The difference between coach Huu Thang and Miura

According to coach Le Thuy Hai, it is fair to say that coach Huu Thang's team played well within their capabilities and maintained a stable squad after the past two matches.

According to coach Hai "lo", coach Huu Thang did better than Miura.

“Playing with Iraq, Miura drew and Huu Thang lost, but we should not just look at the result. The main thing is about the players and the playing style, Huu Thang did better than Miura,” coach Le Thuy Hai analyzed.

Having closely followed the matches of the Vietnam national team under Miura and Huu Thang, Mr. Le Thuy Hai believes that each coach has his own point of view and way of doing things, but experts should be clear-headed and clear-headed to support the point of view and way of doing things that are suitable for Vietnamese football.

“It is true that Huu Thang lost to Iraq, and Miura drew, but to be fair, those were two different Iraqi teams. The Iraqi team that came to My Dinh that day were subjective, they were superficial, they had a poor diet. The Iraqi team that played in Iran yesterday, they were healthy and had to play, because only by winning would they have a chance to continue. The nature of the match was very different.”

Mr. Hai said that before the team went to the away field, he advised Huu Thang that they should not play small, passing games anymore, because Iraq would surround them, they were stronger, faster, taller, and had techniques that were not inferior to ours. If they lost the ball at home, they would lose immediately.

"Mr. Thang is aware of that and has instructed the players to play more medium and longer than in the match against Taiwan, not keeping the ball for long in dangerous areas, which is reasonable," Thanh Hoa coach commented.

With his observations, Mr. Hai "lo" noted that although the Vietnamese team conceded 1 goal, the defense system was stable. Although the opponent was superior in every aspect, there were still times when the Vietnamese team could hold the ball, develop the ball, and play small.

“I have to make this clear here, we should not blame the pitch for not being able to play as we wanted, and Iraq playing high balls is less affected. Iraq still plays deep, plays small, when they play deep, plays small, we cannot steal the ball from them,” Mr. Hai was not satisfied with some opinions defending the Vietnamese team.

Coach Huu Thang at the inauguration ceremony of the Vietnam National Team Head Coach.

Mr. Hai himself did not agree with the referee's bias towards the "home" team Iraq, especially in the situation of recognizing the goal. "It was a valid goal, they occupied the space better than Nguyen Manh, that's all. As for me, I think the referee's decision was too... loose for us. If he had made a tight decision, Dinh Luat would have been penalized with an 11m penalty, and Cong Vinh would have been given a red card for elbowing."

According to Mr. Hai, it is necessary to be fair to say that Huu Thang's team played well within their capabilities and maintained an almost complete squad through two matches, but we are still far from reaching the level of our opponents. "Don't fool yourself and fool the public with objective reasons, it will be difficult to progress like that."

“If they were better, they would have won. There is nothing to blame for this loss. I think Mr. Thang is on the right track. What is weak and lacking must be fixed and improved. It has only been two matches, we still have a lot to hope for in the future.”

According to Vietnamnet