Football cheering 'accessories' sell well before the match between U22 Vietnam and U22 Indonesia

Hot selling football cheerleading gear

Products to cheer on the U22 Vietnam team in the SEA Games final attracted customers before the match started. Photo: Thanh Phuc

The streets of Vinh before the important match of the Vietnamese team are flooded with red flags, shirts, banners and even stickers cheering for football. Besides the shops and stores, many street vendors appear to sell these items to earn extra income.

Ms. Nguyen Hong Loan, a vendor at Ben Thuy Market (Vinh City) happily said: “My store sells household goods, but as soon as the U2 Vietnam team entered the semi-finals, I took the opportunity to import T-shirts, banners, and flags to sell more. With a large number of students living nearby, most of whom love football, often organize celebrations, and cheer for their teams, these items are quite easy to sell. In the recent semi-final match, the store sold 40 shirts, 100 banners, and flags of all kinds...”.

On sports goods streets such as Dao Tan, Le Hong Phong, Nguyen Van Cu... many items are sold such as: shirts printed with images of the U22 Vietnam team, coach Park Hang-seo; flags, banners... attracting buyers.

Prices of national flags, stickers, trumpets... also "increased" before the match. Photo: Thanh Phuc

According to the survey, the prices of football cheering items "heat up" by the hour. If you buy 1-2 days in advance, or buy in the morning, the prices are "softer": red shirts with the national flag range from 40,000 VND - 70,000 VND/piece (depending on size, fabric), national flags 20,000 - 30,000 VND/piece, flagpoles 7,000 VND/piece; handheld national flags 5,000 VND - 10,000 VND/piece; Vuvuzela horns 10,000 VND - 20,000 VND/piece, banners 3,000 - 5,000 VND/piece, stickers printed with the national flag and images of players 70,000 VND/file of 100 stickers. The closer it gets to the ball rolling time, when there are more buyers, the prices of items also "increase" by 5,000 VND - 20,000 VND/product.

A variety of football-related services

In preparation for tonight’s match, coffee shops and restaurants have also launched many attractive programs: “Drink coffee, watch football, receive gifts”, “If Vietnam wins, eat and drink freely, don’t worry about the price”, “Predict and get rewards”… At the same time, they have equipped “huge” projection screens, added more tables, chairs and staff to serve customers.

Coffee shops, tea shops, restaurants... prepare large screens to serve customers cheering on football. Photo: Thanh Phuc

Motorbike and car decal shops in Vinh city have also prepared decals with images of the U22 team and coach Park Hang-seo, the national flag, the words "I love Vietnam", "Vietnam is the champion"... to serve customers in need.

Taking this opportunity, stores, supermarkets, and fashion clothing shops also have "follow-up" services to promote their brands: Giving gifts to "customers" who buy products and predict the match score; Discounts for customers whose names match the names of U22 Vietnam players...