Indonesian newspaper warns of the strength of U20 Vietnam; Surprised with the candidate to replace Thomas Tuchel to lead Chelsea

Surprise with the candidate to replace Thomas Tuchel to lead Chelsea

Chelsea have entered talks with two candidates to replace Thomas Tuchel and the appointment is expected to be made in the coming days.

The Daily Mail reports that Chelsea have now begun talks with Brighton manager Graham Potter and that Pochettino is free after being sacked by PSG in the summer.

Former Real Madrid captain Zinedine Zidane is also on the list, but British media said Potter is the number 1 choice, while Pochettino and Zidane are plan B.

Chelsea identified Graham Potter as the number 1 candidate to replace Thomas Tuchel.

The source said that coach Potter is ready to take on a new challenge at Stamford Bridge, while Chelsea is quickly negotiating with Brighton.

The Telegraph added that The Blues will have to pay £10 million in compensation to break the contract if they want this coach.

And added that owner Todd Boehly targeted Potter as manager because Chelsea wanted to “create a new culture at the club” and someone “willing to listen to their instructions”.

According to the Athletic, Chelsea will soon announce a new head coach and ideally will take over the role for the match against Fulham on Saturday, September 10.

Athletic also revealed that Chelsea's leadership decided to fire Thomas Tuchel before the Champions League opening match, losing 0-1 to Dinamo Zagreb.

Experts and fans were really shocked by the decision of the new American owner, with many opinions saying that Chelsea was "thoughtless" in doing this.

Indonesian newspaper warns about the strength of U20 Vietnam

Ahead of the 2023 AFC U20 qualifiers, Indonesian media have commented on the preparations of the two most highly rated teams in Group F, Indonesia U20 and Vietnam U20. Specifically, the newspaper Suara highlighted the differences between the two teams in training and friendly matches. According to journalist Setiawan, coach Dinh The Nam's team is showing more advantage than the home team.

Explaining this, Suara newspaper analyzed: "The Indonesian U20 team only organized training in central Jakarta starting from August 25. The opponents for the test match are only domestic clubs including Persis Solo, Persija Jakarta and Kalteng Putra.

Of course, the preparation of U20 Indonesia is very different from U20 Vietnam before the qualifying round started. Before that, they organized the tournament in Vietnam by inviting Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar to participate. In this tournament, Nguyen Van Truong and his teammates excelled and became champions.

Vietnam U20 team has just played two friendly matches with Palestine U20 team. Photo: Minh Anh.

After that, U20 Vietnam continued to Japan to participate in the training program from August 13 to August 26. They had challenges against strong opponents such as U20 Japan, U18 Cerezo Osaka and Osaka Sangyo University. When returning home, U20 Vietnam continued to have a friendly match with U20 Palestine (September 3). This match ended in a goalless draw. If looking at the reality of the two teams, of courseU20 Vietnamhas much more careful preparation than U20 Indonesia".

Another newspaper, Bola Times, also warned the home team after witnessing U20 Vietnam's 2-0 victory over U20 Palestine in a closed match on September 6.

The newspaper said that coach Dinh The Nam had overhauled the squad to find a winning formula for U20 Vietnam. In this match, Khuat Van Khang scored the opening goal before Thanh Nhan completed a direct free kick to increase the score to 2-0. "The positive result of U20 Vietnam in the test match is considered a good preparation for the tournament in Indonesia. A dangerous alarm for coach Shin Tae-yong's team", the Bola Times commented.

VAR cannot appear at AFF Cup 2022

The 2022 AFF Cup will almost certainly not be able to apply video assistant referee (VAR) technology because many countries are not ready.

VAR technology was officially applied by FIFA at the 2018 World Cup, then appeared widely in the world's top tournaments and continents.

In Asia, VAR has been applied since the 2019 Asian Cup, followed by the World Cup qualifiers. However, in Southeast Asia, this technology has not yet had a chance to appear. Except for Thailand, which widely uses VAR in domestic tournaments, the Thai and Vietnamese teams directly access VAR when competing in Asian tournaments, this technology is still unfamiliar to the rest of Southeast Asia.

AFF Cup still cannot apply VAR technology in this 2022 season.

