Vietnam national team coach Alfred Riedl will relinquish control of the Olympic team and concentrate on trying to guide the south-east Asian nation through qualifying for the 2010 World Cup.
The Austrian was previously in charge of both teams but assistant Mai Duc Chung will take the reins of the Olympic team until the end of November.
Vietnam face United Arab Emirates in the first round of qualifying next month. The two met in Hanoi during the recent Asian Cup when Vietnam triumphed 2-0 and made it to the last eight.
The Olympic team are currently in the last rounf of qualifying for the Beijing Games and face Saudi Arabia on October 17 and Japan and Qatar the following month.
Riedl will return to the helm for the SEA Games in Thailand in December.
[Source from; goal.com]
Thursday, September 27, 2007
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