CNN Indonesia
Thursday, 21 Mar 2024 02:25 IWST
GBK ‘Full House’ Stadium during Indonesia vs Vietnam. (ANTARA PHOTOS/M Agung Rajasa)
Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
Vietnam national team defender Doan Van Hau admitted the horror of the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium (GBK), which is the headquarters Indonesian National team. Moreover, tickets for Indonesia vs Vietnam were sold out on Tuesday (19/3) so the GBK Stadium is guaranteed to be full, aka a full house.
The Indonesia vs Vietnam national team in the Group F match of the second round of the 2026 World Cup Qualification will be held at the GBK Stadium, Senayan, Thursday (21/3) at 20.30 WIB.
Vietnam national team defender Doan Van Hau, who missed this match due to injury, has his own experience playing at GBK. According to him, it will not be easy for the visiting team to play at GBK.
According to him, this is the most worrying problem for the Vietnam national team, because the Indonesian national team supporters will fill the stadium and scream throughout the match.
“I experienced that when my team and I played in the semi-final first leg of the 2022 AFF Cup. If they are not mentally strong, the visiting team will be overwhelmed from the first minute so it will be difficult to perform at 100 percent of their ability,” said Van Hau, quoted by VN Express.
Van Hau suggested that senior players could overcome the tension of the young players at GBK.
“Senior players need to guide the young players to overcome it. In the last game, I held back and I said to myself that’s a shout [suporter Indonesia] that was an encouragement for me,” Van Hau said.
The left-back for the Vietnam national team also reminded his colleagues not to be provoked by Indonesian players’ provocations.
“By the way, I still clearly remember the incident with the Indonesian player next to me suddenly ‘fainting’ as if he had been hit, and demanding that the referee punish me in the match at My Dinh Stadium in early 2023,” said Van Hau.
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2024-03-20 19:25:00
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