Hosted by Thanh Nien on its website (www.thanhnien.com.vn), the exchange featured football experts and offered a forum for fans to voice their opinions.

Included in the exchange were Calisto, coach assistant Mai Duc Chung andVFF official Nguyen Trong Giap as well as three national players: Thach Bao Khanh, Le Cong Vinh and Pham Thanh Luong.

Calisto said he had instructed his players to engage in a fair-play match and strictly banned faults. "Our ultimate target is to give spectators a football feast," he said.

Calisto said also that confidence and the right tactics could potentially bring back victory to the home team, adding that the squad will play with a 4-2-3-1 lineup.

National player Khanh said he believed the Vietnamese team would have much confidence with the support of home fans. "The team's spirit and the way of playing will be more important than a goal," national player Vinh said.

"I have no pressure playing in this match. It's an honor for me and others." The match between Vietnam and Brazil will kick off at 8 p.m. on Friday at Hanoi's My Dinh Stadium.

This article first appeared on www.thanhniennews.com

July 30, 2008

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