'I hope the Vietnamese team plays in the final someday'

TPO - Before the first leg of the 2024 ASEAN Cup final, in addition to ticket scalpers, football merchandise sellers were also active. Because their goods were in high demand, they even jokingly said "every day is the final, every day the team plays".

Before the fans arrived, the Viet Tri stadium was already bright red with flags, created by cheering goods sellers.

The national flag is an indispensable item for Vietnamese fans during matches. Like the time of Coach Park Hang-seo, when Coach Kim Sang-sik led the Vietnam team, besides the red flag, there was also the Korean flag. Small flags were sold for 20,000 VND, while the big flag was priced at 100,000 VND.

To show solidarity, the first leg of the 2024 ASEAN Cup final also included the flag of Thailand, the opponent of the Vietnam national team.

In addition, red shirts with yellow stars, hats and vuvuzelas are also popular items among fans.

The red painted hats with yellow stars cost 30,000 VND.

The horns are also priced similarly. However, the large ones are 10,000 VND more expensive. Since their debut in 2010 at the World Cup in South Africa, the vuvuzela's loud sound has become popular in stadiums around the world , including Vietnam.

At the AFF Cup 2018, My Dinh Stadium set a record for noise level, partly thanks to vuvuzelas. Now, vuvuzelas continue to stir up the atmosphere in Viet Tri.

As the match time approached, the cheering goods area was extremely bustling with customers coming and going.

With the price not being too high, the number of buyers is quite large. The sellers are of course very excited, wishing that "every day there will be a team competing".