Vietnam's U23 team to play friendly match against Myanmar in June

Vietnam's U23 football team will play a friendly match against Myanmar on June 7 as part of coach Park Hang-seo's efforts to prepare the squad for the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) later this year.

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Nguyen Quang Hai and his teammates will compete against Myanmar in a friendly in June. - File Photo

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam's U23 football teamwill play a friendly match against Myanmar on June 7 as part of coach ParkHang-seo's efforts to prepare the squad for the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEAGames) later this year.

The Vietnamese players will gather in Hanoi fromJune 2 for training.

Vietnam’s U23 team previously had a 0-0 draw with Myanmarin the group match and lost 1-4 in the third prize match at SEA Games 2011.

At SEA Games 2015,Vietnam failed to advance to the final when they lost to Myanmar 1-2 in the semi-final.

Butin their latest meeting in December 2017, Vietnam won Myanmar 4-0 at Thailand'sM-150 Cup.-VNA

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