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Vietnamese midfielder Khuat Van Khang one of stars to watch at AFF Cup

Vietnamese attacking midfielder Khuat Van Khang has been voted by the organisers of the AFF Cup as one of the top five young players to watch at the tournament.
Vietnamese midfielder Khuat Van Khang one of stars to watch at AFF Cup ảnh 1Khuat Van Khang (Photo: thanhnien.vn)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnamese attacking midfielder Khuat Van Khanghas been voted by the organisers of the AFF Cup as one of the top five youngplayers to watch at the tournament.

Khang is the youngest member of the Vietnamese squad of 25 players announced bycoach Park Hang Seo.

“The youngest player on this list at just 19 years of age, Khang is pushinghard to get a spot in Vietnam’s squad under a coach that tends to prefer goingwith more experienced options,” the affmitsubishielectriccup.com said.

“If there is a nod to the future though then this hugely talented attackingmidfielder/forward could well be in line to make a real name for himself at the2022 AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup.

“Regarded as the most promising of the next crop of Vietnamese youngsters, theleft-footer is very much in the mould of a young Nguyen Quang Hai and will belooking to showcase his fine close control, passing and crossing should he makethe final cut.”

Khang has made great progress in recent times, he also played quiteimpressively in the second phase of the V.League 1 2022 for Viettel and isexpected to shine at the AFF Cup 2022, SEA Games 32 and V.League 1 2023.

At the age of 10, Khang was recruited to train at Viettel, one of the nationalbest football centres. Khang grew strongly, and his talent was sharpened.

In 2018, Khang was the MVP of the National U15 Championship. He impressed allcoaches with his left foot compilation and 100m sprint in only 11.2 seconds.

After that, he was upgraded to Viettel’s U19 squad competing in the nationalchampionship and then named in the national U16 squad, which was considered abig jump for the teenager. His first impressive mark at the national level wasat the AFC U16 Championship in the same year.

Khang was the key player of the U19 Vietnamese squad in Indonesia’s regionalchampionship this year.

In addition to Khang, the AFF Cup’s organising committee also named four otherplayers: Witan Sulaeman of Indonesia, Ilhan Fandi of Singapore, Sieng Chantheaof Cambodia and Mukhairi Ajmal of Malaysia. These are the formidable opponentsof the Southeast Asian teams in this year's tournament.

The AFF Cup 2022 is scheduled to run between December 23 and January 16.

Vietnam has been placed into Group B, with games against Malaysia, Singapore,Myanmar, and Laos.

In the first match of the tournament, Vietnam will meet Laos at the New LaosNational Stadium at 7.30pm on December 21. The stadium was built in 2009 andhas a capacity of 24,000 seats.

Ticket prices for the upcoming match range between 30,000 LAK to 50,000 LAK,equal to between 41,000 VND and 68,000 VND, respectively.

Fans can purchase tickets at the headquarters of the Laos Football Federationand at the New Laos National Stadium.

Following the match with Laos, Vietnam will meet Malaysia on December 27, Singapore on December 30 and Myanmar on January 3, 2023./.
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