Van Toan announced good news for the Vietnam team

Nguyen Van Toan was taken for a medical examination in Manila (Philippines) this morning, November 17. The pain in the striker's rib is just a soft tissue injury, not a serious injury. The striker born in 1996 will return in the match against the Iraqi team on November 21.

The situation that caused Van Toan to get hurt happened in the 80th minute of the match between Vietnam and the Philippines. Van Toan collided with player Jefferson Tabinas. The Philippine defender cleared the ball but swung his leg high, injuring the Vietnamese player. He had to leave the field on a stretcher.

Van Toan is injured.

Although he could not play the whole match, this was still a match that Van Toan could be satisfied with. He played aggressively, enthusiastically and constantly tormented the home team's defenders. Van Toan scored the opening goal of the match when he got past two Philippine defenders before finishing with a tricky shot that beat Neil Etheridge.

Before the match against the Philippines, the last time Van Toan scored was against the Laos team in the AFF Cup 2022. After that, he left HAGL to move to Seoul E-Land but was unsuccessful in the Korean league. Returning to V.League in the shirt of Nam Dinh Club, Van Toan has not scored yet.

Van Toan scored a goal after nearly a year.

Van Toan was voted the best player of the match. According to Flashscore, Van Toan also had the highest score on the field (6.8 points). This is also the score that striker Nguyen Dinh Bac received. Both players were the ones who scored.

" In the first match, we had to play on artificial turf which was extremely difficult. The whole team played well. I am very proud to have scored for the Vietnamese team.

Over the past 8 months, we have played with a new philosophy, a new coach, and all the players have tried to follow that philosophy. This is not a great achievement, but it is the first result in 8 months. In the upcoming match against Iraq, we will try to get points against this opponent ," the striker from Hai Duong said after the match.

The Vietnamese team will return home at 11:00 p.m. on November 17. Three days later, Coach Troussier and his team will face the Iraqi team.

Mai Phuong

Source: https://vtc.vn/van-toan-bao-tin-vui-cho-doi-tuyen-viet-nam-ar834784.html