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National futsal team to join training session for World Cup

The national futsal team will gather on July 20 at the Ho Chi Minh City National Sports Training Centre, instead of August 2 as announced earlier, to prepare for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
National futsal team to join training session for World Cup ảnh 1Vietnam's national futsal team (Photo: VFF)

Hanoi (VNA) –The national futsal team will gather on July 20 at the Ho Chi Minh CityNational Sports Training Centre, instead of August 2 as announced earlier, to prepare for the 2021FIFA Futsal World Cup.

The adjustment aims toensure professional requirements for the players as the second round of fixtures for the FutsalHDBank National Championship cannot take place as schedule due to the impact of COVID-19.

Members of the teamwill join practice until August 25, the third of its kind in this year, andleave for Spain for further training.

It is to compete at afutsal tournament, together with Japan, Guatemala and host Spain, which isslated for August 28-31.

TheVietnamese squad is set to play a friendly with Spanish club Cordoba onSeptember 3 before travelling to Lithuania to play at the World Cup, which willbe held from September 12 to October 3.

Before the start ofthe global futsal event, Vietnam may join another friendly with Morocco onSeptember 6.

Vietnam clinched aberth at the 2021 Futsal World Cup after beating Lebanon in the Asian playoff.

Vietnam will face Brazil in its first match on September 13, Panamaon September 16 and the Czech Republic three days later.

All players of theteam have been fully vaccinated./.

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