In the near future, the Vietnamese national team will have quality personnel additions in the goalkeeper position. Specifically, the goalkeeper with mixed Vietnamese and Czech blood, Filip Nguyen, has successfully naturalized. This "goalkeeper" born in 1992 will have Vietnamese nationality in early December. This information was confirmed by the Hanoi Police Club.
Faced with the prospect that the Vietnamese team will have another quality goalkeeper, CNN Indonesia worries: "Vietnam could be strengthened by a Europa League-class player at the Asian Cup."
Hanoi Police Club officially announced that Filip Nguyen will have Vietnamese citizenship next week.
The Indonesian newspaper believes that coach Troussier's team will have a completely new face when participating in the 2023 Asian Cup finals. "The Golden Star team can own veteran goalkeeper Filip Nguyen in the upcoming Asian top football tournament, when the player's naturalization procedure in Vietnam has been completed. Filip Nguyen's presence is a breath of fresh air for the Vietnamese team, helping coach Troussier have more options in terms of personnel in the goalkeeper position. Filip Nguyen will compete with the current number 1 goalkeeper of the Vietnamese team, Dang Van Lam," CNN Indonesia assessed.
Having citizenship is a necessary condition for Filip Nguyen to fulfill his wish to play for the Vietnamese national team. However, the sufficient condition is that Coach Troussier must call up the goalkeeper of the Hanoi Police Club. If the French coach gives Filip Nguyen the opportunity to join the national team, he can completely appear at the 2023 Asian Cup Finals, which will start in January 2024 in Qatar.
Filip Nguyen once participated in Europa League with Slovan Liberec Club (Czech Republic).
The reason why the Indonesian media is so interested in the situation of the Vietnamese team is because these two football teams have a lot of connections in the Asian playground. The Indonesian team and Coach Troussier's team are in the same group at the 2023 Asian Cup (with Japan and Iraq) and also face each other in the second qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup (with Iraq and the Philippines).
In early 2024, the Vietnamese team will face Indonesia three times. Coach Troussier and Coach Shin Tae-yong will compete in one match in the group stage of the 2023 Asian Cup (January 19, 2024) and two matches in the second qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup (on March 21 and 26, 2024, respectively).
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