Coach Park: 'Vietnam team has kept its image against Dortmund'

"It can't be said that the result is not important in this match. We are the national team, we have to play to keep our image," Coach Park said at the press conference after the 2-1 win over Dortmund at My Dinh Stadium.

The Korean leader was also satisfied because he tested some players in new positions and they completed well. In this match, center-back Que Ngoc Hai played a defensive midfielder, while Nguyen Hoang Duc often stepped back to play as central defender and Pham Tuan Hai played as a striker.

Dortmund entered the game strongly, and it only took 13 minutes to open the scoring thanks to a close-footed shot from Donyell Malen. After the opening goal, they created more opportunities but squandered and paid the price. 36 minutes Nguyen Phong Hong Duy escaped to hit goalkeeper Alexander Meyer. The ball bounced off to the right range, allowing striker Nguyen Tien Linh to hit the cobblestone.

In the second half, the match was open. Nguyen Van Toan and Ha Duc Chinh faced each other twice but could not defeat goalkeeper Meyer. Dortmund also created many delicious opportunities, but twice finished outside when facing goalkeeper Nguyen Van Toan and once Ole Pohlmann hit the column.

In the 85th minute, midfielder Soumaila Coulibaly fouled Vu Van Thanh in the penalty area, bringing a penalty for Vietnam. Here, Pham Tuan Hai successfully made a shot into the high corner, setting the score 2-1 for the host.

Regarding the fact that both strikers scored, Coach Park said: "Tuan Hai's second goal doesn't have much to say. The player's life before the penalty kick is likely to be high. Tuan Hai is a player. When he was new, at the club he sometimes had to play as a midfielder. Now when he kicks on top, he plays well. In daily life, Tuan Hai is always prepared in good spirits, wherever he goes, he always does what he is assigned to do. I don't have to say, except for foreign strikers, in the V-League, it's excellent."

This match Dortmund does not have the strongest squad. They miss many pillars because they are busy attending the 2022 World Cup like Niklas Sule, Jude Bellingham, Giovanni Reyna or Thorgan Hazard, or injured like Marco Reus or Sebastian Haller. Therefore, coach Edin Terzic uses mainly young players to kick the main kick, including six players from the U23 age group. Only Mats Hummels, Salih Ozcan and Donyell Malen usually start for the first team, starting this match.

Before the temple's levitation of the temple, the fight on the U.S. yard has been compromised, it takes five minutes to fix it. And the referee then surprised us only for a minute. Mr. Park recognised: "In the game there's always a lot of variable variables, like there's a net, but this is an international battle, as if we're better prepared, it's better for now that I don't know, now that there's a World Cup, everyone who can make up and if we's much time to make up. Neutral lice must make up for ten minutes. "The Vietnamese Football must quickly adjust to modern football, to play with the long hours of compensation."

Mr. Park also talked about the prospect of Asian teams at the World Cup 2022. "Look at the World Cup 2022, we see some Asian teams have good games, like Japanese wins, Saudi Arabia is out of Argentina, clearly Asian balloons have moved on, part of the world's end of the world, and it's not going to say all over the desert, but they've never lost in the desert, but they've lost before the desert, but they've lost, but they've lost, but they've lost the desert. Because, the team's not too strong. Qatar in the Asian Award both Saudi Arabia and Japan but in the World Cup still lost. It's clear to play the playground in other stone. Experience is very important. Saudi Arabi, Japan, Korea has multiple international players. We want to go to the World Cup to experience. Qatar isn't short of money, but he's inexperienced. It's a lesson."

After the match against Dortmund, the Vietnamese team continued to practice to prepare for the AFF Cup 2022.