Correlation between Vietnam and Japan teams

Not only is the gap between the two teams now 6 points, but all the statistics of the two teams Vietnam and Japan are leaning towards the team of the land of the rising sun. More than anyone else, Cong Phuong is the one who understands the quality of Japanese football when he only sits on the bench in J2-League. Meanwhile, the current Japanese team is the best players in J1-League combined with players playing in Europe.

The rich guy

Transfermarkt total value assessmentJapan team110.1 million euros, while the host team Vietnam only has 4.58 million euros, about 27 times more. The average value of a Japanese player is 4.4 million euros, while the Vietnamese team is 199,000 euros, more than 21 times more. A very different number.

Vietnamese audiences will witness the stars of the Land of the Rising Sun playing at My Dinh Stadium. They are Daichi Kamada playing for E.Frankfurt (Bundesliga, price 25 million euros), Tomiyasu (Arsenal, price 20 million euros), Takumi (Liverpool, price 12 million euros), W.Endo (Stuttgart, price 10 million euros)... This also explains why the Japanese team is ranked 1st in Asia (28th in the world) while our position is 17th.

Many of the current Japanese national team players are former students of coach Hajime Moriyasu. Photo: Japan Times.

At the national team level, Japan won all 3 matches, scoring 6 goals and conceding only 1 goal, at the 2007 Asian Cup at My Dinh Stadium. The goal was an own goal by a Japanese defender from a situation where our striker Cong Vinh put pressure on him when taking a corner kick. Currently, Van Duc, Van Toan, Xuan Truong, Ngoc Hai and many other playersVietnam teamhas faced the “Asian Brazil”. Facing a team that plays technically, has a very good physical foundation, many players play in Europe, so the ability to read the game quickly and creative ideas are limitless.

Even in the 0-1 home loss to Oman, the Japanese players still dominated the away match. Missing too many opportunities made Hajime Moriyasu and his team pay the price with a somewhat disappointing loss. Coach Hajime Moriyasu also has a coaching career that is not inferior to Mr. Park Hang-seo, having twice led Sanfrecce Hiroshima to the J1-League championship. As a player (1992-1996), Mr. Hajime Moriyasu played 35 matches for the national team.

Brazil Asia

During his coaching career, Mr. Hajime Moriyasu led the Japanese U20 team to the U20 Finals in 2007. Mr. Moriyasu was an assistant to coach Akira Nihino, who reached the round of 16 at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Therefore, many of the current Japanese national team players were students he trained when they played for the national youth teams, such as Daiki and Tomiyasu.

The Japanese team is heavily influenced by Brazil's style of play, playing with a 4-2-3-1 and 4-3-3 formation that focuses on attacking with short, fast, low passes. Photo: Japan Times.

Coach Akira Nihino is influenced by Brazil's style of play, he likes to play with a 4-2-3-1 and 4-3-3 formation that favors attacking with short, fast, low play. Perhaps the Japanese team has recently used a lot of long, diagonal passes to prevent the opponent from advancing their formation to attack. The failure to compete successfully in the third qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia does not mean that their attack is weak. With 51 goals, after 12 matches in the second and third qualifying rounds, the Japanese players have an average of 4.25 goals per match, the best among all the teams seeking tickets to Qatar.

Coach Park and his team are facing a huge challenge at My Dinh Stadium. To get points, the players still have to have faith and make great efforts because in football, the strong team does not always win.