Coach Oman: “I admire the Vietnamese team for its fighting spirit”

Sharing in the press conference after the match at My Dinh Stadium, Oman coach Ivankovic said:I have a lot of respect Vietnam team about fighting spirit and energetic gameplay. In the first half, I was completely satisfied with the performance of the Oman players.

However, the second half was not like that because I wanted my players to be more aggressive. Team Vietnam team We played really well in this half, they pressed us for 40 minutes, but the important thing was we got the goal. I’m happy for this win“.

Coach Ivankovic commented on Oman’s only goal against goalkeeper Nguyen Manh: “Fixed situations are always very dangerous. We practiced a lot of situations like this. Oman also has a problem with the free kick situations of the Vietnamese players“.

When asked about the quality of Vietnamese players, the head coach of the Oman team said: “I don’t want to judge any of your players. I respect all opponents. The Vietnamese team is a team with a lot of good young players, rich in energy and with a promising future“.

For his part, the only scorer of the match Khalid Al-Hajri shared: “This is a very difficult match against the Oman team. I know that the Vietnamese team is a very annoying team. The important thing here is that we have 3 points at My Dinh.

This will affect our ranking in the final qualifying round World Cup 2022 and rankings for Oman towards the 2023 Asian Cup finals“.

The Vietnamese team played hard, especially there were times when they pressed the opponent at the beginning of the second half. However, Oman showed great ability to take advantage of the opportunity when scoring the only goal of the game, after Al Hajri’s header.

This is a match where Coach Park Hang Seo did not have all the most important players when Bui Tien Dung, Duy Manh were injured, Hoang Duc had Covid-19 and Tien Linh left the field in the second half due to injury.

Losing 0-1 to Oman, the Vietnamese team is still at the bottom of Group B in the third qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia with 3 points / 9 matches. The Oman team of coach Branko Ivankovic firmly holds the 4th place of the group with 11 points / 9 matches.