Indonesian newspaper: Former Vietnamese coach Alfred Riedl passed away



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Former Vietnamese coach Alfred Riedl dies - Photo 1.

HLV Alfred Riedl – Ảnh: GETTY IMAGES

Many of Indonesia’s leading sports newspapers like CNN Indonesia Sport, IndoSport, Ball… all posted this information simultaneously. IndoSport He even quoted the former Indonesian assistant coach, Wolfgang Pikal, confirm this information.

Mr. Pikal added that the cause of Mr. Riedl’s death is unknown and will be discovered later. Coach Riedl has led many national teams, including the Austrian team. However, the area associated with his name is in Southeast Asia, when he led teams from Vietnam, Laos and Indonesia.

Coach Riedl’s departure is sad news for Vietnamese soccer fans because he has many contributions to Vietnamese soccer during his three terms as national coach.

The three phases of Mr. Riedl’s Vietnam leadership were 1998-2000, 2003-2004 and 2005-2007.

During these “terms”, Mr. Riedl has left many strong marks with accomplishments such as the 1998 Tiger Cup silver medal (the predecessor of the AFF Cup), the 1999 Dunhill Cup bronze medal, the Silver Award from the SEA Games. 1999, 2003, 2005, LG 2000 Cup silver medal, 2003 LG Cup champion and culmination in helping Vietnam reach the 2007 Asian Cup quarter-finals.

Coach Riedl once shared that he considers Vietnam the second country of origin. His attachment to “second home” is also reflected in the fact that this coach wears a Vietnamese kidney donated by the Vietnamese. donate.

Mr. Riedl is the owner of the famous saying: “Vietnamese football builds houses from the roof.” This statement has helped Vietnamese soccer coaches to change their mindset to make soccer more or less.

The Austrian Football Federation (OFB) said it will observe a minute’s silence for Mr. Field before the match between Austria Under 21 and England Under 21 in the European Under 21 final on 9 September.

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