Coach Kim Sang-sik and his team return to the place that preserves beautiful memories of Vietnamese football

U.22 Vietnam was crowned here

The Vietnamese team will play the third match in the AFF Cup 2024 group stage at Rizal Memorial Stadium. This stadium is located in the Rizal Memorial sports complex, located in Malate district, capital Manila and is considered the No. 1 stadium in the Philippines. However, because football is not the most attractive sport to the people of this country, this stadium only has 12,800 seats. This is the stadium used to organize many major events such as SEA Games 2005, SEA Games 30 as well as matches of the Philippine team in the AFF Cup and World Cup qualifiers.

The turf at Rizal Memorial is artificial turf. This will cause some difficulties for the Vietnamese team in the upcoming match. However, fans do not need to worry too much because many of our players have played on this field. Furthermore, they played well and won the title here.

At SEA Games 30, the current pillars of the Vietnamese team, Tan Tai, Quang Hai, Hoang Duc, and Tien Linh, won gold medals in men’s soccer. When playing at Rizal Memorial Stadium in this tournament, the win rate of the U.22 Vietnam team was 100%. In the match against the U.22 Indonesia team in the group stage, Hoang Duc also scored a super long-range shot on the turf of Rizal Memorial. The Vietnamese women’s team also won the SEA Games 30 gold medal here, after defeating the Thai team in the final.

The Vietnamese team also defeated the Philippines at Rizal Memorial Stadium. In the second qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup, when the “Golden Star Warriors” were not in good form under coach Philippe Troussier, we still won 2-0 away from home.

Therefore, in the upcoming rematch, the Vietnamese team must complete the task of winning all 3 points to soon win tickets to the semi-finals. This match will take place at 8:00 p.m. on December 28.