As previously reported, the opening match of the second qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup in Asia between the Philippines and Vietnam at Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila will take place at 6:00 p.m. on November 16 (Vietnam time).
The Vietnamese team is not playing well ahead of the second qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup.
But about 3 weeks before the match, PFF started selling tickets to watch this match.
The Philippines sells tickets to watch the match between the home team and the Vietnamese team at three prices: 500 pesos/ticket (about 216,000 VND), 300 pesos/ticket (about 130,000 VND) and 100 pesos/ticket (over 43,000 VND).
This is a very cheap ticket price for a football match at the national team level, especially in the World Cup qualifiers.
According to research, in the Philippines fans are not too interested in football.
Therefore, it is understandable that tickets to watch the national team matches of this country are sold at cheap prices.
Even the Rizal Memorial Stadium, which hosts the Philippine national team's matches, only has a capacity of 12,800 people.
Another notable point is that the upcoming match against the Vietnamese team will be played on an artificial field, not natural grass.
According to the assessment, this is a difficult challenge for Hoang Duc and his teammates in the opening match of the second qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup.
In Vietnam, players often play on natural grass, so playing on artificial turf will certainly cause many effects.
In this qualifying round, besides the Philippines, coach Troussier and his team also face two other tough opponents, Indonesia and Iraq.
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