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Olaha Manh Duc and Vietnam's No.9 void: a passport does not score goalsOlaha Manh Duc's naturalisation paperwork was completed, and two lists change...
Olaha Manh Duc and Vietnam's 'Foreign No.9' Problem: When a Cheap Deal Becomes an Expensive BetThere is a detail few noticed in Vietnam's latest squad list: four new names ...
Six Goals in Four Rounds: Vietnam's Attack and the Unfilled Void Named Xuan SonThe ball came in low, skimming the grass, a short hiss that died against a...
Six Goals in Four Rounds: What V.League Attacking Form Actually Offers Coach Kim Sang SikMinute 71, round four. The ball travelled down the right flank on a low, driv...
Saudi Host Rejects 2027 Asian Cup Postponement: The Invoice Is Printed, the Calendar StaysThe Saudi local organizing committee's statement went out only hours after AF...
Vietnam in Pot 2 for the 2030 World Cup Qualifiers: The Real Variable Sits in Pot 3A Data Fragment at One in the Morning The seeding list appeared on my screen ...
Pot 2 and the Indonesia Trap: What the December 15 Draw Still Doesn't Tell VietnamOn December 15, in Malaysia, the draw for the second round of the 2030 World...
Vietnam at ASEAN Cup 2026: A One-Dimensional Attack and Questions for the 2027 CycleIn the eighteenth minute of the third-place match, the ball was moved to the...
ASEAN Cup 2026 and Vietnam: a tactical failure, not an accidentIn the 68th minute of the semi-final, Vietnam's midfield held the ball...
Vietnam National Team Gathers at Thien Truong Stadium: Tests Against Chinese Taipei and KyrgyzstanThe Vietnam national team will play two important international friendlies...
Vietnam vs Malaysia in the ASEAN Cup 2026 Third-Place Playoff: Experience Against a Naturalized SquadThe night Vietnam lost 0-2 to Thailand, I stayed in the studio longer than...
Vietnam at the third-place match: When the bench decides the outcomeAt the post-training press conference, coach Kim Sang Sik set down his pen,...
Viet Anh Reports Good News, Hoang Hen Absent: The Aerial Void Before MalaysiaLate afternoon on the training pitch, I stood at the edge of the running trac...
The Night the Stadium Emptied: When Vietnam Rises From the AshesI write this from London, where winter drags on and the sky is grey as the...
Vietnam vs Malaysia: When the Gap Isn't a Position, but a HeightIn football, people usually measure the distance between two teams by the...
Vietnam before the third-place match against Malaysia: When the squad thins out and the fitness equation reveals itselfI sat in front of the screen in Lyon, six time zones behind Hanoi, and the...
Vietnam vs Pakistan in the Final Group B Round: The Three Numbers of a Ticket and the Clause Nobody Wrote DownIn the last three matches I watched live in Southeast Asia, one behavioural...
Two Stitches on Patrik Le Giang's Left Elbow: Vietnam's Biggest Gamble of the Group StageIn the 52nd minute, while the stands had not yet settled after the opening...
Vietnam's Attack Down to Three Strikers: Reading the 0-2 Loss to Thailand and the Third-Place Playoff with PakistanIt was raining in Guangzhou that night, and I sat in front of the screen with...
The VAR-Disallowed Goal in the 67th Minute and Vietnam's Single-Threaded Attack: Re-reading the 0-2 Defeat to ThailandDecember, Bandung. I sat in the eleventh row of a half-full stand, holding tw...
Vietnam vs Thailand in Bandung: The 27-Match Unbeaten Run and Kim Sang Sik's True TestIn their opening match of Group B, Vietnam beat the Philippines 1-0. Three...
Without Xuan Son, Vietnam's Attack Is Clearly Weaker: The Harsh Truth in BandungBandung, a cloudless afternoon. In the stands, Vietnamese fans still held hig...
