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The opponent of U23 Vietnam locked troops to attend the SEA Games, the “young forever” star was absent

Today (April 30), coach Fabio Magrao of U23 Timor Leste closed the list of 20 players of this team to attend. sea ​​Games 31 in Vietnam. In particular, U23 Timor Leste only summoned one player over 23 years old, Armindo Correia de Almeida.

This is a player born in 1998, who can play as a defensive midfielder as well as a central defender. Armindo is an important pillar of the Timor Leste national team and is the captain of the team nicknamed “Sunrise”.

In addition to Armindo, U23 Timor Leste has the presence of some prominent names such as Jaimito Soares, Filomeno Junior, Elias Mesquita or Mouzinho. These are the players who attended the 2022 Southeast Asian U23 Finals in Cambodia, the tournament where U23 Timor Leste reached the semi-finals and only lost to U23 Vietnam.

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The most unfortunate absence of U23 Timor Leste is definitely striker Paulo Gali, the “prodigy” of Timor Leste football. The reason that Paulo Gali could not attend the SEA Games was said to be because he had a training schedule in Spain (it is reported that some Spanish teams want to try this player).

Referring to Paulo Gali, we immediately remember the player nicknamed “forever young and not old”. The number is Paulo Gali, currently believed to be born in 2004, ie 18 years old this year. But in 2018, a player named Paulo Gali attended the AFF Cup with the age of 22 (born in 1996).

When Timor Leste faced Malaysia in the first qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in June 2019, Paulo Gali had a birth date of December 31, 2004, not December 31, 1996 as before.

At the Southeast Asian U15 tournament in July 2019, Paulo Gali born in 2004 also appeared. And at the 2022 AFC U23 Qualifiers and the 2022 Southeast Asian U23 Finals, U23 Timor Leste continued to register Paulo Gali born in 2004. Notably, all of the Paulo Gali mentioned above have the full name Paulo Domingos Gali Da. Costa Freitas and looks are identical.

From left to right: Paulo Gali (No. 16 – AFF Cup 2018 – 1996), Paulo Gali (No. 10 – AFF U15 2019 – 2004), Paulo Gali (No. 21 – AFF U23 2022 – 2004)

The Southeast Asian Football Federation (AFF) once investigated the case of Paulo Gali, but ultimately concluded that there was no act of cheating on this player’s age. However, many people still disagree with the AFF’s conclusion.

At SEA Games 31, U23 Timor Leste will be in the same group with Vietnam, Indonesia, Myanmar and the Philippines. They will face coach Park Hang-seo’s army at 19:00 on May 15.

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