Who will replace Nguyen Filip and Dinh Trieu?

Van Viet is one of two goalkeepers of the Vietnamese team in this gathering. Photo: The Cong Viettel .

In fact, this does not affect the team's plan too much, because during this training session, the Vietnamese team will not have any international friendly matches but will only play behind closed doors with CAHN and Nam Dinh . This is considered an important opportunity for the Korean coach to review the squad and evaluate new players when many key players are absent.

Opportunities for young goalkeepers

In particular, in the friendly match with CAHN, Van Viet and Van Chuan will have a direct competition with their senior Nguyen Filip - one of the most experienced goalkeepers in V.League. This is not only a challenge but also a valuable opportunity for the two young goalkeepers to learn experience and at the same time demonstrate their abilities in front of the national team's coaching staff.

In the 2024/25 season, while playing for SLNA, Van Viet played a total of 29 matches, including 7 clean sheets. This is an impressive number in the domestic arena for a young goalkeeper.

Joining The Cong Viettel in the 2025/26 season, Van Viet made his debut in round 2. That was the match in which the army team won 3-0 against CA TP.HCM. In this match, the player born in 2002 did not have to work too much but still received compliments from coach Velizar Emilov Popov.

At the national team level, he has often been on the list of U23 Vietnam and the Vietnam national team in recent years. However, the player who grew up at SLNA has not had the opportunity to show his talent. His times of "eating the national team's rice" are all aimed at learning from the experience of his seniors.

Van Chuan is expected to perform well on the Vietnam national team. Photo: Hanoi FC .

Meanwhile, Quan Van Chuan is a young goalkeeper who grew up in Hanoi's training center. The goalkeeper from Tuyen Quang has often been given the opportunity to start in recent seasons.

In the 2024/25 season, he played 10 matches and kept 3 clean sheets. In the first two rounds of this season, Van Chuan was named in the starting lineup by coach Makoto Teguramori and played well.

Despite his young age, Van Chuan shows maturity in his moves, good ability to read situations and sharp reflexes. Many times last season, Van Chuan made miraculous saves to help Hanoi escape defeat. In particular, he possesses quite good footwork skills, suitable for the ball control philosophy of many modern coaches, including Kim Sang-sik.

Worthy reward

Being given a chance in the national team this time is considered a worthy reward for both of their efforts. Coach Kim Sang-sik may not expect too much from Van Viet and Van Chuan in terms of experience, but he certainly wants to see their confidence, courage and ability to adapt to a new environment.

Both are also facing a rare opportunity to assert themselves. When experienced names like Filip or Dinh Trieu are absent. Van Viet and Van Chuan can consider this as an opportunity to impress the coaching staff, thereby opening up opportunities to participate in more important training sessions in the future.

The point to look forward to is that both young goalkeepers have a modern playing style, quick reflexes, and good counter-attacking ability with accurate long kicks. In the context of Vietnamese football looking for a change in the approach to the game, testing young faces like Van Viet and Van Chuan will bring many positive signals.

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