Arsenal vs Vietnam July 17, 2013

Good afternoon and welcome to Sports Mole's live text commentary of Arsenal's second pre-season game as they take on Vietnam at the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi.

The Gunners beat an Indonesia XI 7-0 on Sunday afternoon and will hope for a tougher encounter against the side ranked 145 in the world.

Arsenal will still be missing Santi Cazorla and Nacho Monreal, who remain on leave following Spain's Confederations Cup exploits.

Please note that kickoff is at 1pm.

Arsene Wenger was impressed with his young charges against Indonesia.

He said: "Everybody came through well and it was interesting to see some young players, who have practised with us.

"They all did well. Gnabry is a bit older but Olsson, Gedion, Eisfeld, they did very well when they came on. Chuba Akpom did well, he looked sharp up front."

12.06 pm Last time out, on Sunday, Arsenal were in Jakarta and thrashed an Indonesian XI 7-0. Their side involved a good blend of experience and youth and there were goals for Chuba Akpom, Kristoffer Olsson and Thomas Eisfeld.

12.02 pm Hello everyone and thanks for joining me for Arsenal's second pre-season game on their Asian tour. Today they're in wonderful Vietnam to take on the national team in the capital Hanoi.

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