From the coaching staff to the international team, the Vietnamese team suffered severe attrition

Reporter Han Bing reported that Vietnamese team coach Park Hengxu has announced the roster of 32 people to participate in the top 12 matches on January 27, basically the elite gathered, and the Vietnamese team also began to formally train from last Thursday. The Vietnamese team will train in Hanoi for one week, depart for Australia on January 21, and return to Vietnam immediately after the match on the 27th. Although the Vietnamese team has not scored 1 point in 6 games so far, like the Chinese league, the Vietnam league is also completely attuned to the national team. Last year's Vietnamese league was directly cut due to the new crown epidemic and national team preparations, and this year will also be postponed. The Vietnamese league was originally scheduled to start on February 19, but in order for the national team to better prepare for the round of 12 at the end of January, the league will be postponed by one week to February 25, so that the members of the national team can participate in the league in better shape after the end of the quarantine.

In this large list, Park Hyun-seok recruited as many as 7 newcomers who had never appeared, with the intention of inspecting newcomers. The Injury of the Vietnamese team still shows no signs of abating, with Russian-Vietnamese mixed goalkeeper Deng Wenlin, Coastal Defence goalkeeper Nguyen Van Zan, main defenders Du Wei Meng and Duan Wen Hou, 32-year-old veteran Nguyen Trung, midfielder Nguyen Jung Ying, Van Duc Huy and striker Van Duc Tak Trung all failing to be selected. Midfielder Nguyen Hoang Duc and main striker Nguyen Thanh Ling and substitute shooter Nguyen Van Quan have been infected with the new crown virus, and although it is estimated that they can recover before the game, it has seriously affected the preparation of the Vietnamese team. Previously, Vietnam's main defender Tan Ting Zhong was also injured in the Southeast Asia Cup, although he is currently recovering, but whether the injury will recur and how the state will recover is not yet known.

After all, the Vietnamese team has an unfavorable schedule for the round of 12, and it is necessary to expedition to Australia and then return to Hanoi to meet the Chinese team. The current injured players in the Vietnamese team are mostly the main force, and 3 people are infected with the new crown virus, so it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no new cases of infection. You know, the Vietnamese team received 3 doses of vaccine before this training, but it was still unable to stop the infection. Nguyen Hoang Duc and Nguyen Van Duc were found infected at their respective clubs, while Nguyen Jin Ling was infected after the Southeast Asia Cup ended, after the team holiday on January 4, allowing players to return home to visit their relatives. To Park's dismay, the 3 players infected with the new coronavirus are all from the offensive end, and Nguyen Jin Ling's importance to the Vietnamese team is irreplaceable.

In the Southeast Asia Cup, Vietnam failed to beat Thailand to reach the final, thus missing out on up to $100,000 in prize money. At the end of last year, the Vietnamese national team also bid farewell to South Korean team doctor Choi Joo Young and assistant coach Kim Tae-min. The 70-year-old Choi Zhou Ying has been in charge of the Vietnam men's national team and the U23 national team since the end of 2018, but now he hopes to retire back to South Korea to enjoy his old age. Assistant coach Kim Tae-min only joined the coaching staff in August last year, this time returning to South Korea as an assistant coach for the U20 national youth team. So far, 4 Korean assistant coaches in Park Hyun-su's coaching staff have left the team so far last year.

The Vietnamese team has changed from coaching staff to national team members, which has affected the team's preparation to some extent, but the Vietnamese team will gain more fan support at home. Vietnam's national people attach great importance to the Sino-Vietnamese battle on February 1, last November against Japan, Saudi Arabia when the two home stadiums, the Mei Dinh Stadium only allowed 30% of the stadium capacity to enter, but against the Chinese team, the stadium capacity was allowed to rise to 50%, then 20,000 fans will be allowed to enter the stadium to cheer for the Vietnamese team. Vietnamese media stressed that the goal of the Vietnamese team against the Sino-Vietnamese battle is still to take all 3 points, and believes that this will be the only chance for vietnam to win in the round of 12.