The organizers revealed some information before the match between the two teams China and Vietnam.

In order to improve the quality of the match, the organizers decided to use VAR technology in the friendly match between host China and the Vietnamese team, at 6:35 p.m. on October 10 in Dalian city.

Ban tổ chức tiết lộ một số thông tin trước trận đấu đội tuyển Trung Quốc và đội tuyển Việt Nam

Dalian Sports Center Stadium - where the match between the Chinese team and the Vietnamese team took place. (Source: VFF)

That was also the decision made at the technical meeting before the match that took place early this afternoon (October 9).

In addition to applying video assistant referee (VAR) technology, the match organizers also created conditions for the two teams to experiment with personnel by agreeing to allow each side to replace up to 6 players in a total of 3 substitutions (not including substitutions during halftime).

All other match-related activities are subject to FIFA regulations.

As the host team, China chose to play in red shirts, red pants and red socks. This means that the Vietnamese team will play in white shirts, white pants and white socks.

This is a Tier 1 international friendly match so the results will be counted on the FIFA rankings. Currently, China is ranked 80th and Vietnam is ranked 95th in the world.

Because they are in a lower rank than their opponents, according to FIFA's scoring formula, if they win, the Vietnamese team will be awarded an additional 5.52 points.

In the history of national team confrontations since 1997, China has won 7 out of 8 matches against the Vietnamese team.

Their only loss was also the most recent match between the two teams, which was the match at My Dinh Stadium on February 1, 2022 (the first day of the Lunar New Year) in the third qualifying round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Asia.

During the tour in China, Coach Troussier brought 28 players. Previously, the French coach eliminated 6 players including Le Van Do, Nguyen Thanh Nhan, Nguyen Duc Phu, Ho Tan Tai, Doan Van Hau, Nguyen Duc Anh.

Among these players, Van Hau has not recovered from his injury. In addition, Mr. Troussier called up the young face Vo Minh Trong to join the team.

The match between the Chinese team and the Vietnamese team will take place at 6:35 p.m. on October 10, Vietnam time at the Dalian Sports Center Stadium, China.

After this match, Quang Hai and his teammates played a private friendly match with Uzbekistan (October 13), then continued to fly to Korea to compete with the Korean team on October 17.

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