04:07, 14/07/2021

Vietnam national futsal team prepare for Futsal World Cup final round 2021

Amid COVID-19 resurgence, Vietnam national futsal team has proactively prepared for the final round of Futsal World Cup 2021 in Lithuania in September.
 

Amid COVID-19 resurgence, Vietnam national futsal team has proactively prepared for the final round of Futsal World Cup 2021 in Lithuania in September.
 
Vietnam national futsal team will start their training session on July 20 at Ho Chi Minh City National Sports Training Center instead of at Thai Son Nam Sports Center, District 8 on August 2 as previously planned. Pham Minh Giang, head coach of Vietnam national futsal team, said that this reschedule aims to meet professional requirements for the team when the return leg of HDBank National Futsal Championship cannot be organized in Can Tho in July as previously scheduled. Last May, Vietnam national futsal team secured the ticket for the FIFA Futsal World Cup Lithuania 2021 finals after two Asian region play-offs against Lebanon. However, this time is different with the first time Vietnam playing in Futsal World Cup finals in 2016, Vietnam don’t have opportunities to play friendlies to improve experience and maintain their fitness and skills due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, adjusting the schedule to earlier time and extending training session will create conditions for the players to maintain their form and prepare better for the competition.
 
 
Vietnam national futsal team secure second FIFA World Cup finals ticket (Source: VFF)
Vietnam national futsal team secure second FIFA World Cup finals ticket (Source: VFF)
 
As planned, Vietnam will assemble for the training session until August 25, and then travel to Spain for another training session and take part in a tournament with Spain, Japan, and Guatemala. After this tournament, Vietnam will have a friendly with Cordoba Club (Spain) and travel to Lithuania to prepare for the final preparation session for the Futsal World Cup final round 2021. During the training session in Lithuania, Vietnam expect to have one friendly match with the Moroc national futsal team in early September.
 
According to the draw of the Futsal World Cup 2021 finals, Vietnam are in Group D with Brazil, Panama and the Czech Republic. On September 13, Vietnam will meet Brazil in their opener and play Panama on September 16 and the Czech Republic on September 19. Reportedly, the Czech Republic beat Italy to grab the qualifying ticket for the final round, while Panama are higher than Vietnam on the world futsal rankings. This is a hard group for Vietnam, but Vietnam has been said to still have opportunity. In the first time playing at Futsal World Cup, in 2016, Vietnam made an impressive journey and entered round of 16. This can be a driving force for Vietnam to perform well at Futsal World Cup 2021.
 
An Nhien
Translated by H.N