Vietnam will play ’friendly matches’ to train for Asian Cup
The Vietnam national men’s football team will play friendly matches to prepare for the upcoming third qualifying round of the AFC Asian Cup 2019, according to the Vietnam Football Federation.
Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam national men’s football team will play frie𓆏ndlyꩵ matches to prepare for the upcoming third qualifying round of the AFC Asian Cup 2019, according to the Vietnam Football Federation.
The Vietnamese team returned home on March 31, after a 0-1 defeat against Iraq put an end to the country’s dream of competing for the World Cup for now.
The team will reconvene in May to play a friendly match with Syria, one of the 12 best teams of the 2018 World Cup’s qualifying round. The friendly match will be played at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on May 31.
After that, the Vietnamese team will leave for Myanmar to take part in a friendly football tournament in June.
The AFC event’s third round will include 24 teams, divided into six groups of four. The small groups will play home-and-away round-robin matches, and compete for 12 slots in the AFC Asian Cup’s final round.-VNA
China's Jiangsu FC are in Vietnam to bring home three points from the first Group E round match against Becamex Binh Duong in the Asian Football Federation Champions League.
Although chances of Vietnam reaching the final round of 2018 FIFA World Cup/2019 Asian Cup joint qualifiers are slim, it will try to beat Iraq in the final match of the event’s second qualifying round
Eight teams will join the tournament, divided into two groups. Group A features Vietnam, the Philippines, Sichuan Club (China), and Australia, while Group B consists of Vietnam U21, Korabelka Club (Russia), Taiwan (China), and U21 Thailand.
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Illustrative image (Source: baomoi.com)
