The Russian team is clearly superior to the Vietnamese and Thai teams.

On August 20, the Russian team announced the list of 38 players who will participate in a friendly tournament with the Vietnamese and Thai teams from September 5 to 10 at My Dinh Stadium.

The Russian team is missing many bright stars in the expected squad to go to Vietnam - Photo: REUTERS

Russia team is missing many stars

The list lacks the brightest stars of Russian football at present such as Arsen Zakharyan (Real Sociedad, Spain), Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco, France), Fyodor Chalov (PAOK, Greece) and the twin brothers Anton Miranchuk - Aleksei Miranchuk (Atlanta, USA). However, coach Valeri Karpin still has players who are highly valued on the international transfer market such as Matvei Safonov (PSG, France), Konstantin Tyukavin (Dynamo Moscow), Maksim Glushenkov (Zenit Saint Petersburg), Herman Onugha (Vejle, Denmark), Daler Kuzyaev (Le Harve, France). According to Transfermarkt, the total value of the Russian team is 183.2 million euros. This number is many times higher than the Vietnamese team - 7.43 million euros and the Thai team - 10.2 million euros. In the world rankings, Russia is ranked 33rd, Thailand is ranked 101st and Vietnam is ranked 115th. Since February 2022, due to FIFA and UEFA's controversial sanctions against Russian football, the national team has not been able to participate in major tournaments for the past 2 years. The impact of the ban also allows the Russian team to play friendly matches with teams that are considered weaker. Since September 2023, the Russian team has played friendly matches with Qatar (1-1 draw), Cameroon (1-0 win), Kenya (2-2 draw), Cuba (8-0 win), Serbia (4-0 win), Belarus (4-0 win).

The Thai team promises to bring its best squad to play friendly matches with Vietnam and Russia - Photo: CHANGSUEK

Thailand promises to bring its strongest team to Vietnam

The Thai team shares the same goal as the Vietnamese team, aiming for the best results at the ASEAN Cup 2024 taking place at the end of the year. Therefore, both teams promise to summon the strongest possible force to participate in the friendly tournament. With the "war elephants", the homepage of the Football Association of Thailand (FAT) and the media have sent out signals that coach Masatada Ishii needs to summon a squad of quality players so as not to waste the opportunity to compete with world-class opponents like Russia. In addition, there is a "test of fire" with a fierce rival in the region, Vietnam. There is currently no injury news related to the pillars of the Thai team playing domestically such as Theerathon Bunmathan, Chanathip Songkrasin, Tanaboon Kesarat or players playing abroad such as Sarach Yooyen (Renofa Yamaguchi, Japan), Supachok Sarachat (Consadole Sapporo, Japan), Suphanat Mueanta (OH Leuven, Belgium). It is likely that Thailand will bring their strongest squad to Hanoi this September.

Schedule of the 2024 LPBank Cup International Friendly Tournament

* September 5, 8:00 p.m.: Vietnam - Russia * September 7, 8:00 p.m.: Russia - Thailand * September 10, 8:00 p.m.: Vietnam - Thailand * Matches are broadcast live on FPT Play

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