Van Hieu – One of Five youngsters illuminating Lithuania
When the last FIFA Futsal World Cup took place, Van Hieu had never even played the sport. He took it up in 2018, was a Vietnam international just 12 months later and is now dazzling at Lithuania 2021.
And the winger who looks like a schoolboy had old pros feeling their age on Matchday 5. Van Hieu thwarted a Panama attack with an excellent tackle inside his own half, whizzed the length of the court, shrugged off two challenges, rounded the goalkeeper and cut the ball from an acute angle.
“Van Hieu is the talent of Vietnamese futsal,” coach Pham Minh Giang told FIFA.com. “His playing philosophy is very up-to-date. He is a very promising player.”
Besides Van Hieu, FIFA also named 4 players included Zicky (Portugal), Khusniddin Nishonov (Uzbekistan), Leozinho (Brazil) và Youssef Jouad (Morocco).
Vietnam futsal team will have the next match with Russia team in tonight (22/9) at 9h30 (GMT+7).
