Coach Trussier Says, Korea has Improved a Lot

Vietnamese soccer coach Trussier says, "Korea has improved a lot compared to 20 years ago."

An evaluation match against Korea at Suwon World Cup Stadium on the 17th.

The head coach of the Vietnam national team, who will play a friendly match against the Korean national soccer team on the 17th, is a familiar face to domestic soccer fans.

This is because coach Philippe Trussier (France), who led the Japanese national team from 1998 to 2002 and advanced Japan to the round of 16 at the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, is currently in charge of Vietnam.

Director Trussier, born in 1955, was naturally older than 20 years ago, but he still looked like he was unique and brilliant.

Coach Trussier attended the official press conference held at the Suwon World Cup Stadium in Gyeonggi-do on the 16th and said, "We prepared a lot against Korea, a strong team. 바카라사이트

focused on preparing for what did not go well in the previous games against China and Uzbekistan, but now we have new players."

“It’s a process of creating a team together,” he said.

Vietnam, ranked 95th in the FIFA world rankings, recently played friendly matches against China (80th) and Uzbekistan (75th) and lost 0-2.

Korea, which will meet at Suwon World Cup Stadium on the 17th, is ranked 26th in the FIFA rankings.

Coach Trussier, who took office as Vietnam's head coach early this year, said, "Currently, there are many new players in Vietnam.

I will learn a lot from this game against Korea as well as games against China and Uzbekistan and use it as a good foundation to become a strong team in the future."

When asked to compare it to his time as a Japanese coach, Coach Trussier said, "Korea's power has improved to the point that there are more players recognized in Europe"

"Continuing to participate in the World Cup finals is proof of this, and they are steadily producing young players with good skills."

“It will work,” he said.

However, he predicted, “The power gap between the top Asian teams and other countries is gradually decreasing,” and “Because it is easier to raise the lower-ranked teams to a certain level, this gap will narrow further in the future.”

He emphasized, “The match against Korea is a good opportunity,” and “We will prepare for a game where we will do our best rather than any experimental game.”

Defender Doduiman, who also appeared in the interview, conveyed the mood by saying, “Korea is not only an Asian but a world-class team,” and “all the players are looking forward to facing Korea.”

He said, "Korea and Japan are teams that always advance to the World Cup finals, but they are countries that give us hope because they are fellow Asian countries," and pledged, "We will do our best to improve our capabilities."

On the 17th, upon hearing the news that former Vietnam national team coach Park Hang-seo would visit the stadium for the Korea match.

Doduiman said, "Of course, Coach Park Hang-seo's coming is good news for our players"

"We will focus on the game and use what we have prepared as much as possible in the first and second halves of the 90 minutes."

“I will do my best,” he replied.