![]() While there, the Vietnam Under-23 team will be playing two friendly matches against local teams as part of head coach Henrique Calisto’s effort to shortlist the squad of 30 players that he has currently. Following their return from China, the U23 squad will then head to Laos in mid-October for the pre-SEA Games football tournament against hosts Laos, Thailand’s U23 and Malaysia U23. After the pre-SEA Games, the team will then return to Vietnam where they have lined up a match against South Korea’s Chunnam Dragons on 21 October. And just prior to their departure to Laos on 28 November, the team will be taking part in the VFF Cup in Hanoi on 3-7 November against Olympic China, Singapore U23 and Thailand U23. For the SEA Games, Calisto will be assisted by Tran Van Khanh, Nguyen Duc Thang, Phan Thanh Hung and Ngo Le Bang. |