Hanoi (VNA) –Vietnam’s national U22 football team will have a friendly match against the UnitedArab Emirates (UAE) at Thong Nhat Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City on October 13,the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has announced.
The team is convening from September 23 to prepare for the match.
The match will be thethird friendly Vietnam have played this year, following two wins againstMyanmar and China.
The friendly match isin preparation for the upcoming 30th Southeast Asian Games to beheld in the Philippines later this year.
Coaching the U22 teamwill be Kim Han-yoon, the assistant of Park Hang-seo. Kim was appointed theteam’s manager due to Park’s commitments with the senior Vietnamese nationalteam who are scheduled to play in World Cup qualifying matches.
TheVietnamese team beat China 2-0 in the friendly match in Hubei, China, on September8.
Striker Nguyen Tien Linh scored in the 18th minute to giveVietnam 1-0 lead.
The hosts bounced backstrongly but struggled to create any clear chances on their home ground.
After the break, Vietnamcontinued to dominate the game. Hong Phuoc missed two chances to double thescore but just before the hour mark, Linh made it 2-0./.