Vietnam national team started the 2024 Asian Cup finals with a 2-4 loss to Japan national team. Although unable to win points, the performance of the Golden Star Warriors against the top candidate for the tournament championship was very commendable.
Similar to Vietnam National Team, Indonesia National Team could not make a surprise in this year’s Asian Cup opening match when they lost to Iraq with a score of 1-3.
With this result, the two Southeast Asian representatives shared the last two positions in Group D, in which Vietnam National Team ranked above due to scoring more goals.
2024 Asian Cup Group D rankings after the first match. Photo: AFC.
According to the match schedule, Vietnam National Team and Indonesia National Team will clash in the second match taking place at 9:30 p.m. on January 19. According to this AFC schedule, the Vietnamese team has the advantage of having more than 1 day off compared to their opponentsthrough which the players will have time to recover better physically as well as prepare more carefully tactically.
On January 15, if the Indonesian national team had to compete against Iraq, coach Troussier would let the main players of the Vietnamese national team in the match against Japan (January 14) stay at the hotel to rest and practice. Light recovery at the gym.
Meanwhile, the reserve faces and those who played little time went to the practice field to practice their tactics that morning. Coach Troussier and the coaching staff actively motivate his players and are willing to pause situations to analyze so the players can better understand their tactics.
Vietnam national team actively prepares for the match against Indonesia national team. Photo: VFF.
Responding to the press before the training session, young striker Nguyen Van Truong affirmed the importance of the upcoming match with Indonesia.
“Vietnam must definitely win against Indonesia to have a chance to continue to the next round”the striker born in 2003 emphasized.