Substitute Tran Phi Son scored a crucial goal during
the third injury time to help Viet Nam seal a 2-1 win over Chinese
Taipei in the 2018 FIFA World Cup/2019 AFC Asian Cup joint-qualifiers
yesterday.
Pham Thanh Luong of Ha Noi yesterday beat his teammate Nguyen Van Quyet
and Le Cong Vinh of Binh Duong to win the Golden Ball Award for the
best Vietnamese footballer of the year.
With the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup done and dusted, the Malaysian edition of fourfourtwo.com has picked its team of the tournament, singling out Vietnamese footballers Le Cong Vinh and Pham Thanh Luong.
The Vietnamese team are worried that the hometown crowd would again use
flares and laser pointers against them in the AFF Suzuki Cup semi-final
match in Malaysia tomorrow.
National team midfielder Pham Thanh Luong and
goalkeeper Dang Thi Kieu Trinh yesterday won their first Golden Ball
awards for outstanding contributions to Vietnamese men''s and women''s
football during 2011.
