National men’s football team jet off to Laos for AFF Cup 2018
VOV.VN - The Vietnamese men’s football team departed Hanoi for Laos on November 5 to play their first match in the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Cup 2018.
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| The squad arrived at Noi Bai International Airport at around 8am on November 5 for their flight to Laos. General Secretary of the Vietnam Football Federation Le Hoai Anh received the footballers at the airport. |
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| With the flight taking off at 9:35am, footballers quickly do check-in procedures. The player’s heavy luggage’s had been transferred to the airport earlier. |
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| Many football fans gathered expectantly at the airport from 7am to see off the players. They hoped to take photographs with their favourite football stars such as goalkeeper Bui Tien Dung, strikers Cong Phuong and Ha Duc Chinh. |
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| Football fans raise banners and call out the footballers’ name to give them encouragement ahead of the regional tournament. |
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| Cong Phuong (L) and Tuan Linh (R) pose for a photograph. |
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| Central defenders Bui Tien Dung and Dinh Trong ready to check in at Noi Bai International Airport. |
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| Head coach Park Hang-seo was in full concentration at the team’s departure and didn’t wish to pose for photos. |
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| Goalkeeper Bui Tien Dung and his teammate Tuan Manh seem friendly, as they check luggage together. |
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| Duy Manh (L) and Doan Van Hau (R) |
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| Park Hang-Seo’s assistant Lee Young-jin happily says farewell to reporters before leaving the airport. |
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| Vietnam will face Laos on November 8. The Vietnamese men’s football team will return to their home country on November 9 to prepare for the next match against Malaysia slated for November 16. |
