Why Vietnamese football lacks top strikers

Every transfer window clubs look abroad for strikers. The problem is development and usage, not talent.

✍ Redaksi BOLA24 🕒 2 min read 🏷 Premier League

For several seasons the V.League scoring charts have been dominated by foreign forwards.

The usual answer is a lack of talent; the real causes are structural.

Early classification of players

Players are trained generically until about 15, and few academies coach striking specifically.

Buying a proven import is faster than developing one.

Low blocks and long balls isolate forwards.

Bigger squads mean more minutes; dedicated academies mean earlier specialisation.

A 900-minute minimum for an under-23 striker would raise local scoring within three seasons.

Rules and coaching investment beat awareness campaigns.

One player in front of two centre-backs decides whether a team can attack safely.

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