Vietnam Team: Must change and start with coach Troussier

Must change

In less than a year, Vietnamese teams under the leadership of Mr. Troussier suffered 3 defeats against Indonesia. That has never happened in the recent past, especially when coach Park Hang Seo was in charge of the U23 Vietnam team and the Vietnam national team.

The common scenario of the losses that U22 Vietnam and then the Vietnam national team received against Indonesia was either by a score that made fans regretful or in a situation where the opponent did not play much better.

But, no matter how regretful or even discontented Mr. Troussier is, the defeats that the French strategist's team has to accept are... deserved and not too unjust.

It is deserved when there are too many individual mistakes in defense, at the same time, they cannot solve the match by scoring goals and more importantly, the rather soulless attacking style that coach Troussier lets U22 and the Vietnamese team perform.

Not only that, the French captain's unreasonable use of personnel has caused the Vietnamese team to fall into the crisis phase as seen now.

Therefore, in order to avoid another defeat against Indonesia in the return match at My Dinh Stadium on March 26, the Vietnamese team must change. Or rather, change in order to complete the goal of winning to keep the hope of advancing to the third qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup.

...and starting with Mr. Troussier

All the problems mentioned above sound difficult, but are actually very… easy, if Coach Troussier changes.

Of course, meeting Indonesia at this time is not simple when the team of thousands of islands has too many quality additions from players playing in Europe. However, at least the change from Mr. Troussier can help the Vietnam team regain its image instead of being pale like now.

The French captain needs to frankly realize that his experiments with future personnel have not been successful so far. From Phan Tuan Tai, Minh Trong, Dinh Bac… have not been able to take on the responsibility of the Vietnam team.

The performance in most of the failures of the Vietnamese team under Mr. Troussier is the clearest evidence to force the French strategist to change.

Surely the Vietnamese team could be very different if they used veterans in the second leg, with their own experience and class, Quang Hai, Hung Dung, Thanh Chung, Bui Tien Dung, Hoang Duc, Tien Linh, Van Toan... would know how to defeat Indonesia.

On the contrary, if they continue to stick with their previous choice, it will be difficult for both Mr. Troussier and the Vietnamese team, even with the home advantage of My Dinh Stadium in the rematch on March 26.