A few minutes before the international friendly match on the evening of October 17, the two teams Vietnam and Korea announced the starting lineup list.
Korean team coach Jurgen Klinsmann assessed that the Vietnamese team is not a weak opponent and his team needs to prepare well tomorrow (18:17 p.m. October 10).
Top Korean football star Son Heung Min is injured and is unlikely to participate in the Korean team's two international friendly matches against Tunisia and Vietnam.
The loss to the Chinese team caused the Vietnamese team to be deducted 4,48 points on the FIFA rankings. Meanwhile, the country's team of billions of people has increased 2 places, ranking 78th in the world.
The Vietnamese and Chinese teams will meet in a friendly match at 18:35 p.m. tomorrow (October 10) in Dalian. Before the match, Chinese media dedicated the home team.
According to the match schedule, the Vietnamese team plays two friendly matches against China (October 2) and Uzbekistan (October 10). After that, Quang Hai and his teammates continued to go to Korea to face the Korean team on October 10.
The Korean team has officially finalized the list of 24 players preparing for 2 matches in the international friendly series in October, including the encounter with the Vietnamese team.
Preparing for the second qualifying round of the 2 World Cup, coach Philippe Troussier has just announced the focus list of the Vietnamese team with many surprises.
Despite winning against Palestine, the Vietnamese team still maintained the 95th position in the world. Meanwhile, Thailand and Indonesia both increased their rankings in September.
The Vietnamese team played impressively and won 2-0 when welcoming Palestine at Thien Truong Stadium (Nam Dinh) in a friendly match on FIFA Days in September.
On the afternoon of September 8, coach Philippe Troussier announced the shortlist of 9 players for the Vietnamese team preparing for the friendly match with Palaestine on FIFA Days in September.