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[Son Tran <stran@shrike.depaul.edu>]

Two young footballers selected for training in the U.K.

By Hai Dong
HCMC

Mr. Trevor Brooking, a veteran footballer (who played for the Brishish
team 47 times, has arrived at the National Training Center II (Thu Duc)
to train talented young footballers of 15-16 , and  selected two young
people to take part in a one-month training course at Bobby Academy
(U.K.). They are Dinh Long, 16 and Thai Duong, 15 (living in Can Tho and
Ben Tre).

Mr. Brooking  played football for West Ham for17 years and played 47
matches on the Bristish team from 1974-1982. At the moment, he works as
a commentator. He has taught the Vietnamese young people basic lessons
on football , for example how to hold the ball, pass and shoot  using
two legs, and how to coordinate with teammates. He plays football and
has friendly talks with the young footballers.