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By an excellent performance in the confrontation with the reigning champs Slavia Praha, The Vietnamese-origin goalie Filip Nguyen was praised and even compared to the legend Petr Cech.
Filip nguyen’s talent is highly appreciated by Czech. Despite Slovan Liberec’s 1-0 away loss, Filip Nguyen still did a splendid job with high level saves.
After the match, coach Jindrich Trpisovsky hailed his goalkeeper’s saves and admitted that Filip Nguyen might help him follow legend Petr Cech to play in Chelsea.
“Filip Nguyen delivered an excellent performance, he saved us many times. If he remains his form like this, Filip Nguyen can play in Chelsea”.
Meanwhile, football legend Petr Cech, after leaving the Czech Republic, rose to become the world's number one goalkeeper in Chelsea's shirt. He is the idol of many young goalkeepers of the Czech Republic in particular and world football in general.
Currently, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and Coach Park Hang-seo are keen on Filip Nguyen to play for Vietnam to qualify for the 2022 World Cup. However, the goalkeeper has not yet completed the Citizenship procedure so he will be absent from the call-ups.
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