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Vietnam ready to face Malaysia in AFF U18 Championship

Vietnam are ready to face defending champions Malaysia in its first match of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U18 Championship at Thong Nhat Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City on August 7.
Vietnam ready to face Malaysia in AFF U18 Championship ảnh 1Coach Hoang Anh Tuan answers questions from reporters. (Photo: tuoitre.vn)

Hanoi (VNA)- Vietnam are ready to face defending champions Malaysia in its first match ofthe ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U18 Championship at Thong Nhat Stadiumin Ho Chi Minh City on August 7.

“Vietnam won’t takeit easy on our hometurf. We will try our best to enter the final,” saidcoach Hoang Anh Tuan at a press conference in HCM City on August 5.

Vietnam are in GroupB which is considered the "group of death", including Australia andThailand – two of the strongest sides in the tournament – as wellas Cambodia, Singapore and Malaysia.

“Vietnam have hadmore than one month to prepare for the event," said Tuan. "Wemet difficulties as my players were busy in the National Second DivisionTournament and busy graduating from high school. However, now I amsatisfied with how my team is prepared."

“For Vietnam, theresult with Malaysia is not very important," he added. "We willfocus on developing young players. But we will make every effort to have thebest achievement.”

“We will play thefirst match with the hosts so we will play with all our hearts,” said coachSentikhuma of Malaysia.

Afterwards, Vietnam will playAustralia on August 9, Thailand on August 13 and Cambodia two days later. Allthe matches will be held at Thong Nhat Stadium in HCM City except for the matchbetween Vietnam and Singapore, which will be played at Go Dau Stadium in neighbouring Binh Duong province.

Meanwhile, Group Amatches will begin on August 6 with Indonesia taking on the Philippines;Laos playing Myanmar and Timor Leste meeting Brunei.

All the three matchesof Group A will be held at the Go Dau Stadium in Binh Duong province.-VNA
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