Coach Park: 'Van Hau does not deserve criticism'

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After the victory over Malaysia, Doan Van Hau received a lot of criticism for the collision situations that were more drastic than necessary. The incident was so tense that the defender had to block comments on his personal page.

When asked about this at the press conference before the match against Singapore tomorrow, Coach Park expressed his defense of his students, saying that the 23-year-old left-back only kicked a bit fiercely, and did not mean to destroy or maliciously attack him. enemy.

"Kickball has rules and law enforcement, and if you kick the law, the players are gonna be warned, or heavier than being kicked out of the field, the football is different volleyball, there is, and I know a lot of people who are judging and understand why you've been in the ground. On the field, we must also understand that the players are always playing with the highest spirit. After all, the Codex was trying to complete the mission, not to harm his colleague. In the pros class, every player will be able to protect his colleagues, Vietnamese manager says, and twice emphasize that he's reminded her that he's experienced in the following games.

Vietnam topped Group B thanks to defeating Laos 5-0 and Malaysia 3-0. The team will win tickets to the semi-finals one match early, if they continue to win three points when facing Singapore - the team also won the first two matches - tomorrow December 30.

"Our goal is to win, every game is the same, even if we have to play away tomorrow. Both teams won two matches, so whoever wins will go to the semi-finals. I don't see any difference between the two teams. The difference is too big in terms of preparation time, because Singapore has to fly from Laos, and we fly from Hanoi. I want to get the best results tomorrow," added Coach Park.

Singapore pursues a policy of using naturalized players and has won the AFF Cup four times in 1998, 2004, 2007 and 2012. However, this team has recently declined. After three consecutive eliminations from the group stage, it took until the AFF Cup 2020, Singapore reached the semi-finals and lost to Indonesia.

Coach Park refused to compare the current Singapore team with the team that reached the semi-finals last year. He only revealed that he had watched the opponent's two matches and is not yet predicting which players they will use tomorrow, as Singapore has made many substitutions in the two matches played.

"Singapore seems to advocate defensive kicks with a high formation, and has many fast players. The Vietnamese team will have to prepare carefully. I see that the new team has achieved 80% of the requirements, and will try to complete it. improve the remaining 20% ​​of the preparation for the match in practice this afternoon," the Korean leader said.

Among the teams participating in the AFF Cup 2022, only Singapore uses the field with artificial grass. When present in Singapore, Coach Park had to let the players switch to using plastic nails. However, the Korean leader is not worried about this and believes that the students will adapt easily.

"Singapore has a very beautiful natural grass pitch. Last year, we played there, I don't understand why they didn't use it for this tournament. Kicking on artificial grass is easier for players to get injured, some of my players have played on similar surfaces, but some haven't. But I don't see a problem, the team has to adapt. I'm not a shoe expert, so I just tell the players. discuss among themselves which type is suitable," he added.