Vietnam - Hong Kong (China): New enhanced version of Mr. Troussier?

According to the current FIFA rankings, the Vietnamese team is ranked 95th, while the Hong Kong team (China) is ranked 147th, which means that Mr. Troussier chose a not-so-strong opponent, with a history of 5 meetings with 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, so that the debut would be "smooth from start to finish" is understandable. Of course, the international friendly match after that against the Syrian team (currently ranked 97th) will be an "equally matched" opponent for Mr. Troussier and his team to prove everything to the world about the story of upgrading, after the many successes that Vietnamese football has achieved under Park Hang-seo.

Different from the long-standing practice, this time the Vietnamese team gathered for FIFA Day was “mixed” with the U23 and U20 Vietnam teams. The players were called up to train together, were taught new philosophies and playing styles, and played against each other…so that the coach could choose the team to his liking. The team considered to be the best will go to Hai Phong to prepare for a friendly match with the Hong Kong team (China), the remaining team will play internally with the Hanoi Police and Hai Phong, then the best team will be selected to play against the strong Syrian team before disbanding.

This process has brought some surprises in the eyes of experts and fans. In addition to the injured players being released early such as Hong Duy, Nguyen Manh, the fact that Tien Linh or Viet Hung stayed in the second team due to injury also shows that the coach has available replacement options both in the short term and in the long term. Is it not a coincidence that Van Tung, Tuan Tai, Van Khang, especially Van Toan, an unfamiliar name, are in the first team to go to Hai Phong? When Tien Linh, Cong Phuong are… losing ground, when Tuan Hai or Manh Dung are not too excellent, the "top scorer" of SEA Games 32 Van Tung can completely be the main player in the new dynasty, starting from the first friendly match?

Also while Quang Hai is languishing on the bench in the French 2nd division, no matter how "classy" he is, the process of returning will still need time, certainly after returning to the Hanoi Police with a "huge" regime. Therefore, new factors will have the opportunity to be tested like Van Khang from U20 up, who knows, even Van Toan, who has not been discovered for a long time, except for the French coach, to take a position in the midfield that is dense with candidates?

The above preliminary visualization shows that Mr. Troussier is gradually showing the shape of a Vietnamese team in the upcoming two opening friendly matches. This squad will have all the main factors from the time of Mr. Park Hang-seo, from the 2016 friendly match with Hong Kong (China) such as Ngoc Hai, Tien Dung, Van Toan and Tuan Anh (?) plus Van Lam, Thanh Binh..., the U23 Vietnam team such as Tuan Tai, Van Khang, Van Tung. It is predicted that of the 3 players playing abroad, although they are still sent to Hai Phong, perhaps only Van Toan will be the main player, while Quang Hai and Cong Phuong will have a hard time getting in and will have to enter the field from the bench, even very briefly?

The story is still mysterious with which players played well in the 2 internal friendly matches in the 2nd team to be added to the 1st team for the important match with the Syrian team? The writer believes that there are but not many? Because this is competition, a reward for every effort of each player. But few will be selected because of fierce competition, short time so it is difficult to prove convincingly to the strict coach? Anyway, this is a necessary way, especially for young players. Their opportunities will be many in the coming time, while the "fund" of time as well as the level of dedication of many seniors have come to an end.

Ngoc Hai, for example, has proven to be difficult to replace, but he is 30 years old, is playing inconsistently at Song Lam Nghe An and is not sure if he will play well when he comes to Cong An Ha Noi in the near future? It is not difficult to know that Mr. Troussier has always trusted the 22-28 year old players in his successful framework and scheme. In the step of raising the team, Mr. Troussier of course needs experienced veterans, especially in the beginning to lead the young generation. When everything goes smoothly, of course the coach will know how to exploit and promote new potentials, new factors that he has worked hard to nurture from the beginning.

At the 32nd SEA Games, although not successful, Mr. Troussier showed that he had fully promoted the strengths left by Park Hang-seo, but also quickly created his own mark with completely new names such as: Thai Son, Van Cuong, Minh Trong, Van Tung... This time, the coach again called up the young Van Toan to the squad, giving Tien Linh and Nguyen Manh a step back to "alarm" the necessary changes of the Vietnamese team in the new period. Let's wait and see what squad Mr. Troussier will launch, what tactics, and what specific goals will be achieved for the "new advanced version" in the match against the Hong Kong team (China)? We hope that all the predictions and predictions of the writer above are completely... off the deep calculations of the French coach and everything will happen according to an unpredictable and interesting scenario?