Head coach Park Hang-seo: “Vietnam national team will work hard to get the best result in the match with Australia”
In the press conference before the second match, head coach Park Hang-seo appreciated the Áutralia’s team as a strong opponent. He also affirmed that Vietnam’s team will continue work hard to get the best result in the match Sep 07.
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“Australia played eight qualifying matches [in the second round], scored 28 goals and conceded only two,” said Park, whose team are 17 unbeaten at My Dinh National Stadium.
“This a very powerful opponent. The players are all highly capable, have experience playing in the top leagues in the world, plus have good physique and are very good in the air.
“Australia are in the top five ranked teams in Asia, while we are the lowest [in Group B], so every game is difficult. We scored first in the last game but lost, and we will continue to fight again.
“Tomorrow’s match is also the first game between Vietnam and Australia at the [men’s] national team level, so it’s also very meaningful. We will do our best.”
On the Australia side, head coach Graham Arnold argued that: “The most important thing for me is we recover well from the game against China and we get ourselves ready mentally and freshen up for the game against Vietnam, and we go there and get three points.”
The Socceroos go into the all-ASEAN encounter on impressive form, having won all nine of their Asian Qualifiers to date, posting eight consecutive victories in the second round prior to the win over the Chinese in what is their best winning run since 1977.
Vietnam vs Australia
Venue: My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi
Kick-off: Tuesday, 19:00 (UTC+7)
