(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s U23 football team are facing a serious personnel loss when more players have become suspected cases of COVID-19, posing a great challenge to Tuesday’s decisive match against Thailand in the 2022 AFF U23 Championship.
 The U23 footballers of Vietnam. (Photo: Vietnam Football Federation) |
Rapid test results on Sunday noon showed six more team members were positive for coronavirus.
4 other players who shared rooms with 4 previously confirmed cases have taken PCR tests and the results will be available on Monday.
The Vietnamese team now only have 18 eligible players.
At the next game, Vietnam need only a draw with Thailand to advance to the semi-finals as the top team of Group C.