In the 4th match of Group B of the AFF Cup 2024, the Vietnamese team will visit the Rizal Memorial Stadium in the Philippines. This match will take place at 8:00 p.m. on December 18. Coach Kim Sang-sik and his team will soon fly to the Philippines to prepare for this confrontation.

One of the most notable points of the upcoming match is that the two teams will have to play on artificial turf. This will cause a bit of difficulty for the Vietnamese team but is not too big of an obstacle. In the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, the "Golden Star Warriors" defeated the Philippines team with a score of 2-0 right on this field. In addition, many players in the current squad of the Vietnamese team such as Hoang Duc, Quang Hai, Tien Linh, Tan Tai... won the 30th SEA Games gold medal at Rizal Memorial Stadium.

At this time, the Philippines team is not highly rated. At the AFF Cup 2024, they played 2 matches and had 2 draws, standing at 3rd place on the rankings. In this tournament, they could not summon the best players. Meanwhile, the Vietnam team brought the strongest squad. Coach Kim Sang-sik's students are also very excited after 2 consecutive victories against Laos and Indonesia. Therefore, the goal of the Vietnam team is certainly to win all 3 points to solidify the top position. If this is done, coach Kim Sang-sik can let some key players rest in the last round of the group stage, calculate personnel, tactics... for the semi-finals.