Striker Nguyen Tien Linh of Vietnam has been named by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on the list of players who caught the eyes of Asian football fans on Matchday Five in Round 2 for the FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Vietnam proved the biggest surprise packages by sealing maiden progression to the third round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers, FIFA affirmed in its article summarising the second round’s results.

Vietnamese midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai and striker Nguyen Tien Linh have been named the country’s best players at the Asian U23 Championship in Thailand.

The Vietnamese men’s U22 team trounced Laos 6-1 in their second match of Group B at the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 30) in the Philippines on November 28.

The U22 national team beat China 2-0 in the friendly match in Hubei, China, on September 8.