Surprised with ticket prices to watch U23 Vietnam at Asiad 2018

Specifically, tickets to watch football matches at the 2018 Asian Games are only 50,000 rupiah (about 80,000 VND). This is a very cheap price compared to the nature of a continental sports event.

For easy comparison, we can take the ticket price to watch U23 Vietnam at the international quadrennial tournament - Vinaphone Cup 2018 taking place in Hanoi as an example. Tickets to watch this tournament include 4 prices: 150,000 VND, 200,000 VND, 300,000 VND and 400,000 VND. It can be seen that the cheapest price is also more than double the ticket price at Asiad 2018.

Cong Phuong and his teammates will have the opportunity to test their form at the 2018 U23-Vinaphone International Friendly Cup.

Although the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and the organizers of this tournament explained that the above tickets are for watching 2 matches in 1 day. However, in reality, for the majority of Vietnamese fans, the greatest need is still to watch matches of the Vietnam U23 team.

Not to mention, because it is only a friendly tournament, it is difficult to compare the quality of the matches of the U23-Vinaphone International Cup with the 2018 Asiad. The three guest teams of Coach Park Hang Seo and his team are only the U23 teams of Uzbekistan, Palestine and Oman, which are not really highly rated.

It is easy to imagine that Coach Park Hang Seo will use this friendly tournament to test the positions of the Vietnam U23 team, instead of being determined to win or lose in each match. On the contrary, the guest teams also have less motivation to play their best and will definitely keep them.

According to the schedule, U23 Vietnam will play U23 Palestine, U23 Oman and U23 Uzbekistan on August 3, 5 and 7. The team will then travel to Binh Duong before leaving for Indonesia on July 11. Cong Phuong and his teammates will officially enter the 2018 Asiad with their opening match against U23 Pakistan on August 15.