VietNamNet Bridge - Park Ji Sung will arrive in Ho Chi Minh City on June 13, to participate in a charity football game on June 15, and many social activities. Nearly 1,000 police officers will be mobilized to ensure security for the Korean football star and his friends.

 

Park Ji Sung, Evra to come to Vietnam this June

 
Park Ji Sung and his team “Park Ji Sung and Friends”, who will also arrive in HCM City on June 14, will feature a match with Vietnam’s Navibank Saigon football on Thong Nhat Stadium at 6pm on June 15.

 

Park Ji Sung will arrive in HCM City the night of June 13. He will stay at the Kumho Hotel on Le Duan Street, District 1.

 

The remaining players, including former Japanese football star Nakata and five Asian players who are playing for British FCs will come to the city in the morning of June 14. The organizers didn’t confirm whether Patrice Evra will come to Vietnam or not.

 

“Around ten days before the charity game, the partner will send the official list of players,” said Tran Dinh Huan, director of the HCM City-based Thong Nhat Sports Center, a member of the organizing board.

 

Before the match, Park Ji Sung will also visit Thanh Long Sport Center to provide a one-hour lesson in basic football techniques to street and gifted football players on June 14. He will have a press conference at 2 pm, June 15, at the Thong Nhat Stadium and then join the charity game.

 

The match’s management board said there were 3,000 free tickets available for the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF). 13,061 tickets are expected to be sold to contribute to Park Ji Sung’s charity fund.

 

The fund is expected to donate US$50,000-80,000 to VFF for the development of young football in Vietnam.

 

Korean movie star and a Korean boy band will come to Vietnam to advertise for Park Ji Sung’s charity game in HCM City.

 

Actress Han Hye Jin, who is very familiar to Vietnamese audiences through “The Legend of Jumong”, will be the “Lady Festival” of the game, while the JYJ band (including Junsu, Jaejoong, Yoochun) will perform during the interval.

Employed by Manchester United since 2005, at the price of GBP4 million, Park Ji Sung has proved his talent and became the first Asian player who was used in a final game of the Champions League. A road in South Korea was named after him.


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