Vietnam team changes goalkeeper Van Lam's shirt color before match against Thailand
(Baonghean.vn) - Goalkeeper Dang Van Lam will not wear the yellow shirt like in the first leg of the AFF Cup 2022 final.
After the Vietnamese team arrived in Bangkok on the afternoon of January 14, the VFF logistics department immediately went to order new jerseys for goalkeeper Dang Van Lam.
Thus, if nothing changes, compared to the first leg, Dang Van Lam will wear a different colored shirt. It is known that the change in shirt color for the Vietnamese-American goalkeeper is so that he does not blend in with the yellow of the Thai team.
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Goalkeeper Van Lam wears yellow shirt in the first leg of the final at My Dinh Stadium. Photo: Hai Hoang |
This morning, VFF representatives had a technical meeting before the match with the Organizing Committee. Vietnam registered the uniform for the first leg of the final.AFF Cup 2022, including the shirt color of goalkeeper Dang Van Lam.
Previously, in the first leg of the AFF Cup 2022 final at My Dinh Stadium between Vietnam and Thailand on the evening of January 13, Dang Van Lam had 540 consecutive minutes of clean sheet. Vietnam is the only team in Southeast Asia in history to reach the final without conceding a goal.
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Van Lam sets record at AFF Cup 2022. Photo: Hai Hoang |
Unfortunately, after keeping a clean sheet in the first half, Van Lam had to pick the ball out of the net twice in the second half. Thus, before conceding a goal, the Vietnamese-American goalkeeper reached the milestone of 608 consecutive minutes helping the Vietnamese goal to be impregnable at the AFF Cup 2022.
"I look at it optimistically and see that a 2-2 draw is still a better result than being behind 2-1 before playing the second leg away. Surely, everyone on the team will win the second leg together. I and everyone else are confident in ourselves to win in Thailand," Dang Van Lam confidently declared./.