Vietnam team changes clothes, waiting for a change of fortune

During the military gathering yesterday afternoon, the press was quite surprised when a series of players changed their jersey numbers. Perhaps they were hoping for a change for themselves and for the Vietnam National Team.

It was no surprise that on the first day of training, Coach Huu Thang only let his players practice lightly and for more than 1 hour at the Vietnam Youth Football Training Center. 4 players were allowed to be absent due to busy club matches: Van Quyet, Duy Manh of Hanoi FC and Minh Tuan, Tuan Linh of T.Quang Ninh.

Without Cong Vinh and Thanh Luong, many people feel empty as if they have lost something great when looking back at the two familiar jersey numbers. That's right, these two players still have a very strong appeal to the media. Both are respected names, so it's understandable that many people want to own the jersey numbers that have been associated with the pair of great players for many years.

The number 9 shirt of Cong Vinh belonged to striker Van Toan, he stepped onto the training ground with a rather shy appearance when many people noticed. Recently, Van Toan has made remarkable progress. He has become a mainstay at HAGL, and plays an important role in the Vietnam national team.

Meanwhile, Le Van Thang wears Thanh Luong's number 11 shirt. This shirt is still "quite big" for Van Thang, he needs to make more effort.

The most surprising is still Xuan Truong, he decided to change when wearing shirt number 7. Xuan Truong is the player who always played best under Huu Thang, it is not clear what dream he is nurturing to choose a new shirt. Meanwhile, Cong Phuong still chose the familiar shirt number 16.

Vietnam team has changed into new clothes.

Coach Huu Thang still has the same old style. This is a training session with a goal that is not too stressful, but Coach Huu Thang also needs to "change clothes", when his "training skills" and the art of using troops are still not special, if not to say disappointing, most clearly the miserable failure at AFF Cup 2016.

Overall, the atmosphere on the field was cheerful. Coach Huu Thang had his players do light exercises, mainly relaxing. Van Lam suffered an injury so he only received treatment from physical therapist Seabtian Mathias Schoch. Dinh Dong showed signs of muscle strain so he had to run around outside the field.

Because round 10 of V-League has just ended, many players are tired and need more time to recover.

"The coach wants the players to relax after competing in the V-League. I feel this training session is quite heavy and my body is also a bit heavy. Of course, I and my teammates will try our best."

Regarding his upcoming goal, the HAGL midfielder shared: "Being called up to the national team is an honor for any player. Therefore, I have to try my best to show myself and hope to continue to be present when U23 Vietnam prepares for the 2017 SEA Games.

Of course, whether I will be in the starting lineup in the next match or not is up to the coach. I myself don't know anything about the opponent Taiwan yet," midfielder Hong Duy said.

According to Thethaovanhoa