Vietnam team competes for World Cup 2026 tickets: What can Mr. Duc help?

1. Although no specific goal has been officially set, with what has been done over the past time, it can be understood that VFF and the Vietnamese team are aiming for the goal of participating in the World Cup taking place in North America in 2026.

More concrete evidence, VFF decided to invite Mr. Troussier - a coach with the highest level and achievements ever to take charge, and also reserved the longest contract for the French strategist.

Besides, VFF and Mr. Troussier are willing to sacrifice many small, less important goals in order to supplement the Vietnamese team with new, young, and eager players... in order to serve the big goal: participating in the 2026 World Cup.

What is happening, it can be seen, VFF really wants Vietnamese football to compete for World Cup tickets, instead of hovering around regional goals like before.

2. A few years ago, in a conversation with the media on the occasion of welcoming Mr. Park Hang-seo to visit Ham Rong Training Center, Mr. Duc said that he would provide maximum support if VFF set a goal for the Vietnamese team to participate in the World Cup.

At that time, Mr. Duc declared:We have a good young generation, on the right track, so in a few years we will have a generation of players better than Cong Phuong and Quang Hai. And to do that, we need a lot of money and the VFF must go in the right direction.

The issue of money for the team to go to Europe for training or to invite strong teams to compete is not difficult. We have many enthusiastic bosses and business owners, so it is very simple for each of us to contribute to the fund for the team and Vietnamese football to go to the World Cup. The problem is the way VFF does it..

Therefore, when the current Vietnamese team enters the journey to conquer a ticket to the World Cup, many people must remember Mr. Duc.

3. After many years, the situation has changed and at this time, it is not easy, if not impossible, for Mr. Duc to fulfill his promise. The biggest reason, as the owner of the mountain town football team himself once affirmed: Money.

It is one thing that Mr. Duc’s business has not yet recovered to its heyday, and even other football-loving businessmen are not “breathing easy” after the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, the story of supporting European tours seems impossible.

However, Mr. Duc can still support the Vietnamese team in their journey to conquer World Cup tickets in another way, without necessarily having to spend too much money like he has done for more than 20 years "playing" with football.

That other way is nothing but to help Hoang Anh Gia Lai do better in V-League instead of sinking more than rising for nearly 10 years. Adding a team with championship aspirations is also a way to help V-League increase in quality and from here the Vietnam team will also benefit somewhat.

That alone is more than enough, as for previous promises and declarations, perhaps we should put them aside for now and wait for Mr. Duc to make a breakthrough in business./.