International Friendly: China vs Vietnam! Many key Vietnamese players absent, how many goals will China score?

Today’s first topic isthe international friendly: China National Team vs Vietnam!

Hey, facing Vietnam again, the game we lost on Lunar New Year’s Day last year should be reclaimed now, right?

What? You say Vietnam has made great progress and is difficult to deal with?

Don’t worry, Vietnam has three major weaknesses, let me explain them to you.

The first weakness of Vietnam is an incomplete lineup.

Their head coach Troussier said,against our national team, they will probably field 40% to 50% young players.

Why do they do this?

Because many of their key players cannot arrive on timesince four of their top domestic clubs are either playing in the AFC Champions League or the domestic Super Cup, making it hard for players to join promptly.

Famous players like Nguyen Cong Phuong, and Huynh Tuan Tai who always scored against us in the World Cup qualifiers, among many others, cannot come.

This results inthem bringing a large number of young players this time, including 12 under 22 years old and even two under 20.

Let’s not talk about technique or experience, just the most obvious physical confrontation.

The physical strength of young players is far weaker than that of mature players.A few days ago, we discussed the Asian Games Round of 16 where China faced Qatar; Qatar’s entire team was under 22, averaging 4 years younger than ours, and when they clashed, they couldn’t even stand firm. The same happened in the Asian Games final between Korea and Japan, where those student players from Japan were easily knocked down and couldn’t compete.

Old fans know well that when we played Southeast Asian teams in the past, our height and physical strength advantage was very obvious: just hold them off and head the ball in, they had no way to respond.

Although their physical condition has improved in recent years, in important matches they don’t dare to field young players; they always rely on mature players.

For example, in the match they won against us on Lunar New Year’s Day, all 11 starters were over 25 years old, none under 25, all Vietnam’s best mature players.

Now with so many young players, they might be coming to lose.

Vietnam’s second weakness is insufficient training and poor player condition.

At this point in time, it’s quite awkward for Vietnam,because it’s right at the end of their off-season.

Their last domestic league season ended on August 27, but the new season hasn’t started yet.

With a month and a half without official matches, the players are out of form.

Look at their top club Hanoi FC, they just got beaten 6-0 by Urawa Reds a few days ago, a humiliating defeat.

Moreover, their pre-match training in Dalian has not gone smoothly.

First, they complained about the cold weather, around 7 to 10 degrees Celsius.

Friends from northern China might laugh—this is not really cold, right?

But for friends from Hainan, 8 to 10 degrees is very cold.

Vietnam is a tropical country, much hotter than Hainan in most regions, so their players definitely feel cold.

Then their pre-match training was interrupted by heavy rain, forcing an early end to practice.

They were already lacking form, and this made things worse.

The third weakness is an ineffective coach.

The previous coach Park Hang-seo who led them to beat us has left—he was known as a “coach terminator,” having dismissed 8 head coaches during his tenure by exploiting opponents’ carelessness with defensive counterattacks.

The new coach Troussier (nicknamed the White Wizard) should be familiar to Shenzhen fans,because he once caused Shenzhen Ruby huge trouble: in 2011 he led Shenzhen to finish last and be relegated to China League One, and in 2013 he coached them to become the worst defensive team in the league,conceding an average of 1.9 goals per game, far worse than other teams.

He also once coached against China’s national teamand failed to win—that was in 2000, when he coached Japan at home and was held to a goalless draw by China.

He couldn’t beat China coaching Japan, and now he’s coaching Vietnam? Plus with many key players missing and poor training?

Overall, although the Chinese team’s recent performance is average, Vietnam’s situation is truly poor this time.

The revenge-driven Chinese team—can they make fans laugh with joy? What do you think? I’m looking forward to their victory!

Alright, for today’s other matches, I will still provide written analysis for you this evening. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. “Watch the game clearly,” see you then!

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