Hanoi (VNA) – The U23 Vietnam team will play a friendly with the United Arab Emirates(UAE)’s U23 team on May 28.
The Vietnamesefootballers arrived at Dubai on May 25 to begin a training in the Middle Eastnation.
On May 29,they will leave the UAE for Uzbekistan for the AFC tournament.
Head coachGong Oh-kyun recently announced a list of 25 football players to compete at the2022 AFC U23 Asian Cup final, which will take place in Uzbekistan from June 1to 19.
More thanhalf of the list are key players of the squad winning the goal medal at thefreshly ended SEA Games 31 hosted by Vietnam.
Accordingto the draw results, Vietnam are in Group C with the Republic of Korea (RoK),Thailand and Malaysia. The team will play the opening match against Thailand onJune 2, then face the RoK on June 5 and Malaysia on June 8./.