Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
Coach Park Hang Seo called wanting the national team Vietnam strengthened by players who appeared in Europe after failing in AFF Cup 2021 (2020).
Vietnam came into the 2021 AFF Cup with defending champion status. However, Phan Van Duc and his friends failed to defend the issue champion trophy after stopping in the semifinals.
Quoted from Siamsport based on the report Thethao, Vietnam wants to strengthen the squad in the future by calling up players who play in Europe.
The targeted players are: Alexander Dang (Norway), Jason Pendant (France), Filip Nguyen (Czech Republic), Nguyen Hung Anh (Russia), Kevin Pham Ba (Netherlands Under-17), Eric Nguyen (Spain) and goalkeeper Dang Van Lam who is currently playing in the Japanese League with Cerezo Osaka.
The Vietnamese national team failed to defend the AFF Cup title after being eliminated by Thailand. (AFP/Roslan Rahman) |
In the report, Park Hang Seo recently held a meeting with the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) to discuss the most selective and quality way to form the Vietnam national team.
One of the solutions is to call Vietnamese players who play abroad, especially from Europe.
In addition, the South Korean coach will also take advantage of his connections to research and consider the calling of players from Europe.
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Vietnam failed to defend its AFF Cup title this year after being eliminated by Thailand 0-2 in the semifinals. In the first leg Vietnam lost 0-2, and drew with War Elephants 0-0.
The meeting with Thailand took place after Vietnam finished runners-up in Group B, behind Indonesia after losing on goal difference.
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