Winning the gold medal at the 30th SEA Games, Vietnamese football is facing many difficulties after achieving this historic achievement, just like Thailand experienced 2 years ago.

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2019 can be considered a great year for Vietnamese football.

It seemed that the achievements in the Philippines would help Vietnamese football prosper and achieve more success in 2020, but a series of bad luck came to coach Park Hang Seo and his team.

First of all, U23 Vietnam played unsuccessfully at the U23 Asian Finals when they were eliminated right from the group stage.

Next, the preparation process for the match with Malaysia in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in Asia also encountered many difficulties.

Unhappy news has continuously happened to coach Park Hang Seo and his team over the past 2 months.

Previously, Thai football also fell into a similar situation to Vietnam.

It also started with U23 Thailand being eliminated right from the group stage of the 2018 U23 Asian Finals in Changzhou with 3 losses.

Until now, despite inviting a world-class strategist like coach Akira Nishino to lead, Thai football has still not been able to regain its original position.

It can be seen that what Vietnamese football is experiencing in early 2020 is very similar to Thailand’s in 2018. Football in the land of the Golden Temple has gone downhill after winning the gold medal at the 29th SEA Games, will coach Park Hang Seo and his team overcome it?

Vietnam national team will have two very important goals in 2020: to enter the final qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup and defend the championship at the AFF Cup 2020. This is the time when coach Park Hang Seo’s talent needs to be developed.