Dang Van Lam officially joins Vietnamese national squad
VOV.VN - Vietnamese goalkeeper Dang Van Lam arrived in Doha in Qatar to link up with the nation team on August 29 after taking a flight from Osaka in Japan ahead of the upcoming 2022 World Cup qualifier against Saudi Arabia.
The morning of August 28 saw the Vietnamese national team depart for Saudi Arabia in order to participate in their first match of the third round of qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup.
Due to a lack of direct flights, the national team were forced to take a connection flight from Hanoi to Doha in Qatar before flying from to Riyadh by a special plane arranged by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation.
Rather than returning to Hanoi to fly with the rest of the team, Van Lam flew directly from Japan to Doha instead.
In the latest national team squad, Van Lam is the only member to be playing overseas. He was called up by head coach Park Hang-seo despite not playing a match for several months.
Van Lam's last match with the Vietnamese team was exactly two years ago against Thailand in the second qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup.
The three goalkeepers named in the squad to play Saudi Arabia by head coach Hang-seo include Van Lam, Bui Tan Truong, and Nguyen Van Toan.
Van Lam will have to work hard to win his place back in the starting line up after veteran goalkeeper Tan Truong put in a number of impressive performances in the national team’s last set of fixtures.
