Vietnamese midfielder named among top players at SEA Games

Vietnamese star midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai is named among the top six footballers who are set to shine at the 30th SEA Games in the Philippines by the prestigious sport website FOX Sports Asia.
Vietnamese midfielder named among top players at SEA Games ảnh 1Vietnamese star midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai – (Photo tienphong.vn)

Hanoi (VNA)- Vietnamese star midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai is named among the top sixfootballers who are set to shine at the 30th SEA Games in the Philippines bythe prestigious sport website FOX Sports Asia.

“22-year-old Hai willskipper Park Hang-seo’s Vietnam at the SEA Games and nothing less than a goldmedal will be on the minds of the travelling squadron that is brimming withyoung talent,” the sport website said.

Hai helped Hanoi FCreach the Inter-Zone Play-Off Final of the AFC Cup 2019 this season andwas also instrumental in the nation’s quarter final appearance at the AFC AsianCup 2019 earlier in the year.

“Being the more experiencedand most talented individual in the group, he will now be expected to inspirehis teammates as they go in search for their first-ever SEA Games gold in men’sfootball,” the website added.

Making up the rest ofthe list FOX Sports Asia have included Supachok Sarachat of Thailand, LuqmanHakim of Malaysia, Stephan Schrock of the Philippines, Muhammad Rafli ofIndonesia, and Faris Ramli of Singapore.

Vietnam got off to aflying start on November 25 as they crushed Brunei 6-0 in the openingmatch of Group B

Hai, who is the captainof the Vietnamese team, did not play in the first match./.
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