According to the schedule, the Vietnam team will have a friendly match with the Cambodia team in the international friendly framework on the occasion of FIFA Days in March 2025.
This is considered an important rehearsal of coach Kim Sang-sik and his team before entering the journey in the third qualifying round of the 2027 Asian Cup.
Regarding the force, the Korean strategist will not have the services of goalkeepers Nguyen Filip and Bui Hoang Viet Anh in this training session for different reasons.
Instead, he promoted goalkeeper Tran Trung Kien from U22 to the Vietnam national team and called up another goalkeeper, Trinh Xuan Hoang (Thanh Hoa).
The good news for the national team is that Quang Hai, Tien Linh and Hai Long have been able to return to normal training; goalkeeper Dinh Trieu also did not have serious problems when he had signs of back pain before.
On the other side, the Cambodian team arrived in Binh Duong yesterday (March 17).
Coach Koji Gyotoku brought 23 players for the upcoming match. Compared to the squad participating in the ASEAN Cup 2024, the Cambodian team has some notable changes. One of them is the absence of defensive midfielder Chou Sinti due to injury, replaced by Sos Souhana.
In addition, Cambodia has many naturalized players such as captain Kan Mo (South Africa), defender Takaki Ose, Yudai Ogawa (Japan), midfielder Andres Nieto (Colombia), striker Abdel Kader Coulibaly (Ivory Coast) ...
The match between Vietnam and Cambodia will take place at 7:30 p.m. on March 19 at Binh Duong Stadium.
