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Vietnam U20 team eager for friendly match with Argentina

The Vietnam U20 football team is eagerly looking forward to its friendly match with their Argentinean counterparts, who have won the world U20 title six times, team captain Nguyen Quang Hai said.
Vietnam U20 team eager for friendly match with Argentina ảnh 1A photo of the press conference (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam U20football team is eagerly looking forward to its friendly match with theirArgentinean counterparts, who have won the world U20 title six times, teamcaptain Nguyen Quang Hai said on May 9.

Hai said the squad has trained hard with thehope to deliver the best performance and a fair game for local football fans onMay 10.

The match will be a valuable rehearsal ofVietnam to sharpen players’ skills, said U20 coach Hoang Anh Tuan at a pressconference on May 9.

He said it is also an opportunity to identifythe team’s strengths as well as outstanding weaknesses in order to makenecessary adjustments before entering the final round of the FIFA U20 World Cup.

Before the match, Vietnam’s U20 footballteam participated in a training course in Germany and played several friendlymatches.

Meanwhile, Argentina coach Claudio Ubedaannounced that all 21 players selected to play in the World Cup will turn outfor the friendly match with Vietnam.

The match will take place at 7pm (localtime) at the Thong Nhat stadium of Ho Chi Minh City on May 10.

At the FIFA U20 World Cup scheduled to takeplace in the Republic of Korea from May 20 to June 11, Vietnam is in Group Ewith France, Honduras and New Zealand, while Argentina belongs to Group A.-VNA

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