How have the lineups of Vietnam and Iraq changed after more than 2 months?

On the Vietnamese team side, there are three important absences including goalkeeper Dang Van Lam, center back Que Ngoc Hai and center forward Nguyen Tien Linh. All three of these players will not participate in the 2023 Asian Cup due to injury.

Replacing goalkeeper Dang Van Lam is goalkeeper Nguyen Filip, replacing central defender Que Ngoc Hai is central defender Bui Hoang Viet Anh and replacing Nguyen Tien Linh is Nguyen Dinh Bac.

Goalkeeper Nguyen Filip is a good addition to the Vietnam team.

In addition, right-back Vu Van Thanh, who was a regular in the Vietnamese national team in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in Asia in November, lost his official position to Pham Xuan Manh.

Another very famous figure in Vietnamese football, who will not be participating in the 2023 Asian Cup, is midfielder Nguyen Hoang Duc. Like Dang Van Lam, Que Ngoc Hai and Nguyen Tien Linh, Hoang Duc will not be able to participate in the Asian championship due to injury.

The absence of players like striker Nguyen Thanh Nhan and midfielder Trieu Viet Hung is not very noticeable, because these players have not contributed much at the national team level.

On the contrary, the Vietnamese team has some additions compared to the World Cup qualifying match. The number of added players includes central defender Do Duy Manh, right defender Ho Tan Tai, midfielder Truong Tien Anh, Nguyen Hai Long, and striker Nguyen Van Truong.

Only Do Duy Manh, Ho Tan Tai, Truong Tien Anh and Nguyen Hai Long have not played a single minute at the 2023 Asian Cup.

On the other side of the front line, the Iraqi team retained most of the most notable faces who participated in the World Cup qualifying match at My Dinh Stadium in November 2023. In addition, the West Asian team has extremely high-quality additions.

Iraq has the return of central defender Saad Natiq (31 years old, 1.88 m tall), a very important player of Iraqi football. This player is playing for Abha Club of Saudi Arabia. Immediately after returning to the team, Saad Natiq had no difficulty in regaining his official position.

Another addition to the Iraq squad and already a regular in the 2023 Asian Cup is left-back Ahmed Yahya.

That is the group of veteran players. As for the group of young players, Iraq added 3 notable faces, including defender Zaid Tahseen (22 years old), midfielder Montader Madjed (18 years old) and Zidane Iqbal (20 years old).

Iraq (right) has all the best players who have played at My Dinh.

In particular, the two midfielders Montader Madjed and Zidane Iqbal were born in Europe and are playing in Europe. In particular, Zidane Iqbal grew up at the famous Manchester United Club (England), playing for this team from 2021 - 2023. Currently, Zidane Iqbal is playing for Utrecht Club (Netherlands).

Montader Madjed has not played a single minute in this year's tournament, and Zidane Iqbal did not appear in Iraq's 2-1 win over Japan on January 19. However, it is likely that these will be the West Asian team's secret weapons, used when the Iraqi team needs to cause a breakthrough for their opponents.

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