![]() The Vietnam Asian Games squad began well in Guangzhou with a 3-1 win over Bahrain before conceding losses to Turkmenistan (6-2) and Iran (1-0). In the Round of 16, the Vietnamese lost 2-0 to South Korea. The eight players – Pham Thanh Luong, Nguyen Minh Duc, Bui Tan Truong, Nguyen Anh Duc, Nguyen Trong Hoang, Dinh Thanh Trung, Ngoc Dieu and Nguyen Quoc Long – will form a squad of 30 players in training before Calisto trims it down to 20 players for the tournament proper. Vietnam, the winner in 2008, have been classified in Group B against Singapore, Myanmar and the Philippines while Group A are hosts Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Laos. In the meantime, the friendly match between Indonesia and Philippines which was supposed to be held in Jakarta tonight has been called off. |