On the morning of October 26, former Vietnamese football players Duong Hong Son, Thach Bao Khanh and Pham Thanh Luong participated in a football training program (Football Clinic) for talented young players.
This activity is part of a series of side events of the ASEAN Cup 2024 Trophy Tour (formerly the AFF Cup).
The event took place at the Vietnam Youth Football Training Center (VYF), including a coaching workshop and activities applying the "Okada" coaching method - named after famous coach Takeshi Okada.
This is also the coach who led the Japanese team to their first World Cup appearance in 1998 and brought Japan to the knockout round of the 2010 World Cup.
The Mitsubishi Electric CupTM is the region’s premier football event. The 15th edition of the tournament will take place in December this year, with the Vietnamese team aiming to reach the finals of the tournament.
On the same afternoon, former players Thanh Luong, Hong Son and Bao Khanh will be special guests at the latest stop of the Trophy Tour (ASEAN Cup trophy journey) in Hanoi, held at AEON Mall Ha Dong.
Before arriving in Vietnam, the trophy procession took place in Bangkok (Thailand), Singapore, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and will continue to Jakarta (Indonesia) on November 2, before ending in Manila (Philippines) on November 9.
The 2024 ASEAN Cup group stage will officially kick off on December 8 with Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia and Timor-Leste in Group A. Meanwhile, Group B includes Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Myanmar and Laos.
The semi-finals will be played over two legs on December 26-27 and December 29-30, with the finals taking place on January 2 and January 5, 2025, respectively.
