Coach Philippe Troussier will call up 60 players to the Vietnam national team

On March 1, a meeting between the leaders of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and coach Philippe Troussier took place. The two sides focused on discussing the action plan of the National Team and the National U23 Team in 2024 proposed by head coach Philippe Troussier, and agreed on solutions to help the two teams have the best preparation before entering the tournaments.

For the National Team, it is the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers in Asia, followed by the 2024 ASEAN Cup, which will kick off at the end of November. Meanwhile, the key task of the National U23 Team is the 2024 AFC U23 Championship campaign, which will take place in Qatar from April 15 to May 3.

VFF leaders acknowledged the recommendations from coach Philippe Troussier on the national team's work and supported the French coach's viewpoint on the principles of preparing and focusing on the national team when always trying to ensure a balance of interests between the tournament (V.League), clubs and the national team.

Coach Philippe Troussier said the most important thing is that players need to be able to play regularly, so domestic competitions need to be prioritized.

Therefore, it is unnecessary to concentrate the team for a long time because it will affect the competition schedule of the clubs. From this perspective and based on the actual conditions of Vietnamese football, coach Philippe Troussier calculated the time for each concentration of the team will be about 1 week before each FIFA Day. This time is enough to ensure the professional work of the team, while ensuring the interests of the clubs and the interests of the tournament.

Recently, coach Philippe Troussier has also assigned his assistants in the coaching staff to watch matches in the V.League to monitor the performance of the players on the list of the Vietnam National Team and U23 Vietnam, and at the same time look for new factors to add to the team's strength.

In addition, the French coach also went directly to Japan to check the performance of striker Nguyen Cong Phuong, who is playing for Yokohama Club in J.League 2, and directly met with players who are being treated for injuries, especially those with long-term injuries such as defender Doan Van Hau, to grasp the situation, or in the case of central defender Que Ngoc Hai, who is still not sure of his recovery to join the national team.

According to the plan, for the 2 matches against Indonesia in the FIFA Days in March in the 2nd qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup, the Vietnam National Team is expected to regroup from March 12 in Hanoi.

At the same time, the Vietnam U23 team is also gathering to prepare for two friendly matches in Tajikistan and towards the 2024 AFC U23 Championship finals. A total of about 60 players from the two teams will be called up during this training session.

Through evaluation from the training process, the players with the best performance will be selected for the Vietnam team for the away match in Indonesia on March 21 and return home to welcome this opponent on March 26./.