Nguyen Xuan Son and the Hamstring Tear: When Nam Dinh Reclaimed Control of a National AssetMinute 60, Bandung. The score stood at 1-0 to Vietnam after a first-half goal...
When the Anchor Breaks: Xuan Son, Minh Hoang and the Unanswered Test Before ThailandMinute 57, Si Jalak Harupat stadium. Nguyen Xuan Son lies on the grass, one...
Vietnam 1-0 Philippines: Dinh Bac, Minh Hoang and Kim Sang Sik's Game-Control Blind SpotVietnam 1-0 Philippines: Dinh Bac, Minh Hoang and Kim Sang Sik's Game-Control...
27 Matches Unbeaten, One Deflected Goal: What Vietnam's Win Over the Philippines Really RevealedIn the 25th minute, Thanh Long's pass cut through the Philippine defence....
Xuan Son injury opens door for William Minh Hoang: The test named ThailandI remember the way head coach Kim Sang Sik spoke about William Minh Hoang in...
Thailand Looks at Vietnam Without Xuan Son: One Door, Two ReadingsLate last Saturday, a Thai-language status update appeared on the Kiran Burir...
Without Xuan Son, Vietnam Exposes Its Real Weakness at the Back Against ThailandAt two in the morning in Barcelona, I was reading a Thai fan page. That page...
Vietnam 1-0 Philippines: Three Points in Hand, the Crossbar StaysAt minute 26, the ball struck the crossbar of Vietnam's goal. Three minutes...
Vietnam 1-0 Philippines: The 23rd-Minute Crossbar Matters More Than the 25th-Minute GoalIn the 23rd minute in Bandung, Schneider collected the ball roughly 25 metres...
Vietnam – Philippines: Opening Day Is a Trial by FireIn a dressing room with no audience, I heard a match that was never broadcast...
Three Training Sessions, Seven Missing Names, and the Hidden Move of Coach Kim Sang SikIt was a late afternoon on the training pitch, and I stood at the edge of a...
Vietnam vs Philippines: The Unknown Lies in Twenty-Three NamesWhen the entire commentary room said the Philippines was the lightest opponen...
Dinh Bac and the Vice-Captaincy: Vietnam's Personnel Bet Before the Whistle BlowsIn the press room in Bandung, on the squad sheet handed to reporters, a small...
Dinh Bac and the Vice-Captaincy: The New Leadership Strata of Vietnam's National TeamNguyen Dinh Bac sat down in a chair in a press room in Bandung, the brim of h...
The FIFA Window Opens and Southeast Asia's Throne: Vietnam Prepares for Different RulesTwo names in Vietnam's most recent squad list made me stop longer than the...
Vietnam vs Philippines: The 2026 ASEAN Cup Opener and an Unresolved Information ProblemMy Dinh Stadium, late afternoon. The floodlights are not all on yet; only a f...
Quang Hai Out of the FIFA ASEAN Cup: What Vietnam Really Lose Arrives at Minute 60In the 68th minute of the second leg of the final, Quang Hai stood up from th...
The Security Fence in Bandung and the Midfield Void No Fence Can Hide for VietnamBandung, midday of 24 September 2026. I am sitting about four hundred metres...
Vietnam in Bandung: High Fences, a Thin MidfieldOn the morning of September 24, 2026, at the training ground of Institut...
U23 Vietnam vs U23 South Korea in the Asiad 2026 quarter-finals: When the captain and the Korean press both remind each other not to be complacentIn the press room of the technical area in Japan, they asked Lee Gi Hyuk abou...
Behind the Security Ring in Bandung: Vietnam's Real Gap Sits in MidfieldBandung, September 24, 2026. To get onto Vietnam's training pitch at Institut...
Quang Hai leaves training camp: the No.10 void and the captaincy question before kickoffOn September 22, Vietnam's national team assembled. The afternoon session wen...
Quang Hai withdraws from FIFA ASEAN Cup: A structural verdict, not a curseOn September 22, in the morning. Vietnam's national team assembled at the...
