Cong Phuong is the main striker of the Vietnam national team and in the upcoming match against Australia, he is expected to score.
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Van Toan and Tien Linh have not completed the quarantine regulations, Duc Chinh was previously injured and was not recruited.
After receiving a 1-3 loss to Saudi Arabia in the first match in the third qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup, the Korean coach urgently summoned Cong Phuong to calculate the next matches of the Vietnamese team.
And so we had to wait more than 3 months for the 26-year-old striker to have the opportunity to face the `Socceroos`.
Cong Phuong is coach Park Hang Seo’s number 1 choice in the Vietnamese national team’s attack
Cong Phuong’s playing style is very different from the remaining factors on the Vietnamese national team’s attack line as he is not a pure striker.
Also from that way of playing, Cong Phuong had 2 goals against Iraq (group stage) and 1 goal against Jordan (round 1/8) at the 2019 Asian Cup finals. Also at AFF Cup 2021, in 2 goals
Among the forces of the `Golden Dragon` army, the player on the HAGL payroll is the one who has the most affinity with Australia’s net.
In 2014, U19 Vietnam created an earthquake when defeating U19 Australia in the U19 Asian qualifiers.
The Do Luong striker is showing confidence before the difficult match ahead
It seemed like the most memorable goal in this player’s career, but also in 2014, at the U19 Southeast Asia tournament, Cong Phuong had a much better goal.
Since then, Cong Phuong has been compared by Express newspaper to the Vietnamese version of Messi.
Vietnam national team faces a ‘severe challenge’ before the confrontation with Australian national team
