At 7:30 p.m. on March 25, the Vietnam team will play the second match of the FIFA Days schedule in March, its opening match in the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers, against the Laos team in Binh Duong. Three and a half months ago, the Vietnam team won 4-1 away in the group stage of the 2024 ASEAN Cup. It was also the 8th consecutive win of the Vietnam team against the neighboring team, with the first goal conceded in that streak.
There has never been a match where the "Golden Star Warriors" scored less than 1 goal against the Laos team, meaning that many people can talk about "convincing" victories because after all, the level and position of the two teams are different. At present, music fans also talk about "convincing", but in a state of expectation and anxiety instead of confidently affirming that. Also because the Southeast Asian champion had an unconvincing victory over the Cambodian team in the friendly match on March 19.
Moreover, looking back at the victory of coach Kim Sang-sik and his team against the Lao National Team in the ASEAN Cup 2024, many people agreed that it was not convincing. Agreeing with the fact that the Laos team played well and unfortunately.
Ironically, in the current position of the Vietnam National Team, the "good performance" aspect - meaning good performance, is part of what fans want to see. Because despite being Southeast Asian Champions, the Vietnam Team could not demonstrate their "upper hand" position, especially without Xuan Son.
In a positive way, coach Kim Sang-sik is still hiding his cards, and the match against the Cambodian team to direct his students has not been fully developed - because it is just a friendly match in preparation. If so, of course, the team will have to do it against the Laos team, because this is an official match, of an important nature in accumulating points on the race to qualify for the 2027 Asian Cup.
It is possible to win, even win big, to make it easy, many people will say that coach Kim Sang-sik "only lost to Gia Cat Luong every fan"... Because he planned, hid a card against Cambodia, with careful preparation, causing criticism and criticism to be put in an offside position. But if they are so careful that the Vietnam team is considered a mystery to the Laos team, it would be a bad thing.
At this time, how much is won may not be as important as how much is won.
