Cambodian newspaper excited when home team meets Vietnam team

(Dan Tri) - Khmer Times (Cambodia) is excited that the home team will face the Vietnamese team in a friendly match in Binh Duong on March 19.

Recently, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) announced that the national team will face Cambodia in a friendly match at Go Dau Stadium (Binh Duong) on March 19. This is a warm-up match for the "Golden Dragons" before entering the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers.

Cambodian newspaper admits being surprised by Vietnam team's performance at AFF Cup 2024 (Photo: Huong Duong).

Cambodian media is extremely excited when the home team faces the 2024 AFF Cup champion. The Khmer Times has an article: "The Cambodian team is preparing to challenge the 2024 AFF Cup champion in March".

The newspaper commented: "On March 19, the Cambodian team will face the Vietnamese team at Go Dau Stadium (Binh Duong). The Cambodian Football Federation (FFC) has agreed to attend this match at the invitation of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF). This is the first match of the Cambodian team in 2025.

Cambodian fans were extremely excited by the invitation from the 2024 AFF Cup champions. They played successfully when they won the tournament without losing a single match. The achievement of the Vietnamese team surprised Southeast Asian football.

Therefore, Cambodian fans are very excited about the upcoming match. This year, the Cambodian team did not participate in any official tournament. The team was eliminated in the qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup and the 2027 Asian Cup.

In the 2024 AFF Cup, the Cambodian team will not face the Vietnamese team. Cambodia is in Group A and is only ranked 4th with 4 points. In history, the team from the land of pagodas has never passed the group stage of the AFF Cup.

The Cambodian team has many naturalized stars (Photo: FFC).

The Khmer Times also added about striker Nguyen Xuan Son: "The achievements of the Vietnamese team at the AFF Cup 2024 are largely thanks to naturalized striker Xuan Son. He scored 7 goals and became the tournament's top scorer."

On the FIFA rankings, the Vietnamese team is ranked 114th. It is expected that in the February rankings, we will increase 2 more places to 112th. Meanwhile, Cambodia is only ranked 180th in the world .

Cambodia's current squad includes a series of naturalized players such as Hikaru Mizuno, Yudai Ogawa (Japanese origin), Andrés Nieto (Colombia), Nick Taylor (USA), Abdel Kader Coulibaly (Ivory Coast), Mohammed Khan (South Africa).

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/bao-campuchia-phan-khich-khi-doi-nha-gap-tuyen-viet-nam-20250211144904518.htm