Center back Que Ngoc Hai hopes Vietnam team wins AFF Cup

On the afternoon of October 7, the Vietnamese team continued to have a training session at the Vietnam Youth Football Training Center. Notably, this training session saw the return of central defender Que Ngoc Hai. He has just been trusted by the coaching staff and assigned to be the captain of the Vietnamese team during the FIFA Days international friendly training session in October 2024.

Sharing his feelings when returning to the role of captain of the Vietnamese team, Que Ngoc Hai said: ''Really, whether I am in the executive committee or not, I am still a member of the team. The most important thing is that I get to play and contribute to the national team.

I am an experienced player in the team, I need to share with the young players, in addition to trying to train myself. Not only me, the experienced players in the team must try to share, communicate and guide the players to have a better national team."

Previously, due to not being physically fit, the central defender from Nghe An could not practice with his teammates. Ngoc Hai said: ''I suffered a minor injury after 4 matches in the V-League, the injury was not too serious. Today, I was able to return to practice with the whole team''.

Talking about the upcoming match with Nam Dinh Club, the captain of the Vietnamese team said that every match is important.
''Which players will play in the upcoming matches is up to the coaching staff and the head coach. I and all the players will try our best to contribute to the national team.

Every match of the national team is important, coach Kim shared, reminding me personally about the injury. If I am ready and in good physical condition, I will still play with the team. The fact that Lebanon cannot come to play is something no one wants, the Vietnam team needs more matches to test many players. But anyway, Nam Dinh Club is the current V-League champion, competing in the AFC. Nam Dinh is the best quality team in the V-League, so playing with this club is reasonable.

Que Ngoc Hai also shared about the responsibility of the Vietnam team's executive board: ''As I shared, what the coaching board wants most from experienced players in the team like me, Van Quyet, Hung Dung is to create cohesion among the players in the team. Because at this time, the team has many young players. Connecting experienced players and young players in the team is extremely important within the team, to aim for the immediate goal, especially the ASEAN Cup''.

Talking about the recent fact that Ngoc Hai had to play as a right-sided center-back, he said that every player has to adapt: ​​''Adapting is not surprising, in the 3-center-back formation, in 2018 I played all the positions in that formation, it is not too difficult to adapt to professional players in the national team. The coach arranges for each position to play, so they have to adapt as quickly as possible''.

Sharing about his plans for this year's AFF Cup, Que Ngoc Hai also expressed his high determination. ''My whole team and I hope that the Vietnamese team will be successful in the upcoming AFF Cup. Recently, the team has not had good results. We want to bring joy to the fans at the end of this year.''

Finally, the captain of the Vietnamese team hopes that fans will come to the stadium to cheer for the team. ''Nam Dinh fans love football very much. Football is the culture of Nam Dinh people. Hopefully, the national team coming here to compete will receive enthusiastic cheers from Thanh Nam fans. We will try to show the best of the Vietnamese team in the upcoming match at Thien Truong Stadium''./.