Que Ngoc Hai and Trong Hoang sent meaningful wishes from Thailand, hoping their homeland would be free of the epidemic.

After completing his stint in the national team,Que Ngoc Haiand Trong Hoang have traveled to Thailand to participate in the AFC Champions League 2021. Here, the two national players are quarantined at a hotel and waiting to join the Viettel Club. When they heard that the epidemic was getting complicated in their hometown, Que Ngoc Hai and Trong Hoang shared their hopes that their hometown would soon push back the epidemic, so that life could return to normal.

Que Ngoc Hai hopes his hometown will push back the epidemic. Photo: Hai Hoang

National Team Captain Que Ngoc Hai said: "Knowing that the epidemic was getting complicated in Nghe An, I was very worried and called home frequently. Because I live far away, I can only remind my family members to do a good job of preventing the epidemic and limit going out if not necessary. Although there are only two of us, mother and child, fortunately, both paternal and maternal grandparents live nearby, so they can support me a lot and worry less."

Que Ngoc Hai and Trong Hoang sent their thanks to the audience in their home province. Photo: Hai Hoang

When asked about the success of the Vietnamese team in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in Asia, Que Ngoc Hai added: "The whole team is determined to achieve the best results, and hopes that success will bring joy to fans, thereby contributing to encouraging the anti-epidemic spirit of the people of the whole country."

Sharing the same concern, midfielder Trong Hoang also shared: "I've been really worried recently because I've been away from home for 2 months. However, luckily I can video call home every day so I feel more secure."

Midfielder Trong Hoang sent his thanks to the forces on the front lines of the fight against the epidemic. Photo: Hai Hoang

Trong Hoang also said that when he started his football career, he had to accept being away from home, so he also determined his mindset to try to play well. "I have been playing football for many years, and I am used to being away from my family often, and I always know how to distinguish between work and love, so I always try my best to be able to practice and play my best."

Although they are in Thailand, Que Ngoc Hai and Trong Hoang always follow and update news about the epidemic in their homeland, and send their best wishes to those on the front lines against the epidemic. ''It is known that the doctors, nurses, and frontline forces fighting the epidemic in their homeland are very hard-working, having to work hard all night and all day in hot weather. We sympathize and are grateful to the doctors, nurses, and frontline forces in Nghe An in particular and Vietnam in general, who are participating in the epidemic prevention work. We wish everyone good health and good work to soon repel the epidemic''.

In Thailand, both players from Nghe An are also strictly following the host country's epidemic prevention and control regulations, isolating in a single room until June 23, then will join Viettel FC.

According to the plan announced by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), Viettel Club - the sole representative of Vietnam participating in the AFC Champions League 2021 - will compete centrally in Thailand. Viettel Club is in Group F with the following clubs: BG Pathum United (Thailand), Ulsan Hyundai (Korea) and a qualifying team. The group stage will take place in Thailand from June 26 to July 11.