Vietnam team's first training session in Oman on a rough field

The atmosphere ofVietnam teamquite quiet after the loss to China. However, coach Park Hang Seo and the team's coaching staff have provided mental therapy to help the whole team regain confidence and comfort.

Vietnam team had its first training session in Oman. Photo: Hai Hoang

The Korean strategist asked everyone to quickly forget the loss to China to focus on the upcoming confrontation with Oman, with the goal of achieving the best result.

Coach Park emphasized that this is the time when the Vietnamese team needs to show solidarity and the spirit of overcoming difficulties. Oman is a strong opponent and has home field advantage, however, this team also has weaknesses for the Vietnamese team to exploit.

Coach Park Hang Seo asked the whole team to focus on the match against Oman. Photo: Hai Hoang

After being encouraged by Coach Park Hang Seo and directly training with his players, the first training session of the Vietnam team in Muscat recorded the efforts and concentration of the players. All understood that only by overcoming their own limits could they think of achieving good results against opponents with a higher level of assessment, Oman.

Que Ngoc Hai has a slight pain. Photo: Hai Hoang

In the first training session in Oman, captain Que Ngoc Hai had to practice separately because he showed signs of pain. Tuan Anh's knee was wrapped in bandages.

While the training sessions of the Vietnamese team in the UAE took place on the Sharjar secondary field with a fairly good quality of grass, the secondary field arranged by the match organizers was quite bad. According to the requirements of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the training field of each host team must also meet the conditions at a level almost similar to the main field (no need for stands and modern functional rooms but the grass must be similar to the grass of the main field).

The quality of the grass on the training ground of the Vietnam team in Oman.

However, the grass on the training ground of the Vietnamese team is shocking because many areas are uneven and bumpy. Some areas have withered grass as if it has not been cared for for a long time. The field is patchy, some areas are yellow, some are green. Some areas even look like they have been dug up like a rice field.

The pitch was rough so the Vietnamese representative had to work with the Organizing Committee. Photo: Hai Hoang

Good news for coach Park Hang Seo and his team when the host country's organizing committee decided to allow fans into the stadium for the upcoming match. Having fans cheering for the Vietnamese team will certainly bring the highest spirit to the team after two matches against Australia and China without spectators.