AFC impressed with U17 Vietnam's defense; What does Chanathip say when Thai youth football is in disarray?

Phong Phu Ha Nam won the 2022 National U16 Women's Football Championship

The final match of the tournament was the clash between Phong Phu Ha Nam and Ha Noi. This was considered the final match because the two teams were tied on points and the winner would lift the championship trophy. Phong Phu Ha Nam were in good form and they continued to show impressive performances against strong opponents Ha Noi.

Coach Nguyen Khanh Thu and his players approached the match with a reasonable strategy. They tried to defend firmly and waited for the opportunity to score. In the 21st minute, Phong Phu Ha Nam organized a very quick counter-attack, Ngan Thi Thanh Hieu received the ball and fired a beautiful long-range shot to open the score.

Phong Phu Ha Nam won the national U16 women's championship.

In the 26th minute, Thanh Hieu still passed the ball delicately for Hoang Van to break through and finish skillfully, doubling the gap for Phong Phu Ha Nam. Just 3 minutes later, Luu Hoang Van accelerated and dribbled very skillfully, eliminating the opponent's defender before raising the score to 3-0. The first half ended with a huge advantage for Phong Phu Ha Nam.

In the second half, in the 46th minute, Hoang Van completed her hat-trick when she took advantage of a mistake by a Hanoi defender and finished with a tricky shot to increase the score to 4-0. This goal made the remaining minutes of the match just a time for Hanoi to find an honorable equalizer. However, on a day when the strikers continuously wasted opportunities, the Capital team could not score.

With this result, Phong Phu Ha Nam won the championship. Hanoi ranked second overall. Third place belonged to Ho Chi Minh City after this team defeated its direct competitor Son La.

What did Chanathip say when Thai youth football was in disarray?

Midfielder Chanathip Songkrasin emphasized that young Thai players must devote themselves and be ready to sacrifice for the country's flag in order to improve their performance.

"In the past, when I played for the youth teams, the conditions were very different from now. At that time, I didn't even have a salary. I just thought, I want to play for the national team, I want to win. I accepted everything. Frankly, the coach at that time just asked to chase people and run. But we were ready to fight," Siam Sport quoted Chanathip.

Chanathip is not satisfied with Thailand's young players.

"Now, young players have all the best conditions such as resources, technology, sports science... And I think the results must be better. I always cheer and encourage young players but I think they need to play more actively. I want them to have the desire to dedicate themselves and sacrifice for the national team," added the captain of the Thai team.

Chanathip's statement was made after2023 AFC U17 Championship Finals. In this tournament, U17 Thailand won a ticket to the final round but that was not enough. "Little War Elephants" suffered a heavy 0-3 defeat against U17 Vietnam in the match for the top spot in Group F.

PSG sets price for striker Mbappe

Recently, the French press reported that Mbappe wanted to leave PSG in January due to conflicts with the club's leadership. However, the French football giant did not let its number 1 star leave easily.

According to the Telegraph, PSG values ​​Mbappe at 300m-350m Euros. Meanwhile, Foot Mercato reported that the French club is demanding 400m Euros for any club that wants to own the 23-year-old striker. This figure is large enough to deter any European giant.

At the end of May, the French striker refused to go to Real to extend his contract with PSG for another 3 years under a contract worth 571 million USD. Mbappe, thanks to that, became the highest-paid football player in 2022 with 125 million USD, including 105 million USD in salary and 20 million USD from sponsorship contracts.

PSG valued Mbappe at 300m-350m Euros for the winter transfer window.

In addition, he also received a bonus of up to 125 million USD after renewing with PSG, including full ownership of image value, and any bonuses for achievements on the field.

Last September, PSG rejected Real Madrid's offer to buy striker Kylian Mbappe for 220 million Euros. This is also the third time that the French club PSG rejected Real Madrid's offer to buy Kylian Mbappe in the summer transfer window.

Previously, the Spanish Royal team offered to buy Kylian Mbappe for 160 million Euros, then raised it to 180 million Euros but was rejected by PSG.

Kylian Mbappe, 22, joined PSG in 2017 on loan from Monaco and later bought him for 180 million euros. In the past 4 years, Mbappe has played 175 games for PSG, scored 135 goals and won 10 titles with the French capital team, including 3 Ligue 1 championships.

AFC impressed with U17 Vietnam's defense

According to recent statistics from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the Vietnam U17 team is considered one of the four teams with the most solid defense in the qualifying round of the 2023 AFC U17 Championship.

Accordingly, in the qualifying round of Group F of the 2023 AFC U17 Championship held at Viet Tri Stadium (Phu Tho) from October 5 to October 9, the Vietnam U17 team had 3 wins against opponents Thailand U17, Taiwan U17 (China) and Nepal U17.

The Vietnam U17 team won big in all three qualifying matches. Photo: Ngoc Le

End of qualifying round,Vietnam U17entered the final round with 12 goals scored without conceding any, holding the top spot in Group F with 9 absolute points. Also keeping a clean sheet in the qualifying round were U17 Japan (Group A), U17 Yemen (Group E) and U17 Tajikistan (Group H).

The 2023 AFC U17 Championship is the first tournament that the AFC has renamed from the AFC U16 tournament system. Japan is the team with the best performance with 3 championship titles in 1994, 2006 and 2018.

The 2023 AFC U17 Championship Finals will take place from May 3 to May 20, 2023 (host country has not yet been determined). According to the AFC's preliminary seeding grouping based on the performance of the teams at the 2018 AFC U16 Championship Finals, Vietnam U17 is temporarily ranked in Group 3 with Malaysia, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia.

Man United narrowly beat Omonia in the 90+3 minute

In the early morning of October 14 (Hanoi time), Man United struggled to defeat Omonia 1-0 in the 4th match of Group E Europa League.

At home, Man United easily created a one-sided game and had space to try all options from long shots, passing in the middle to crossing and passing. The Premier League representative had 33 shots (15 in the first half, 17 in the second half). Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates had 11 shots on target but the efficiency was almost zero.

MU beat Omonia 1-0. Photo: Getty

The "Red Devils" had to wait until their 34th shot in the 90+3 minute of injury time to break down the Omonia defense. The scorer was not a striker but defensive midfielder Scott McTominay. His close-range shot sent the ball into the net, much to the amazement of the away team.

In the same match, Real Sociedad defeated Sheriff 3-0 to get 12 points, thereby winning a ticket to the knockout round 2 rounds early.

MU ranked 2nd with 9 points and only needed 1 more point against Sheriff in the next round at home at Old Trafford to continue.