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Today’s AFF U-23 Cup 2022 Schedule: Vietnam Only Plays 10 People Against Thailand? : Okezone Ball

TIMETABLE 2022 AFF U-23 Cup today, Tuesday (22/2/2022) has been released. The plan is, there is one match to be held today, to be precise the final match of Group C of the 2022 AFF U-23 Cup which brings together Vietnam vs Thailand at Prince Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia starting at 07.00.

After both defeating Singapore in the first match, one leg of Thailand and Vietnam have arrived in the semifinals of the 2022 AFF U-23 Cup. Even the defeat still catapulted them into the 2022 AFF U-23 Cup semifinals.

(Thailand won 3-1 over Singapore

Due to the 7-0 win over Singapore in the first match, even though they lost 0-6 to Thailand, Vietnam will still qualify for the semifinals of the 2022 AFF U-23 Cup. If that happens, Vietnam’s collection of points will be three with a goal difference of +1.

While Thailand, a 0-1 defeat to Vietnam also passed them to the next round. If that happens, Thailand’s collection of points is three with a goal difference of +1.

The result was enough to shift Cambodia from the best runner-up status. For your information, Group A runners-up, Cambodia, now collect three points with a goal difference of 0.

Cambodia’s collection of points is only three if it is calculated for determining the best runner-up status. Because the match against the lowest team to be exact against Brunei, does not count. This means that there is one more team in Group A than Group C.

However, bad news hit Vietnam ahead of meeting Thailand. Because, there are 10 of their players who have tested positive for Covid-19.

Vietnam U-23 National Team

(10 Vietnamese players test positive for Covid-19)

As a result, of the 23 names registered, the Vietnam squad left only 13 players. However, of the 13 players, one of them suffered an injury so that only 12 were left.

It got worse because of the 12 players, only nine of them were outfield or outside the goalkeeper. Therefore, Vietnam will play two goalkeepers in the match against Thailand. One works in goal, the other plays as an outfield player, whether it’s positioned as a defender, midfielder or attacker.

“In other words, Vietnam U-23 currently has 9 players and 3 goalkeepers who are healthy and ready to play against Thailand,” wrote Vietnamese media, The Thao 247.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) actually called six players from Vietnam to come to Cambodia as substitutes. For your information, the AFF allows all teams to call up a total of 10 additional players if their squad is stricken with Covid-19. However, due to administrative problems, the six players could not be deployed in the match against Thailand.

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