietnamese team had good attack power, we conceded the first goal. Therefore, we needed to find the playing style we had practiced in the past time and we did that, the proof is that we won the Vietnamese team with a score of 2-1" /.