At the official press conference the day before there was a tense war of nerves, such as the controversy over the refusal to shake hands.
Vietnam’s coach Park Hang-seo (64) and Indonesia’s coach Tae-yong Shin (53) continued a tense battle of nerves, facing each other in the semifinals of the Southeast Asian Football Federation (AFF) Mitsubishi Cup ), also known as the “Southeast Asian World Cup”.
Vietnam and Indonesia drew 0-0 in the first leg of the semi-final played in Jakarta, Indonesia on the 6th.
The two teams will travel to Hanoi, Vietnam on the 9th to play the second leg, and in the event of a tie, extra time and penalties will determine which team advances to the final.
The away goals rule does not apply and the winning team will play the winner of the Thailand-Malaysia match in the final.
According to Vietnamese media Vietnam Net, Vietnam coach Park Hang-seo said in an interview after that day’s game, “The away games are difficult, but the players fought well and achieved the goal of the draw”. 30 minutes is not particularly valued because both teams have the same conditions.”
Coach Park Hang-seo, who led Vietnam to victory in this competition in 2018, lays down the Vietnamese baton at the end of this competition.
“Indonesia are also a good team, but we are stronger,” he said.
Coach Park Hang-seo won against coach Shin Tae-yong by winning 4-0 in World Cup qualifying and 3-0 in the Southeast Asian Games last year.
Then, head coach Shin Tae-yong rebutted at the press conference that followed, saying, “Vietnam is stronger, so why did they draw 0-0?”
Coach Shin Tae-yong, who finished as runners-up in the previous tournament which ended in January last year, said: “The players played hard, and although we didn’t win, the content of the game was good.”
Coach Shin, who wants to give Indonesia, who finished runners-up six times in his career, its first championship in the tournament, said: “I have coached the national team for over a year, and now Indonesia is no longer the Indonesia of the past.” he did.
When asked not to shake manager Park Hang-seo’s hand at the official press conference the day before, Shin laughed and explained, “I was going to shake hands, but manager Park turned around and I stopped me too”.
A day earlier, CNN Indonesia reported, “Coach Tae-yong Shin shook hands with other coaches during qualifying matches against Cambodia, Brunei, Thailand and the Philippines” and “but didn’t shake hands with coach Hang-seo Park of Vietnam”.
However, Vietnam Express said, “Director Park Hang-seo’s press conference started at 12:30 in the afternoon and ended in 10 minutes, so I didn’t meet director Shin Tae-yong, who was interviewed at 1 :00″. be the one to mentally shake Park Hang-seo before the game.”
/yunhap news
