Nepal's Australian coach Ross believes that the last defeat against Laos was very disappointing. Now, when facing Vietnam, which is much stronger than that team, it will be necessary to improve its game as well. He says, ”We are excited to face Vietnam.” We will play for three points, if not for one point.
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The road is definitely difficult. Matt Ross, coach of the Nepali national football team, believes that the possibility is the same. Nepal is facing Vietnam in the third round of Asia Cup qualifiers on Wednesday. The Group F match will be played at the Go Dau Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City. Nepal is currently in South East Asian countries for two games. This will be Vietnam's home game.
In the press conference held on the eve of that, Nepal's Australian coach Ross admits that the last defeat against Laos was very disappointing. Now, when facing Vietnam, which is much stronger than that team, it will be necessary to improve its game as well. He says, "We are excited to face Vietnam." We will play for three points, if not for one point.'
He further said, 'Such a competition is a dream for any player and also an opportunity for these players to prove themselves by performing well. We still have a chance to qualify for the Asia Cup. For this, a high-level performance from the team is necessary. Nepal's captain Kiran Limbu is also enthusiastic about this game.
Kiran said, 'We are really enthusiastic when facing Vietnam. Our entire team has prepared for this game. We want to return home with a happy and positive outcome. What we know is that Vietnam is a strong team and especially their attacks are accurate. We will also be on the way to try for better performance, for our own results.'
Vietnamese youth team
Vietnam's South Korean coach Kim Sang-Sik has selected a 23-member team for Nepal, which is considered the youngest in the history of football there. The same coach has included seven such players in the team, who recently played for the U-23 team. For all of them, the opportunity to play for the national team is becoming for the first time.
Coach Sang-Sik's plan is to have the right mix of experienced and young players in the Vietnamese team. In Group F, Malaysia is at the top with 6 points from 2 matches. Both Vietnam and Laos have the same 3 points behind the team. After that, Nepal is scoreless. Laos and Malaysia will meet in Vientiane in the next match of the group on Wednesday.
22 years of waiting for victory
Nepali football has had the worst performance in history, and that is the Asia Cup qualification. Nepal rarely wins and rarely scores goals in Asia Cup qualifiers. One defeat after another is the Asia Cup qualification for the Nepali national team. Nepal will have to perform one of the best games in history to get a favorable result against Vietnam.
Nepal has won only 2 victories in the 41-year long history of Asia Cup qualifiers, if the World Cup qualifiers are to be taken from that match. Nepal's second and last victory was against Afghanistan in the matches that were played as Asia Cup qualifiers. That was in 2003. In this way, Nepal has been waiting for 22 years to win the Asia Cup qualification.
