AFF Cup semi-final match schedule: Vietnam plays in the familiar time frame, Singapore has a fever for tickets

Plan of the Vietnamese team

Winning first place in Group B, the Vietnamese team will compete in the first semi-final against Singapore. The first leg takes place at 8:00 p.m. on December 26 (Hanoi time), at Jalan Besar Stadium. In the second leg, the two teams will play at Viet Tri Stadium at 8:00 p.m. on December 29. On the morning of December 23, the Vietnamese team will leave for Singapore to prepare for the semi-final first leg. According to plan, the flight of Quang Hai and his teammates took off at 9:35 a.m. It is expected that coach Kim Sang-sik and his team will have their first training session on foreign land in the afternoon of the same day, after settling in. live.

On the morning of December 22, the Vietnamese team was divided into 2 groups with different activities. The main kicking group gets to rest and receive physical therapy to recover and regain their best physical condition. The reserve or competition group does little physical exercise, maintaining activity intensity to always be ready to compete.

The semi-finals create great attraction

The attraction of the first semi-final between Vietnam and Singapore is huge. All tickets for the first leg at Jalan Besar have been sold out. Straits Timesa famous newspaper in the Lion Island nation, also wrote an article titled “Football fever returns”. Over the years, the Singapore team’s performance has not been as good as in the years 2000 and 2010, so the people of this country no longer pay much attention to football. Even though the capacity of Jalan Besar Stadium is only 6,000, the sell-out of tickets for the semi-final first leg also surprised the Singapore media.

According to information from the Vietnam Football Federation, all tickets sold online for the semi-final second leg at Viet Tri Stadium were also sold out after only 15 minutes of sale. Thus, Vietnamese and Singaporean players will be able to compete in stadiums filled with spectators. This will help the players be more excited to be able to deliver impressive performances.

The second semi-finals between the Philippines and Thailand will take place at 8 p.m. on December 27 and 30.