Decisive match against Vietnam: Malaysia finalizes stadium capacity 5 times larger than Viet Tri stadium

The Football Association of Malaysia announced that the match between Malaysia and Vietnam in the third qualifying round of the 2027 Asian Cup will take place at Bukit Jalil Stadium in Kuala Lumpur.

Vietnam team in trouble

This announcement was made by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) on the afternoon of April 21. The official fanpage of FAM said: "The Malaysian team will return to its fortress. Malaysia will compete with the Vietnamese team at home stadium Bukit Jalil. This promises to be a very exciting match. Malaysian fans, please turn this stadium into a sea of ​​people in black and yellow (the traditional colors of the Malaysian team)".

Quang Hai prepares to return to Bukit Jalil Stadium

Photo: Independence

Bukit Jalil Stadium is located in the suburbs of Kuala Lumpur. This is the largest stadium in Southeast Asia at the moment. When needed, Bukit Jalil Stadium can accommodate up to 100,000 people (5 times the capacity of Viet Tri Stadium). Therefore, when the Malaysian team decided to choose Bukit Jalil Stadium to host the Vietnamese team on June 10, they wanted to take advantage of the great pressure from the stands to slow down the Vietnamese players.

Coach Kim Sang-sik and 3 Vietnamese players soon experience Bukit Jalil stadium

The match between Malaysia and Vietnam is the first leg between the two teams, in Group F of the 3rd qualifying round of the 2027 Asian Cup. Whichever team wins this match will have a big advantage in winning the top spot in Group F, which means winning the right to participate in the final round of the Asian Championship in 2 years.

Bukit Jalin Stadium

Hoang Duc will soon experience Bukit Jalil Stadium on May 28.

Photo: VFF

On the Vietnamese team side, there will be 3 players who will experience the pressure of Bukit Jalil Stadium a few days before the match with Malaysia. Those 3 players are central defender Do Duy Manh, midfielder Nguyen Hoang Duc and midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai. The 3 players mentioned above will participate in the match between the ASEAN All Star team and Manchester United Club (England), on May 28, also at Bukit Jalil Stadium.

In addition to the three players mentioned above, Coach Kim Sang-sik will also experience the pressure of Bukit Jalil Stadium. Mr. Kim Sang-sik is the coach of the Southeast Asian All-Star team, facing Manchester United.

The last time the Vietnamese team played an official match against Malaysia at Bukit Jalil Stadium was in the first leg of the AFF Cup 2018 semi-finals. At that time, the two teams drew 2-2, in front of more than 88,000 Malaysian spectators. Quang Hai was also a player who appeared in the match 7 years ago.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/quyet-dau-doi-tuyen-viet-nam-malaysia-chot-san-suc-chua-dong-gap-5-lan-san-viet-tri-185250421232403084.htm