World Cup 2026 and Vietnam's dream
Before it comes to Vietnam, you can see a lot of recruits want to take this opportunity. Indonesia, from five 2018, has continued to oversee the largest events in Asia like Asiad, or at the level of the world as young World Cup of 2023. Only with the regional tournament, almost if no one wants to admit to Indonesia. This country football is constantly controversial in every event possible. This shows great ability and ambition of Indonesia. It may not yet spur the achievement of Indonesia now but it is an important element to complete the World Cup. The competition of Indonesian football for the last two years has shown no small challenges for Vietnam in the future.
Asian football attending the World Cup usually has only a few familiar faces, such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, Japan, Korea and later Australia. They are considered the Big 5 of Asian football whose level is almost superior to the next group. The expansion of the World Cup team makes the ability of the five teams mentioned above to be certain. The rest of Asia will compete for 3.5 seats, but in fact, there will be at least two places belonging to the group of teams with good qualifications, such as UAE, Iraq... mainly West Asian teams. . Thus, more than 30 other teams will compete for the remaining 1.5 seats.
So, the World Cup gains a great deal for many countries in Asia hoping, but that doesn't mean it's an open door. Even, in some way, the World Cup dream will be far away from the potential soccer floor. Because theoretically, as the possibility of the World Cup Cup is getting closer, rich countries will invest stronger for football, which will increase their distance to the countries without financing. The team will be stronger, and their progress will be much faster than the football sites still limit their investment. The priority is gonna belong to the West End or China... Qatar is an example. 20 years ago they built the Aspire football academy, its students helped them to compete with the Asian championship at the same time to be the Governor of the World Cup 2022. Maybe that's why a team of bubbles in Southeast Asia had to try to accelerate over the last time. In this race, slowing down is no different than standing there.
In terms of current investment and potential for football, Vietnam does not have much advantage, even when compared to rivals in Southeast Asia. Finance has never been a strong point of Vietnamese football. The V-League is not even able to increase the number of teams because of lack of money, friendly matches with strong opponents are almost impossible to organize due to lack of sponsorship and long training is currently too expensive. The only thing that we are confident about is that we have in our hands a generation of talented and inspirational football named "Park Hang-seo spirit" created since 2018.
If the group of players who made it to the U23 Asian finals in Changzhou - China has almost gone all the way to success, the 2026 World Cup dream will be placed on the shoulders of the next generation with leaders like Nguyen Hoang Duc, Guo Vietnam Golden Ball 2021 and is one of the stars who have experienced the young World Cup, the same age group of players who have just left their mark in the 2022 AFC U23 Championship.
Sublimation with Vietnamese football, as well as the Brand Ambassador of Budweiser Beer King - the sponsor of the World Cup 2022, Hoang Duc once stated that he has a strong belief that the way for Vietnamese football to reach the final round. The end of the World Cup is more open than ever, and at the same time, affirms that he will do his best to help his teammates realize the dream.
It would be too optimistic to think that as long as the World Cup increases, Vietnam will be given the opportunity right at the first tournament in 2026. But Hoang Duc's view is grounded, if the Asian Football Federation remains the same. how to organize the qualifying round as it is today. At that time, just reaching the final qualifying round, anything can happen.
There is still a period of nearly three years for Vietnamese football to prepare for this historic game by giving the current generation of players the best from financial investment and also the opportunity to play top football. high. Vietnam only has one Quang Hai playing football in Ligue 2, but if there are more players with better thinking and physique playing abroad, it will really create a turning point in expertise. The V-League environment is not competitive enough when the relegation battle is still the main concern of the clubs. The V-League will still have to spend a lot of time for foreign players, even if they are not of better quality than domestic players.
But, having a good generation of players is just a necessary condition, the most important issue is still a visionary strategy, taking specific and synchronous steps from training young people to creating a playground for the players. The player gets to play regularly. V-League must change the vision from the club owners themselves, they must put the interests of the country first before thinking about using too many foreign soldiers or not creating conditions for Vietnamese players to be free. play abroad.
