Assessing the home team's performance against the Vietnamese team on the evening of July 31, the Singaporean strategist said that the experience of facing the Vietnamese team before has helped his students enter the game more confidently.
Two years ago Singapore met Vietnam in the semi-finals, so today we have experience to compete. As for whether I am calm, actually if I want my players to be calm to play, I must first be calm. I want to be a role model for the players and I have done it," coach Gavin Lee shared.
Faced with continuous pressure from the Vietnamese team, he highly appreciated the ability of Singaporean players to maintain concentration throughout 90 minutes.
The Vietnamese team created many uncomfortable situations. Although Singapore has not handled those situations, we can still move on to the next situation. We can calmly continue playing," he said.
After the draw at My Dinh, Singapore has 7 points after 3 matches and is temporarily leading Group A. However, coach Gavin Lee affirmed that his team still cannot be assured of thinking about a ticket to the semi-finals.
As I said, Vietnam is a championship candidate. We created many good chances in this match. But of course, I am not too satisfied because I want to win today," he emphasized.
Sharing his feelings after drawing with the Vietnamese team, this coach continued to praise his students as well as the fans who accompanied the team.
As a coach, I can't say much here. Today, we want to win, but I'm also proud of my players. The fans who came to the stadium today were also very worthy because Singapore had a good performance," coach Gavin Lee concluded.
