Just 3 days after the second leg of the 2024 AFF Cup final, Vietnamese and Thai football teams will face each other again. This time the match is at the club level. The representative of Vietnamese football is Dong A Thanh Hoa Club, playing against Pathum United - a leading team in Thailand.
This match is part of the group stage of the 2024-2025 ASEAN Club Championship. Pathum United and Thanh Hoa are 2 of 3 teams competing for the top spot (the other team is PSM Makassar of Indonesia). Each team has 4 points after the first 2 rounds.
Thanh Hoa Club has a player who just participated in the AFF Cup 2024 in the Vietnamese national team jersey, Doan Ngoc Tan. Because the match between Pathum United and Thanh Hoa took place in Pathum Thani province, right next to Bangkok, Ngoc Tan did not return home with the Vietnamese national team.
Teammates at Thanh Hoa Club congratulate Doan Ngoc Tan on his arrival in Thailand. Ngoc Tan is still wearing the Vietnam national team jersey, staying in Bangkok waiting for the club.
After winning the 2024 AFF Cup, the midfielder born in 1994 will still stay in Thailand. Even if he recovers quickly, Ngoc Tan can completely be included in the registration list of Thanh Hoa club.
Pathum United also has a player who has just served the Thai national team. That is striker Patrik Gustavsson. In addition, this team also owns many big stars of the golden temple country who did not join the national team for the AFF Cup 2024. Chanathip Songkrasin and Teerasil Dangda are the two biggest names of Pathum United and Thai football, although they are over 30 years old and no longer at their peak.
Other Pathum United players capable of competing for a starting spot in the national team are Sarach Yooyen, Kritsada Kaman, Marco Ballini, Chananan Pombuppha, Waris Choolthong, Saranon Anuin. In addition, the club has 6 foreign players from Japan, Korea, Brazil, Costa Rica and Senegal, plus 2 Singaporean players, brothers Ilhan and Ikshan Fandi.
The match between Pathum United and Thanh Hoa will take place at BG Stadium at 7:00 p.m. tomorrow, January 8.
In addition to Thanh Hoa, Vietnamese football has another representative participating in the tournament, the Hanoi Police Club. This team will face Kaya Iloilo (Philippines) on January 9. Vietnamese players who just participated in the AFF Cup 2024, namely Nguyen Quang Hai, Bui Hoang Viet Anh, Le Pham Thanh Long, Nguyen Filip and Vu Van Thanh, can participate in this match.
Xiao Ming
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