Coach Troussier: 'Vietnamese players need to practice ten times to score one goal'

*Vietnam - Palestine: 7:30 p.m. Monday, September 11, on MetaSports.

According to the 68-year-old military leader, Vietnamese players still lack many technical skills, but are partly compensated by discipline, hard listening, progress and desire. Many people hope that players will have clear changes every time they gather for the team, but coaches can only try to make as many adjustments as possible within their ability and time.

Coach Troussier said he tries to select players with more perfect technical qualities, and at the same time give instructions and orientation to play. According to him, the players understood the intention but could not execute it smoothly when on the field. "That is the difference between Vietnam and many football backgrounds," Coach Troussier said at the press conference on the afternoon of September 10 before the match against Palestine. "If Brazil scores one goal twice, Japan scores one goal three times, then Vietnam needs 10 times."

The French coach also affirmed that the work of developing Vietnamese football is not only left to the head coach of the national team, and hopes that there will be many coaches at the club level, training young people who can help players improve their personal technique. basic multiplication. "Professional tournaments need to continue to improve quality, clubs improve their stadiums, and players are encouraged to go abroad," he said.

During the June training session, Vietnam defeated Hong Kong and Syria with the same score of 1-0. However, Coach Troussier still receives many doubts about the ability to develop the two teams after past matches. The French coach said that no one is perfect, it is difficult to predict the outcome in football and took the example of Germany having just lost 1-4 to Japan in a friendly on the evening of September 9.

"The team is improving every day. I tell the players to always try and not give up so that when they fail, they won't be disappointed with themselves," coach Troussier said, and hopes that Vietnam will compete. better than the June gathering, but emphasized that from now until the end of October he is still in the process of testing personnel and tactics and the match against the Philippines on November 16 in the second qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup will be the time he uses Use the strongest squad.

Today the team will practice getting used to Thien Truong Stadium, before playing Palestine on September 11. In October, Mr. Troussier and his team will tour East Asia, playing three more friendly matches against China on October 10, Uzbekistan on October 13 and South Korea on October 17.

Goalkeeper: Dang Van Lam, Pham Van Phong, Nguyen Dinh Trieu.

Defenders: Nguyen Thanh Binh, Do Duy Manh, Bui Hoang Viet Anh, Ho Tan Tai, Giap Tuan Duong, Pham Trung Hieu, Que Ngoc Hai.

Midfielders: Nguyen Hoang Duc, Nguyen Duc Chien, Truong Tien Anh, Trieu Viet Hung, Nguyen Quang Hai, Pham Van Luan, Lam Ti Phong, Le Pham Thanh Long, Do Hung Dung, Nguyen Tuan Anh.

Strikers: Nguyen Van Quyet, Pham Tuan Hai, Nguyen Tien Linh, Nguyen Cong Phuong, Nguyen Van Toan and Vu Quang Nam.