On December 12, VFF sent a preliminary list of the team participating in the 2023 Asian Cup according to regulations with 50 names. Notably in this list is the presence of goalkeeper Filip Nguyen - who was just naturalized as a Vietnamese citizen on December 6. It is known that Filip Nguyen still has to wait for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to review whether he is eligible to wear the Vietnamese national team shirt.   or not. While in the Czech Republic, the goalkeeper born in 1992 was called up to the Czech national team many times for friendly matches since 2020, including the UEFA Nations League 2020-2021 and the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. However, Filip Nguyen has never played an official minute on the field. Thus, this review can be considered a formality, and this goalkeeper will one day wear the Vietnamese national team shirt as he wishes.

Filip Nguyen has a great chance to wear the Vietnamese national team jersey.

From the preliminary list of 50 players, Coach Troussier plans to call up about 30 players and will finalize the list of 23 names to attend the 2023 Asian Cup. At the 2023 Asian Cup, the Vietnam team are in Group D with Japan, Iraq and Indonesia. The tournament starts from January 12 to February 10, 2024 at 9 stadiums in 5 cities of Qatar. According to the plan, the Vietnamese team will gather in Hanoi on December 28, then travel to Qatar from January 5, 2024. Coach Troussier and his team will play their opening match against Japan on January 14 at Al Thumama Stadium.

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