Indonesian media: Vietnam team is no better than Troussier's time

Last night, October 12, at Thien Truong, the Vietnamese team once again brought disappointment. Against India, who are 10 places lower in the FIFA rankings, with home field advantage and high determination, Vietnam was expected to win by a wide margin, repeating the 3-0 result when they met India last year.

But once again, the players failed to show themselves. After a rather exciting first half, mistakes came one after another in the second half. The defense continuously made bad passes, the offense could only play well in the last 20 minutes when Van Quyet appeared. The rest were dribbling situations, lacking ideas from Dinh Bac, Van Khang or Thai Son...

This defeat received the attention of the regional media. In its analysis of the match, CNN Indonesia commented that the Vietnamese team should have performed better: “In the match at Thien Truong Stadium, Nam Dinh, Vietnam drew with India. Having taken the lead in the 38th minute, Vietnam was equalized in the 53rd minute.

The 1-1 scoreline has extended Vietnam's crisis. Since the beginning of the year, they have played 11 matches but only won once, against the Philippines in the second round of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. The rest, this team lost 9 matches, including 2 against Indonesia and the remaining 1 draw."

Detik Sport newspaper said that compared to the old dynasty, the Vietnamese team is not doing any better. This publication wrote: "It seems that Vietnam has not progressed compared to the time of Philippe Troussier.

With coach Kim Sang-sik, Vietnam has not won in the last 4 matches. Vietnam lost the previous 3 matches, against Thailand 1-2, Russia 0-3 and Iraq 1-3. The change of coach from Phillipe Troussier to Kim Sang-sik has not been able to bring positive results for Vietnam."