CNN Indonesia
Sunday, 19 Nov 2023 13:03 IWST
The Philippine national team has just lost to Vietnam in the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers. (Doc. PFF)
Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
The Philippines will host Indonesian National team in 2026 World Cup QualificationTuesday (21/11), with the capital losing 0-2 to Vietnam.
This defeat occurred at the Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines on Friday (16/11). Even though they played in front of 10,378 spectators, The Azkals were unable to stem Vietnam’s power.
From this match, there are at least two weak points in the Philippines that Vietnam can explore. Indonesia can also do the same thing in order to get full points in this match.
The Philippines’ first weakness is wing defense. Being heavily attacked by Vietnam through the wings in the first half, the Philippines did not change their strategy in the second half.
Vietnam’s two goals against the Philippines also started from movements on the wings. Vietnam’s long cross passes could not be anticipated well by the Philippine defense.
Their second weakness is the coordination of the defensive line and defensive midfielders. Referring to the match against Vietnam, these two lines did not appear solid so they made several mistakes.
As a result, there were several coordinations that had a fatal impact, one of which resulted in a goal. The large number of players appearing abroad has not had a positive impact.
Meanwhile, in the previous match, Indonesia was humiliated by Iraq with a score of 1-5. After the match, Shin Tae Yong’s team traveled for more than 18 hours to reach Manila.
As teams that both suffered defeats, Indonesia and the Philippines were determined to recover in the second match. We tried to minimize the shortcomings of the first match during the clash on Tuesday (21/11).
(abs/jal)
2023-11-19 06:03:22
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