U20 Vietnam to play friendly match against Palestine in Phu Tho

Vietnam’s U20 team will play a friendly match against Palestine on September 3 at Viet Tri Stadium in the northern province of Phu Tho, according to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).
U20 Vietnam to play friendly match against Palestine in Phu Tho ảnh 1U20 Vietnam will play friendly match against Palestine in Phu Tho on September 3. (Photo: VFF)

Hanoi (VNA) –Vietnam’s U20 team will play a friendly match against Palestine on September 3at Viet Tri Stadium in the northern province of Phu Tho, according to theVietnam Football Federation (VFF).

The match will be awarm-up for the Vietnamese team before they move to Indonesia for the 2023Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U20 qualifiers.

Palestine will be inGroup C with Japan, Yemen, Laos and Guam.

Currently, U20 Vietnam aretraining in Osaka, Japan, where they have already played warm-ups against U20 Japan andU18 Cerezo Osaka. On August 25, the team will face Osaka Sangyo Universitybefore returning home to prepare for the AFC U20 qualifiers.

Most of the U20 Vietnamplayers are from the U19 team that triumphed at the 2022 International ThanhNien (Youth) Newspaper Cup after a series of victories against Myanmar,Thailand and Malaysia./.

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