According to SMM Sport (Thailand), despite many calls, Southeast Asian fans will continue to have to wait, as VAR is almost certainly not applied at the AFF Cup later this year, because many countries are not ready.

The 2022 AFF Cup will feature 10 regional teams, playing home and away, with each team having two home matches in the group stage and one home match in the semi-finals and finals (if they participate). Therefore, if VAR is used, it needs to be unified and applied synchronously in all 10 countries.

This is almost impossible as VAR technology is still new to most Southeast Asian countries. Hiring or asking for sponsorship/support from FIFA or AFC is also almost impossible.

According to the plan, the AFF Cup 2022 will start from December 20. Group A includes Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, Brunei or Timor Leste. Group B includes Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Laos. Each group will play a round-robin to select the top two teams to enter the semi-finals.

National Cup 2022: Dong A Thanh Hoa and Hoang Anh Gia Lai enter the semi-finals

The results of the quarter-finals of the 2022 National Cup took place on the evening of September 7, Dong A Thanh Hoa defeated Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Hoang Anh Gia Lai defeated Saigon FC.

Rated higher than Ba ​​Ria-Vung Tau with home field advantage, Dong A Thanh Hoa started the match enthusiastically and quickly converted the advantage into the opening goal in the 26th minute thanks to Dinh Tung. Controlling the ball almost the entire match, Thanh Hoa's second goal was inevitable. In a central attack in the 55th minute, Le Van Thang fired a beautiful shot from nearly 20 meters away.

The joy of Dong A Thanh Hoa players after easily defeating Ba Ria-Vung Tau. Photo: Dong A Thanh Hoa

On the rise, Dong A Thanh Hoa scored the third goal in the 80th minute. In a quick counter-attack, the ball was crossed from the right wing into the 16m50 area and Le Van Thang was there to make a simple shot, completing his double in the match. Meanwhile, all Ba Ria - Vung Tau could do was Van Thanh's consolation goal in the 90th minute. In the end, Dong A Thanh Hoa beat Ba Ria - Vung Tau 3-1, thereby winning a ticket to the semi-finals of the 2022 National Cup.

In the match that took place later, at Pleiku Stadium, the match between Hoang Anh Gia Lai and Saigon FC was tense. Saigon FC opened the score in the 67th minute with a goal by Huu Son, but only 5 minutes later Hoang Anh Gia Lai equalized 1-1 thanks to Bruno. After 90 minutes, the two teams were drawn into a penalty shootout. On the 11m mark, Hoang Anh Gia Lai won the match with a score of 5-3, thereby entering the semi-finals.

On the afternoon and evening of September 8, the quarter-finals of the 2022 National Cup will continue with two matches, including: Binh Phuoc - Hanoi FC and Viettel FC - Topenland Binh Dinh.

Bayern win easily, extend Champions League record

In the highlight match of Group C of Death this morning, Bayern showed that no "death" can stop them. Because this club easily defeated Inter with a score of 2-0, thereby extending their unbeaten streak in the Champions League group stage to 29 matches. They are the team with the longest unbeaten streak in the history of participating in the European Cup C1 group stage. Bayern is considered to be superior to Inter even though they have to play away, and they showed that with a completely overwhelming match at Giuseppe Meazza. In the first half, while Inter only shot on goal once, Bayern made the opponent's goalkeeper fly to save 5 times.

Sane in the opening goal for Bayern.

But in the 6th kick, Onana could do nothing against Bayern's brilliance. That was the situation in the 25th minute, when Kimmich passed down just in time for Sane to skillfully dribble past Onana and put the ball into an empty goal.

This goal did not help Inter wake up. In the remaining 20 minutes of the first half, they continued to struggle to fend off the opponent's attacks. Bayern received 3 more shots on target, but fortunately Onana still played excellently to keep the home team's net only shaking once.

The situation did not change in the second half, the situation in the 66th minute. After an impressive pass, Sane ran down the right wing and crossed. Inside, defender D'Ambrosio awkwardly kicked the ball into his own goal, increasing the score to 2-0 for the opponent.

After doubling the gap, Bayern still maintained complete dominance, while Inter seemed to have given up.

The match ended with a score of 2-0 in favor of Bayern, continuing their unbeaten streak in the Champions League group stage.