National football team to meet top Japanese team

A Vietnamese soccer team will play against Japan's leading team, Jubilo Iwata, in a friendly international football match at My Dinh Stadium on May 28 under the sponsorship of the motorbike manufacturer, Yamaha. A contract to this effect was signed in Hanoi on Thursday by the Vietnam Football Federation and Yamaha. Yamaha is the only sponsor of the match, the third for Vietnam's soccer team with head coach A. Riedl at the helm. Jubilo Iwata, a leading club of Japan and Asia as well has won many top titles such as the national championship and Cup, and the Championship Cup of Asian Clubs.
Source: http://www.vov.org.vn/2005_05_13/english/thethao.htm Collected by Nguyen Thu Van CE 02-05 Submitted by Le Huy Hoang L2 000-03
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