World Cup champion manager Diego Raul Giustozzi will take charge of the Vietnamese national futsal team. (Photo UEFA.com) Vietnam’s first time competing in the World Cup was in 2016in Colombia where they finished in the quarter-finals.
At the same tournament Giustozzi, 44, guided Argentina to thetop podium for the first time, beating Russia 5-4 in the final.
Earlier, the former Argentinian national player competed inSpain for many years before moving to be a coach in 2013.
He also led Argentina to take a silver at the South American Gamesin 2014 and the third Continental Cup in same year.
At club level, Giustozzi managed Spanish ElPozo Murcia FC since2018 and grabbed second place of the Futsal UEFA Champions League 2019-20.
The Argentine manager whose contract's details arenot revealed, on August 1 called up 23 players for the first training campin HCM City.
Most are veteran players with experience in variousinternational tournaments in recent years such as goalkeeper Ho Van Y, fixo TranVan Vu, ala Le Quoc Nam, and pivo Nguyen Minh Tri.
Young faces such as Nguyen Van Hieu and Chau Doan Phatand fixo Nhan Gia Hung are also called up this time.
After five weeks of training, they will leave for Thailand for aninvitational tournament on September 8-19 where they will play Iran,Morocco, Finland, Angola and the hosts.
They will compete in the Kuwait competition from September 25 to October20.
Vietnam are in the same group as the Republic of Korea,Saudi Arabia and defending champions Japan.
Giustozzi is expected to help Vietnam gain a good resultand qualify for the Futsal World Cup 2024./.
VNA
