In the latest blow to the South Korean, left-back Đoàn Văn Hậu suffered a knee injury when he was playing for SC Heerenveen’s Jong Heerenveen during the Dutch tournament for junior teams yesterday.
Football legend Hồng Sơn believes Vietnamese players are still a long way off from plying their trade at elite European clubs, but says the domestic game is improving rapidly and one day a local-born star could be rubbing shoulders with the world’s best.
The second-round match in Kuala Lumpur is scheduled for March 31, but the South Korean coach's charges may not get much game time ahead of the match.
Vietnamese athletes have had an outstanding 2019 at home and abroad. Việt Nam News looks at the top 10 events of the year.
Lâm, who plays for Muangthong United, reportedly receives about US$11,200 per month, making him the league's highest-paid goalkeeper of all time by some way.
Việt Nam took a huge step towards the Qatar 2022 World Cup with a 1-0 win over the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday.
At present, the UAE are third in Group G of the World Cup 2022 Asian zone’s second qualification round with six points, behind Thailand and Việt Nam, who both have seven.