Portuguese coach Henrique Calisto, 57, has named eight players from Viet Nam’s
Olympic team in the 30-member national squad for the ASEAN Football Championship
– AFF Suzuki Cup.

The eight players are
now at the Asian Games.

They are play maker
Pham Thanh Luong - always a first choice for the coach- central defender Nguyen
Minh Duc, goalie Bui Tan Truong, striker Nguyen Anh Duc and left winger Nguyen
Trong Hoang.

The coach has also
included three debutantes for the national team - midfielders Dinh Thanh Trung,
Ngoc Dieu and defender Nguyen Quoc Long.

He will announce a
final squad of 20 players just few days before the month-long AFF Suzuki Cup
kicks off in Viet Nam and Indonesia on Wednesday, December 1.

Viet Nam team, who won
the title in 2008, have drawn in group B with Singapore, Myanmar and the
Philippines.

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