Vietnam team vs Thailand: Nguyen Filip takes Van Lam's spot

In the match between Vietnam and Thailand on September 10 at My Dinh Stadium, coach Kim Sang Sik There may be many changes in personnel, in which the goalkeeper position is almost certainly replaced by Nguyen Filip.

In the match against Russia, Dang Van Lam was the starting goalkeeper. In an emotional match, the goalkeeper born in 1993 made an unbelievable mistake in the second goal.

After the match, although Russian coach Valeri Karpin spoke up to defend Van Lam, his colleague Kim Sang Sik had the opposite opinion.

"Van Lam was under pressure and psychologically when meeting Russia. I understand this and I did not share anything with him after the match. Van Lam needs time to overcome it.",Vietnam team captain said.

In fact, coach Kim Sang Sik has calculated the goalkeeper position of the Vietnamese team at the LPBank Cup 2024 friendly tournament. Dang Van Lam and Nguyen Filip will each start one match.

So, it was not Dang Van Lam's mistake that made him lose the trust of the Korean captain, but his "part" was the match against Russia, while the match against Thailand was Nguyen Filip's. This is also how coach Kim Sang Sik used the two goalkeepers of the Vietnamese team in the match against the Philippines and Iraq in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in June.

Coach Kim Sang Sik affirmed that Dang Van Lam and Nguyen Filip are both very talented, "equally matched", so these two goalkeepers were given the opportunity to test their form. Van Lam and Nguyen Filip still have the opportunity to score points when the Vietnamese team has two friendly matches with India and Lebanon in October, before the AFF Cup 2024 takes place.