Japanese club brings many players to play friendly match with Vietnam national team

(Baonghean.vn) - The friendly match with Avispa Fukuoka FC at 6:00 p.m. on November 12 at Can Tho Stadium is considered the final test for coach Nguyen Huu Thang and his team before officially entering the AFF Cup 2016. Recently, the Japanese team has just announced 18 players that will be brought to Vietnam to compete.

According to information from the Vietnam Football Federation, head coach Masami Ihara of Avispa Fukuoka FC has selected the players with the best performance in the current Avispa Fukuoka FC squad for the first friendly match with the Vietnam National Team.

Avispa Fukuoka FC squad 2016 season.

Among them, we can mention the Japanese national team duo including striker Daisuke Sakata and defender Tamura. Daisuke Sakata is still known as a striker with the ability to finish with both feet as one. Sakata played for the famous Yokohama F. Marinos Club in 247 matches and scored 79 goals. Moving to Avispa Fukuoka FC since 2012, Sakata has also contributed 24 goals up to this point.

Que Ngoc Hai and the Vietnamese defenders will have the opportunity to face Japanese national team striker Sakata.

In addition, defender Tamura will also be a real challenge for Cong Vinh, Van Toan, and Cong Phuong with 38 appearances in the Japanese national team.

In addition, Avispa Fukuoka FC also has some very high-quality players such as Japan U22 national team player Hamada who used to play for the current J-League 1 champion Urawa Red Diamonds, the duo of former Japan U20 national team players Tsutsumi and Hokuto. In the midfield, the away team also has two highly rated players: midfielder Mikado who played for the successful Yokohama F. Marinos last year and former Japan U19 national team player Jun Suzuki.

In particular, Coach Nguyen Huu Thang will have the opportunity to face the former player who played at the 1998 World Cup, the head coach of Avispa Fukuoka FC, Masami Ihara. He was also a famous player with 122 appearances for the Japanese national team from 1988 to 1999 and won the title of Best Asian Player in 1995. Unfortunately, last season, due to his weak performance in J-League 1, Avispa Fukuoka FC was one of three teams that were relegated to J-League 2.

Although not bringing any foreign players, but with the above faces, Avispa Fukuoka FC is still considered to be a strong test for the Vietnam National Team in the friendly match considered the last rehearsal before going to Myanmar to participate in the AFF Suzuki Cup 2016.

According to the schedule sent to VFF, at 9:45 p.m. tonight (November 9), the opponent in the upcoming friendly match of the Vietnam National Team, Avispa Fukuoka Club, will arrive in Ho Chi Minh City.

Trung Kien(synthetic)