What time and where do you meet Laos?

Familiar opponents of the Vietnam team

The Vietnamese team will play their opening match of the 2024 AFF Cup against a familiar opponent, the Laos team. The match between coach Kim Sang-sik and Laos will take place at 8:00 p.m. on December 9 at the Laos National Stadium.

In the 2018, 2021 and 2022 AFF Cups, the Vietnamese team all faced Laos away in their opening matches. As a result, Quang Hai and his teammates won 3-0 (in 2018), 2-0 (in 2021) and 3-0 (in 2022). With 8 goals scored and not a single goal conceded, the Vietnamese team still had an overwhelming advantage in the matches against their neighboring opponents.

Vietnam team opens AFF Cup 2024 with away match against Laos

In 4 out of the last 5 AFF Cups, the Vietnamese team was in the same group as Laos and always reached at least the semi-finals.

However, the match against the country of a million elephants on December 9 will not be easy. The Laos team just held Thailand to a 1-1 draw in a friendly match in November. This is an encouraging result for coach Ha Hyeok-jun and his team. The Korean coach is rejuvenating the Laos team, at the same time "breathing life" into this team with a tighter, more disciplined style of play than before.

With star Bounphachan Bounkong and many young talents, including those who helped Laos U.19 reach the final of the 2022 Southeast Asian U.19 Championship and Laos U.23 reach the semi-finals of the 2022 Southeast Asian U.23 Championship, the Laos team is a team full of ambition, ready to cause surprises in Group B.

Favorable schedule

After the match against Laos, coach Kim Sang-sik and his team will have a break in the second round, which will take place on December 12. The team will return in the third round, with a match against Indonesia at Viet Tri Stadium (Phu Tho Province), taking place at 8:00 p.m. on December 15. The five days after the match against Laos are enough for the Vietnamese team to prepare for the match against Indonesia, an opponent who only had two days off and

In the fourth round, the Vietnamese team will visit the Rizal Memorial Stadium in the Philippines. The match will take place at 8:00 p.m. on December 18.

Coach Kim Sang-sik and his team are preparing urgently.

In the final round, the Vietnamese team will face Myanmar at home, in a match taking place at 8:00 p.m. on December 21.

The advantage for the Vietnamese team is that coach Kim Sang-sik and his team will "avoid" the fiery Gelora Bung Karno of Indonesia, and at the same time will not have to play away against a fiery and unpredictable opponent like Myanmar.

If they play well in the two home matches at Viet Tri Stadium, the Vietnamese team will almost certainly make it to the semi-finals.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/doi-tuyen-viet-nam-ra-quan-aff-cup-gap-lao-luc-may-gio-o-dau-185241202103636562.htm