Viet Nam needs a minimum 1-0 result against Indonesia today to reach the finals of the ASEAN Football Federation Cup after waiting for nearly 10 years.
The Viet Nam national football team''s Japanese coach
Toshiya Miura yesterday inducted four U23 players into the national
team to prepare for the 2018 FIFA World Cup''s Asian Zone Qualifiers.
Despite falling short in the semi-finals of the 2014
AFF Suzuki Cup, Viet Nam''s national football team would still receive a
bonus of VND5 billion (US$240,000), the Viet Nam Football Federation
(VFF) has confirmed.
Defending V-League champions Becamex Binh Duong hope they will lift the
National Super Cup''s trophy for the third time when they meet National
Cup winners Hai Phong in Binh Duong''s Go Dau Stadium on Saturday.
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.
A late surge from Thailand gave them a fourth Asean
Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup triumph on Saturday night, after a
thrilling second leg of the final in Kuala Lumpur.
Defender Le Phuoc Tu has decided to quit the national football team
after they lost to Malaysia 4-2 in the second leg of the ASEAN Football
Federation – Suzuki Cup semi-final at My Dinh Stadium on Thursday.
Malaysia''s Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin yesterday
condemned home fans and apologised to Vietnamese supporters following
the violent attacks during the ASEAN Football Federation-Suzuki Cup
semi-final match in Selangor.
Coach Toshyia Miura said he came to Malaysia to win. Those words came
true as Viet Nam scored a 2-1 victory over the hosts yesterday during
the ASEAN Football Federation-Suzuki Cup''s semi-final first leg match in
Selangor.
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.
Two Vietnamese players have been nominated for the ASEAN Football
Federation-Suzuki Cup 2014 Best Player Award in an online contest
organised by the Malaysian edition of goal.com.
Coach Toshyia Miura believes that even though Malaysia are strong team,
Viet Nam will still emerge the winner in the semi-final match of the
ASEAN Football Federation-Suzuki Cup this weekend.
Thailand came from behind yesterday to beat Malaysia 3-2 to become the
first team in Group B to reach the semi-finals of the ASEAN Football
Federation-Suzuki Cup in Singapore.
