After dedicating time to the Vietnamese team at the AFF Cup 2024, it’s time for the players to return to the club’s colors. Among them, Thanh Hoa Club and Hanoi Police Club are the two teams with the earliest scheduled activities, having to compete on January 8 and January 9, within the framework of the 2024 – 2025 Southeast Asian Club Championship.
The Thanh team just had a 1-1 draw against Thai club BG Pathum United. Meanwhile, Hanoi Police Club will be a guest against Kaya FC (Philippines), at 6:00 p.m. on January 9. Therefore, after saying goodbye to the Vietnamese team, goalkeeper Nguyen Filip and the players of the police team left Vietnam to move to the Philippines on January 7, to prepare for the competition at the regional tournament. .
Hanoi Police players play for the Vietnamese team
Notably, Nguyen Filip and Vietnamese players such as Quang Hai, Le Pham Thanh Long… will return to the familiar artificial turf field, Rizal Memorial. This is the stadium where coach Kim Sang-sik and his team had a difficult 1-1 draw against the Philippines team in the AFF Cup 2024 group stage, thanks to a late goal in injury time by Doan Ngoc Tan.
After nearly a year of waiting, Nguyen Filip won his first title with the Vietnamese team since becoming a naturalized citizen. Nguyen Filip won the AFF Cup 2024, but he is no longer the number 1 goalkeeper.
The Vietnamese team played a total of 8 matches at the regional tournament. However, the goalkeeper of the Hanoi Police Club only started two matches, against Indonesia and the Philippines respectively. In the remaining matches, coach Kim Sang-sik puts his trust in goalkeeper Nguyen Dinh Trieu. Dinh Trieu played excellently and contributed greatly to helping the Vietnamese team win the biggest tournament in Southeast Asia for the third time. Dinh Trieu was also voted the best goalkeeper at AFF Cup 2024.
