"Nguyen Hai Long is in the Southeast Asian All-Stars squad for the match against Manchester United in Malaysia," Hanoi FC's homepage announced on the evening of May 7.

Coach Kim Sang Sik's call-up of Hai Long is considered a replacement for Quang Hai. The CAHN player has a busy schedule in May in two fronts: V-League and the Southeast Asian Club Cup. Previously, coach Alexandre Polking expressed his opinion that he did not want Quang Hai to go to Malaysia to play a friendly match with Manchester United.

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Hai Long was called up by coach Kim Sang Sik to join the Southeast Asian All-Star team.

Thus, if Quang Hai withdraws, the Vietnamese team will contribute 3 players to the Southeast Asian All-Stars squad: Hoang Duc, Duy Manh and Hai Long.

Preparing for the match against Manchester United, coach Kim Sang Sik is facing problems with his squad as many players from regional teams have withdrawn from the squad, including Nicholas Mickelson (Thailand), Ferarri (Indonesia), Dominic Tan and Aguero (Malaysia)...

Recently, Coach Kim was also forced to make a change from the position of Andres Nieto (Cambodia) because this striker was not eligible to play. Replacing Nieto is another naturalized player from Cambodia - Khoulibali Abdel.

The Philippines is currently the only Southeast Asian team that has yet to announce a player for the ASEAN All Star squad to play Manchester United on May 28.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/hlv-kim-sang-sik-trieu-tap-hai-long-dau-manchester-united-2398816.html