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| CONG VINH DELIVERS FIRST AFF SUZUKI CUP CROWN TO VIETNAM
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HANOI (28 Dec 2008) – It could not have been a more dramatic finish at the My Dinh Stadium tonight.
With time up, including the three added minutes, Vietnam's number one player, Le Cong Vinh, sent the entire nation into a frenzy when he headed in the winner to deliver the prestigious AFF Suzuki Cup 2008 to his country for the very first time in the history of this competition. |
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| BELIEVE IN YOURSELVES AND YOU WILL WIN: CALISTO TELLS HIS PLAYERS
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HANOI (27 Dec 2008) – 'Believe in yourselves and you will win the title' was the message Vietnam coach Henrique Calisto has been drumming into his players minds.
"It's time to stop being scared and play our game. It's going to be a very, very difficult game ... we must believe we can," the Portuguese coach added ahead of tomorrow's AFF Suzuki Cup second leg final at the My Dinh Stadium here.
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| CUT OUT THE MISTAKES: REID
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HANOI (27 Dec 2008) – Thai coach Peter Reid wants his players to cut out their mistakes in the AFF Suzuki Cup second leg final against Vietnam tomorrow if they hope to lift Southeast Asia's most prized piece of silverware for a record-breaking fourth time.
Thailand, winners in 1996, 2000 and 2002, failed to take advantage of playing on home soil and lost 2-1 to Vietnam in the first leg.
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| THAILAND NOT GIVING UP THE BATTLE JUST YET
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BANGKOK (26 Dec 2008) – A defiant Thailand will take to the field on Sunday knowing well that they will need to overturn a goal deficit if they want to stand a chance of lifting their first ever crown of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2008.
Head coach Peter Reid was pragmatic after their 2-1 loss to Vietnam in the first leg final at the Stadium Rajamangala where he said that losing is all part of the game.
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