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Vietnamese footballer featured on FIFA’s promotional image

Forward Nguyen Tien Linh of Vietnam is among outstanding footballers featured in a special poster of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA).
Vietnamese footballer featured on FIFA’s promotional image ảnh 1The promotional image of FIFA on the threshold of the final round of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers (Photo: FIFA World Cup Facebook page)
Hanoi (VNA) - Forward Nguyen Tien Linh of Vietnam is among outstanding footballers featured in a special poster of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA). 

The promotional image is published on the FIFA's Facebook page as the 2022 World Cup Asian qualifiers’ final round approaches.

FIFA has highly valued Linh for his performance at the second round of the qualifiers where he was Vietnam’s top scorer with five goals. 
Vietnamese footballer featured on FIFA’s promotional image ảnh 2Forward Nguyen Tien Linh (Photo: VNA)
He was named among three Vietnamese players to watch at the final qualifying round by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), alongside midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai and defender Que Ngoc Hai.

Seven other Asian players on the image include Son Heung-min of the Republic of Korea, Yoshida Maya of Japan, Wu Lei of China and Mehdi Tarimi of Iran.

Vietnam will begin their quest at the final round of the 2022 World Cup Asian qualifiers with a match against Saudi Arabia slated to kick off at 1am on September 3 (Vietnam time). 

This is the first time that they have advanced to the third and final round of the World Cup qualifiers./.
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