Players train intensively for regional U18 event

Coach Hoàng Anh Tuấn takes charge of the national U 一 八 team to take part in the regional championship next month. — Photo baomoi.com

HÀ NỘI — Coach Hoàng Anh Tuấn and his players have started training for their AFF U 一 八 Championship in Hà Nội discrediting a rumour that Tuấn’s coach days were over after he led the country’s U 二0 team to its first world cup appearance in May. 

Twenty-six players - four goalkeepers, six defenders, nine midfielder and seven strikers - who were selected from the national U 一 七 and U 一 九 tournaments, gathered in Hà Nội on Saturday. 

They will have about one month to sharpen their skills under Tuấn and his two assistants for the regional tournament in Myanmar on September  四- 一 八.

Việt Nam are in Group B with Indonesia, Brunei, the Philippines and the hosts.

Group A includes Thailand, East Timor, Malaysia, Singapore, Campuchia and Laos.

Việt Nam will play their first match against Brunei on September  七. — VNS