Vietnam national team gathers with 27 in total 30 players on Jan 13
On Jan 13, Vietnam national team gathers to prepare for the next two matches of FIFA World Cup 2022 Asian 3rd Qualifier with Australia on Jan 27 and China on Feb 01, 2022.
In this gathering period, head coach Park Hang-seo proposed to summon 30 players with the principle of both maintaining a stable framework with the main force and adding new factors to increase competitiveness, at the same time The time gives opportunities to excellent young faces to create the next class for the team.
However, the complicated developments of the COVID-19 epidemic have caused Coach Park Hang-seo to face unexpected difficulties. Before the day of gathering with the team, some of the players named on the list were positive with COVID-19. These players are currently self-isolating and monitoring at home according to local health regulations. They can only join the team after testing negative for COVID-19 and adapt the health and medical requirements.
To ensure the safety of disease prevention and control, all team members must have a negative result of the rapid test for Sars-Cov-2 Virus antigen within 48 hours before going to the gathering. After checking in the hotel, team members will do the RT-PCR test.
This afternoon, the team will enter the first training session at Vietnam Youth Football Training Centre. Facing the complicated developments of the epidemic, coaching assistants has also prepared contingency plans for personnel to be proactive in all situations.