The promotional image is published on the FIFA's Facebook page as the 2022 World Cup Asian qualifiers’ final round approaches.
FIFA has highly valued Linh for his performance at the second round of the qualifiers where he was Vietnam’s top scorer with five goals.
Forward Nguyen Tien Linh (Photo: VNA)
He was named among three Vietnamese players to watch at the final qualifying round by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), alongside midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai and defender Que Ngoc Hai.

Vietnam will begin their quest at the final round of the 2022 World Cup Asian qualifiers with a match against Saudi Arabia slated to kick off at 1am on September 3 (Vietnam time). This is the first time that they have advanced to the third and final round of the World Cup qualifiers.