JAKARTA (9 May 2014) – Striker Le Cong Vinh is in all firing mode ahead of the ASEAN All-Star game against the Indonesian national side which will played in two days at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.
The game which is being played to raise funds for victims of typhoon Haiyan which affected the Philippines last year, will feature some of the best players from the region.
And one of them is none other than Vietnam striker Cong Vinh, who showed during training that his instinct is as sharp as ever.
“I’m very excited about this game. I will be playing with players whom I have played against but who are now playing with me,” said the 28-year-old striker of Song Lam Nghe An (SLNA).
The ASEAN All-Stars team got down to work this evening at the main venue of the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium with 18 players taking to the field.
With the exception of Thailand’s Teerasil Dangda and Datsakorn Thonglao as well as Singapore’s Shahril Ishak, the rest of the players were already sweating it out and getting their combination play right.
“We don’t have a lot of time, so I told the players that it is important that they just go out there and enjoy themselves,” said head coach of the ASEAN All-Stars team Datuk K. Rajagobal.
“This is the first time that we are assembling the best players from ASEAN together and so it is important they get to know one another. Anyway, we are here for a bigger cause which is to raise fund.”
The team managers’ meeting will be held tomorrow at the Sultan Hotel at 12pm while the match itself will be played on 11 May with kick off at 2030hrs at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.
