Van Lam called up for national team ahead of World Cup qualifiers

According to the schedule moving forward, the Vietnamese goalkeeper, who is currently playing for Cerezo Osaka in Japan, will fly to Saudi Arabia to meet up with the rest of the team on August 29.

Van Lam will then have three days to prove himself as the team’s number one choice in the goalkeeper position before Hang-seo names his 23-man squad for the Asian World Cup qualifiers.

This comes after Van Lam was also called up to the previous round of World Cup qualifiers which were held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in June. However, he never made the squad after coming into contact with a COVID-19 case during training at Cerezo Osaka.

The Vietnamese team are currently training hard in preparation the final round of World Cup qualifiers, the first time in the country’s history that the national team have reached this stage. Moving forward, they will face Saudi Arabia away on September 3 followed by a home game against Australia on September 7.