On December 13, Beijing time, after just beating Malaysia in the Southeast Asian Championship, the Vietnamese media said they were not satisfied. Since this competition is not an international A-level event, the victory brings little points to the Vietnamese team, even if it is a big victory over the opponent by 3 goals.
Vietnamese media pointed out that in the past 5 years, Mr. Park's team has been hovering between 90-99 in the world ranking. At a time when Vietnam's younger generation of players are rising, the Vietnamese team should go one step further and strive to improve its FIFA ranking again.
The Vietnamese team, which returned from the World Preliminary Round, won consecutive victories in Southeast Asia. They beat Laos and Malaysia respectively, and the possibility of qualifying is very high.
However, even if they beat their opponents by 3 goals, Vietnam's international points rose by less than 3 points (2.92 points). That allowed them to overtake the Palestinian team to 98th place. Palestine also played well in the Arab Cup, drawing with Saudi Arabia, who finished first in Group B of the World Preliminary Round.
In the next matches, the Vietnamese team will also face Indonesia and Cambodia, and once they win, their points will increase. However, it is difficult to surpass Lebanon in 95th place and Kyrgyzstan in 96th place. The lead of these two teams is still about 20 points.
The Vietnamese media still made a euphemistic criticism of the team's head coach Park Hengxu. They believe that after Mr. Park commanded the Vietnamese team, the performance of the youth team improved significantly. But Vietnam's FIFA ranking has always been outside the 90th place. The previous ranking of 99th place is the worst ranking of the Vietnamese team in the past three years.
In the past two Southeast Asian Championships, The Vietnamese team has won the final championship. Even the Thai team, the boss of Southeast Asia, is now difficult to become a rival to the Vietnamese team.
Unlike the scenery in Southeast Asia, the Vietnamese team suffered seven consecutive defeats in the World Preliminary Tournament. In the final round of the group stage, they lost to the United Arab Emirates, and after the 6 rounds of 12, they did not score a single point. Vietnam not only lost, but every away game, conceded 3 points.
Due to the outstanding achievements of the youth team, the Vietnamese team especially wanted to prove itself.
In addition to the World Preliminary Rounds, FIFA points, they also value. However, with the exception of their opponents in Southeast Asia, Vietnam's team has lost more than it has won less than it has suffered in the World Preliminary Tournament.
Not only have they failed to defeat the national football team once, but Saudi Arabia, Australia, Japan and other teams are all mountains in front of them. After briefly beating the second team of the UAE and other teams at the Asian Games, the Vietnamese team was originally full of confidence. But back in the World Preliminary Round, the Asian Cup and other competitions, the strong physical advantage of the West Asian team almost crushed the small-bodied Vietnamese defenders.
In the loss to Oman, the opponent took advantage of his physical strength and corner precision to send the ball into the door of the Vietnamese team three times.
Football is highly competitive and it is easier for any team to make it into the top 100 of the world rankings. But after that, if the team wants to continue to improve the ranking, it needs the accumulation of many factors such as youth training, leagues, and funds.
In recent years, the progress of the Vietnamese team is actually not small. But even so, they are still not satisfied. On the contrary, the national football team briefly reached more than 40 during the Horton and Milu periods. But now, they hover between 70-90 all year round.
If a team doesn't improve for a long time, they can easily be overtaken.
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