Van Lam was mentioned in the anticipated match between Vietnam and Russia.
The friendly match in September between the Vietnam National Team and the Russian National Team at Thong Nhat Stadium (Ho Chi Minh City) if it takes place, will be highly anticipated and will have special meaning for the players, especially goalkeeper Dang Van Lam.
The reason is because Van Lam is a Vietnamese-American goalkeeper whose father is Dang Van Son and mother is Russian, Olga Zhukova. "The Vietnamese national team has a goalkeeper of Russian origin. 31-year-old goalkeeper Dang Van Lam was born in Moscow with the name Lev Shonovich Dang.
Van Lam played football for a while at Spartak, Krylya Sovetov and Dynamo, but since 2010 he moved to Vietnam. Since 2015, he has been in the Vietnam National Team and continues to cheer for Russia in all international tournaments," the information was posted on Sport Express.
According to information from this newspaper, the Russian team will play 2 friendly matches during the FIFA Days in September and 2 other matches during the FIFA Days in October and Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia or the Democratic People's Republic of Korea are the names revealed to be the "blue team" for the Russian team in the upcoming friendly matches.
As for Van Lam, after a mid-season break and a wedding ceremony with his longtime girlfriend Yen Xuan, the goalkeeper has returned to the Merryland Quy Nhon Binh Dinh Club since the beginning of this week to prepare for the V-League 2024-2025.
Van Lam's contract with the team in the land of Vo still has 1 year left, so despite transfer rumors, Van Lam's future is still at Quy Nhon Binh Dinh Club.
According to the plan, if nothing changes, Coach Kim Sang Sik will announce the list of players to join the Vietnam National Team on FIFA Days next September on August 30, the list will have about 30 players.
Currently, Van Lam and Filip Nguyen are still the two top goalkeepers of Vietnamese football, competing for the starting position on the National Team under coach Kim Sang Sik.
At this time, the Vietnam Football Federation is still trying to negotiate with partners to finalize the organization of friendly matches for the Vietnam National Team in September and October.
In addition to the two matches against India and Lebanon in October within the framework of the triumvirate tournament, two other matches against Thailand, Russia or Panama in September are all part of the Vietnam Team's preparation plan for the ASEAN Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2024.
Instead of taking place from November 23 to December 21, 2024 as previously planned, the ASEAN Mitsubishi Electric Cup, commonly known as the AFF Cup, will be postponed to start on December 9, 2024, ending with the final match on January 5, 2025.
For this reason, VFF agreed with coach Kim Sang Sik to only gather the Vietnam National Team in September and October to practice and play friendly matches.
The November training session will not take place as originally planned and the V-League will still take place during this time./.
