The rivalry between Indonesia and Vietnam regarding football is not only on the field. The media war is no less fierce. This can be seen from the soha.vn article of 5 November 2023 which commented on the contents of one of the Indonesian media articles.
In their writing they said that the Indonesian media carried out attacks regarding Doan van Hau’s injury. Indonesian media said that van Hau’s injury was good news for the hosts (Indonesia).
This makes soha.vn not accept it. Moreover, the follow-up article was followed by a series of van Hau’s ‘sins’ towards the Indonesian and Malaysian national team players. This includes the horror tackle which made Evan Dimas unable to show his best performance to date.
Apart from Van Hau’s ‘sins’ which were exposed by the Indonesian media, they also took issue with the news of Van Hau’s injury getting worse to the point that he had to go to Singapore for treatment. Moreover, the label of ‘cunning’ is given to this Vietnam national team defender.
In the eyes of the Vietnamese public, van Hau is Vietnam’s best left back for the last 5 years. His work always provides positive things for Vietnam. So it is not surprising that what the Indonesian media writes cannot be accepted.
Van Huan himself was last in August 2023. At that time he strengthened the Hanoi Police Club against Thanh Hoa. After that he went on a long break due to the injury he suffered.
Since van Hau’s absence from the team, Vietnam has suffered many major losses. After all, this figure was Park Hang-seo’s mainstay and favorite when he was still coaching. The injury he suffered also made Philipe Trosussier have to choose a suitable replacement.
However, for Vietnam’s opponents, including Indonesia, this is of course good news. At least it will avoid van Hau’s ‘mischief’.
The media war between Vietnam and Indonesia will certainly not end quickly. The reason is that this year the two countries will face each other directly in two important events, the 2026 World Cup Qualification and the 2023 Asian Cup.
Meanwhile, the conditions of the two teams are inversely proportional. Vietnam, which experienced a down season during FIFA Matchday, was in contrast to Indonesia, which was able to improve its ranking.
Likewise with player affairs. Vietnam is still struggling to determine which players to bring, Shin Tae-yong and all his naturalized players are ready to face anyone.
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