In the list announced by coach Kim Sang-sik, U23 Vietnam has 9 players with quite impressive heights, including 3 goalkeepers Tran Trung Kien (1.91m), Nguyen Tan (1.8m), Cao Van Binh (1.83m), 4 central defenders Le Van Ha (1.84m), Pham Ly Duc (1.82m), Dinh Quang Kiet (1.96m), Nguyen Hieu Minh (1.84m), 2 midfielders Nguyen Van Truong (1.82m), Viktor Le (1.8m). Vietnamese football has long complained about height and physique when playing on international football fields, so with these indicators - the first time in history with 2 players from 1.9m or more, the problem of the hotpot is said to be "can be assured".
However, football is not a problem with only 1 result and 1 way to win. The package is just one of many options, one of countless situations in a match. Even teams with ideal tall central defenders, "giants", still conceded goals from high balls as usual.
Therefore, for now, we should not "increase" or express excessively that this perspective will solve the problem of the match, or further the problem of the U23 team and further the national team in the future.
Because in addition to height, we also need courage and acumen in tactical thinking. Thinking is the ability to read a match, adjust position, choose the right time to make a decision, and behave under pressure. In football, as the reality of U23 mentioned above, height helps to compete in the air, but thinking will help make decisions more reasonable. Better physical training, careful selection, and improved nutrition are all correct, but without a solid tactical mindset and mentality, the height advantage is not enough.
borrowing the words of Napoleon Bonaparte - "A person's height is not measured from foot to head but from head to sky", implying that thinking - vision - will is the measure of success.
When many young players are older than before, we are happy, but we also need to note that the coach must "encourage" both in thinking. tactical thinking, reading, adapting, improvising... to play football intelligently.
Therefore, it can be said that if the physical shape is a house, the thinking is the design for that house to become more valuable.
