Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The Vietnamese national team are training in Hanoi toprepare for the upcoming World Cup 2022 second qualifying round.
"We have four purposes in this gathering. It is the first gathering fromlast year until now. The team planed to join several times but they were allcancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said coach Park Hang-seo.
“I want my players to redirect their roles and positions in the nationalteam. In clubs, players have their own duties, but in the national team,players must redefine that.
“After a year of hard competition, the players were all very tired. Although noone has been injured so badly that he can’t play, but they still have someminor problems. Through this training camp, I want to follow up and know theirproblems to have suitable treatment,” said Park.
The Republic of Korean coach has selected 37 players for this training camp, 12of whom for the first time under Park.
“I want these players to have time to integrate with tactics of the nationalteam. Each position on the field has a new player. I want them tocreate sound competition among players in the team,” said Park.
The national team will convene until December 28. During this time, they willhave two friendly matches with the U22 team on December 23 and December 27.
Vietnam lead Group G at the 2022 FIFA World Cup’s second qualifying round with11 points after five matches. They will play Malaysia away on March 30,Indonesia at home on June 7, and the UAE away on June 15.
In other news, the Asean Football Federation (AFF) on Monday announced that theAFF Cup has been rescheduled yet again, with the new date from December 5,2021, to January 1, 2022. Earlier, the AFF Cup was to be held in April and Maynext year./.
"We have four purposes in this gathering. It is the first gathering fromlast year until now. The team planed to join several times but they were allcancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said coach Park Hang-seo.
“I want my players to redirect their roles and positions in the nationalteam. In clubs, players have their own duties, but in the national team,players must redefine that.
“After a year of hard competition, the players were all very tired. Although noone has been injured so badly that he can’t play, but they still have someminor problems. Through this training camp, I want to follow up and know theirproblems to have suitable treatment,” said Park.
The Republic of Korean coach has selected 37 players for this training camp, 12of whom for the first time under Park.
“I want these players to have time to integrate with tactics of the nationalteam. Each position on the field has a new player. I want them tocreate sound competition among players in the team,” said Park.
The national team will convene until December 28. During this time, they willhave two friendly matches with the U22 team on December 23 and December 27.
Vietnam lead Group G at the 2022 FIFA World Cup’s second qualifying round with11 points after five matches. They will play Malaysia away on March 30,Indonesia at home on June 7, and the UAE away on June 15.
In other news, the Asean Football Federation (AFF) on Monday announced that theAFF Cup has been rescheduled yet again, with the new date from December 5,2021, to January 1, 2022. Earlier, the AFF Cup was to be held in April and Maynext year./.
VNA