Midfielder Nguyen Hoang Duc is the only Vietnamese player to have been named in ESPN’s AFF Suzuki Cup 2020 Team of the Tournament by football expert Gabriel Tan.

Gabriel Tan, who is knowledgeable about Southeast Asian football, wrote "Viet Nam may have come up short in their quest to defend the title they won in 2018, but it was not for lack of trying from midfield general Nguyen Hoang Duc. With all eyes on talismanic playmaker Nguyen Quang Hai, it was instead Hoang Duc who ran the show mostly for the Vietnamese with his tidy distribution and non-stop running, as he narrowly pips Singapore's Shahdan Sulaiman to the second central midfield berth".

The Thailand champion has dominated ESPN’s list of outstanding football players with 6 players namely Chanathip Songkrasin, Phitiwat, Narubadin, Kritsada, Supachok and Dangda. Meanwhile, 3 Indonesian players of Alfeandra Dewangga, Pratama Arhan and Witan Sulaeman have made them into the list.

In the goalkeeper position is Singapore’s Hassan Sunny. The head coach of the tournament is Alexandre Polking, who deserves a lot of credit for leading Thailand to the title again.

Previously, Hoang Duc, Quang Hai, Que Ngoc Hai and Tran Nguyen Manh were nominated by the Southeast Asian Football Federation (AFF) to vote for the best players in the AFF Suzuki Cup 2020 thanks to their impressive performances.

Reporting by XUAN SON - Translating by M.D