Football body highly values Vietnam's achievements

Secretary General of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Windsor John has stated that Vietnam’s draw with Japan is a big surprise and serves as a motivation for Southeast Asian football, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) said on March 30.
Football body highly values Vietnam's achievements ảnh 1VFF Acting President Tran Quoc Tuan (R) meets with AFC President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa (Photo: VFF)

Hanoi (VNA) – Secretary General of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC)Windsor John has stated that Vietnam’s draw with Japan is a big surprise andserves as a motivation for Southeast Asian football, the Vietnam FootballFederation (VFF) said on March 30.

He made theremark while meeting with VFF Acting President Tran Quoc Tuan within theframework of the 72nd FIFA Congress and the AFC Executive Committee meeting in Qatar.

For his part,AFC President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa congratulated Vietnam on achievements of the men’s and women’s football squads in recenttimes, believing that the sector will obtain new strides in the future.

In thethird round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers, Vietnam lost eightmatches, won 3-1 over China and held Asian giants Japan to a 1-1 draw in thefinal match of the round.

In February,the national women’s team booked a spot in the FIFA Women's World Cup for thefirst time./. 

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