Vietnam's football team will meet Singapore in a make-or-break match inGroup B of the ASEAN Football Championship AFF-Suzuki Cup on Dec. 8.
The hosts, who lost 2-0 to the Philippines on Dec. 5, must win to guarantee a spot in the semi-finals.
The Philippines, who lead the group with four points, need only a draw with Myanmar to qualify for the last four.
Singapore scraped a last minute 2-1 win over Myanmar on Dec. 5 and willadvance to the semi-finals if they draw with Vietnam at the 40,000capacity My Dinh National Stadium.
"Singapore showed goodmental toughness to defeat Myanmar in the last two minutes on Sunday.However, we won't miss our chances to score the goals we need to defeatthem," said Vietnam's coach Henrique Calisto.
"We wereunable to score in our game against the Philippines, but I'm proud of myplayers because they fought hard during the match. They have workedhard since they helped Vietnam win the AFF Cup two years ago," he told apress conference.
Singapore's coach Radojko Avramovic said the match with Vietnam has been highly anticipated between the two sets of fans.
"It will be an intriguing match (between Vietnam and Singapore) forspectators, not for coaches. I think the match will be exciting, butvery tough for us," Avramovic said.
Myanmar meet thePhilippines at Nam Dinh's Thien Truong Stadium, 90km south of Hanoi,while Vietnam play Singapore in Hanoi, both at 7pm on Dec. 8.
Philippines coach Simon McMenemy said he had told his players to give 100 percent in the upcoming game./.
The hosts, who lost 2-0 to the Philippines on Dec. 5, must win to guarantee a spot in the semi-finals.
The Philippines, who lead the group with four points, need only a draw with Myanmar to qualify for the last four.
Singapore scraped a last minute 2-1 win over Myanmar on Dec. 5 and willadvance to the semi-finals if they draw with Vietnam at the 40,000capacity My Dinh National Stadium.
"Singapore showed goodmental toughness to defeat Myanmar in the last two minutes on Sunday.However, we won't miss our chances to score the goals we need to defeatthem," said Vietnam's coach Henrique Calisto.
"We wereunable to score in our game against the Philippines, but I'm proud of myplayers because they fought hard during the match. They have workedhard since they helped Vietnam win the AFF Cup two years ago," he told apress conference.
Singapore's coach Radojko Avramovic said the match with Vietnam has been highly anticipated between the two sets of fans.
"It will be an intriguing match (between Vietnam and Singapore) forspectators, not for coaches. I think the match will be exciting, butvery tough for us," Avramovic said.
Myanmar meet thePhilippines at Nam Dinh's Thien Truong Stadium, 90km south of Hanoi,while Vietnam play Singapore in Hanoi, both at 7pm on Dec. 8.
Philippines coach Simon McMenemy said he had told his players to give 100 percent in the upcoming game./.
