SLNA players prepare to give more strength to coach Park and the Vietnam team

After a period of medical isolation due to being related to a Covid-19 infection case, 6 players from SLNA will go to Hanoi to join the national teams. In the Vietnam national team, they are Phan Van Duc, Xuan Manh, Van Hoang, and in the U22 Vietnam team, they are Van Viet, Mai Sy Hoang, and Manh Quynh.

Phan Van Duc, Nguyen Van Hoang, Pham Xuan Manh prepare to join the national team. Photo: SLNA Club. Photo: SLNA Club

The remaining players of the Nghe An team will be able to return home to visit their families after the quarantine period. Before that, right before the 13th round of V-League, SLNA Club announced that the entire team had to be quarantined due to contact with an F1 case. In the past few days, in addition to training to maintain their fitness, Phan Van Duc and his teammates have had a lot of free time. This is also an opportunity for them to relax before important goals in 2021.

Thus, with the late joining of the Vietnamese team, Phan Van Duc, Xuan Manh, and Van Hoang only had exactly one week to practice before coach Park Hang Seo reduced the list from 37 to 27 players to go to the UAE.

Phan Van Duc is Coach Park's favorite player. Photo courtesy of CTV

Among them, Phan Van Duc and Xuan Manh are sure to keep their positions. Phan Van Duc is one of the Korean strategist's favorite attacking players and is in good form in the V-League with 5 goals.

Pham Xuan Manh is a good option to replace Van Hau when the Hanoi player has not fully recovered from his injury. Meanwhile, goalkeeper Van Hoang has to compete for a position with very strong candidates such as Van Lam, Tan Truong, Van Toan or Pham Van Phong, so the possibility of going with the team to UAE is still open.

The presence of Van Duc, Xuan Manh and Van Hoang will certainly help Coach Park Hang Seo a lot in choosing people to meet the tactics being built. The Vietnamese team has a big advantage in Group G and can completely enter the final qualifying round if they play at their best.

It is expected that on the night of May 26, Coach Park Hang-seo and his team will fly to the UAE by private jet to prepare for the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers. Before the official matches take place, the Vietnamese team will have a friendly match with Jordan on May 31.

These three SLNA players and their teammates will face Indonesia on June 7, Malaysia on June 11 and UAE on June 15 in Group G of the second qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup. The Vietnamese team needs 6 points to secure a ticket to the final qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup./.