Ahead of their matchday three Group G World Cup Asian qualification encounter against Malaysia on Thursday, Vietnam boss Park Hang-seo has projected a more realistic outlook on the match.
The last time the two sides met was in the 2018 AFF Championship final last December, where Vietnam edged Malaysia 3-2 on aggregate. They had also met in the group stage, in Hanoi as well, with the Golden Dragons winning the encounter 2-0.
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Speaking in the pre-match press conference, the South Korean spoke of the need to rely on his two Europe-based stars; Doan Van Hau and Nguyen Cong Phuong despite them not having received regular playing time with their clubs and arriving to the centralised camp later than their locally-based teammates.