The chief coach of the national football squad Henrique Calisto will call 12 new players up to the national squad.

Dinh Hoang La, a new member of the national squad.

The names of the 25 footballers who will be called up to the national squad to prepare for the friendly match against Greek Olympiakos will be made public at 4pm, April 28. However, according to VietNamNet sources, there will be 12 new faces compared to the roster for the AFF Cup 2008.

Though they are called “rookies”, some have played for the national squad (for example Anh Duc) or the U23 team (Tan Truong and Ngoc Anh).

Notably, Calisto will change goalkeepers. Accordingly, Dau Ngoc Tan (Military Zone 4 club), Tan Truong (Dong Thap) and Dinh Hoang La will replace star goalkeeper Hong Son (T&T Hanoi), Quang Huy (Nam Dinh) and Duc Cuong (Da Nang).

There will be two new fullbacks, Tran Van Hoc (Da Nang) and Dinh Luat (Military Zone 4), besides an old face, Chu Ngoc Anh (Nam Dinh).

Tai Em and Bao Khanh, who played in the AFF Cup 2008, will not join the team, and they will be replaced by Thai Duong and Tran Duy Quang of Hoang Anh Gia Lai.

The national squad will, for the first time, welcome two strikers who speak foreign languages: Huynh Kesley (Binh Duong) and Dinh Hoang Max (Ninh Binh). It will also see the return of striker Anh Duc (Binh Duong).

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