According to some sources, Cong Phuong suffered a recurring ankle injury and missed today's training session on March 17 of the Vietnam national team. The Nghe striker suffered this injury while still at his parent club Yokohama FC.
Cong Phuong had an injury problem just one day before the Vietnam national team finalized the list of 1 players to go to Indonesia. The recurrence of the injury, although not serious, will significantly affect Cong Phuong's opportunity to play, the first being the trip to Indonesia on March 28.
According to the plan, on the evening of March 18, coach Philippe Troussier will finalize the team list from 3 to 33 players. Thus, Vietnam National Team will eliminate 28 players before leaving for Indonesia.
In the land of thousands of islands, coach Philippe Troussier and his team will have 2 training sessions before entering the final match with Indonesia at Bung Karno Stadium at 20:30 p.m. on March 21. After that, the two teams will play again at My Dinh Stadium at 3:19 p.m. on March 00.
Currently, Vietnam National Team is ranked second in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers with 3 points after winning 2-0 against the Philippines and losing 0-1 to Iraq. Meanwhile, Indonesia lost to Iraq 1-5 and only got 1 point from the 1-1 draw with the Philippines.
