French newspaper tells the 'cruel' truth about Quang Hai; Leading Bayern Munich, former Chelsea coach receives 'huge' salary

EURO 2024 Qualifying Results: Spain Wins Easily on New Coach's Debut Day

In the early morning of March 26, the EURO 2024 qualifiers took place in the next matches of the first round. With the home field advantage in Malaga, the Spanish team was rated much higher than the Norwegian team when the opponent also lost its main striker Erling Haaland.

Spain quickly took control of the game from the start and opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Dani Olmo took a delicate touch from Alejandro Balde's shot to put La Roja ahead. With the early goal, Spain took the initiative to slow the pace of the game. Norway tried hard with the outstanding Ødegaard but could not make a difference.

The joy of victory of Spanish players. Photo: Reuters

Towards the end of the match, the Spanish team made a series of personnel changes in attack but still surprisingly scored 2 more goals in just 2 minutes thanks to a double from substitute player - Joselu.

With a big 3-0 win over Norway, the Spanish team not only had a favorable start in the EURO 2024 qualifiers but also had full joy on the official debut day of Coach Luis de la Fuente.

In other matches taking place early this morning, Türkiye was the team that made the strongest impression when they beat host Belarus 5-0. Meanwhile, Türkiye came from behind to beat Armenia 2-1 while Croatia was held to a 1-1 draw by Wales after conceding a goal in the 90th minute.

North Korean women's team removed from FIFA, Vietnam team benefits

In the latest FIFA rankings update, the women's team of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea no longer appeared.

According to the latest world rankings updated on March 24, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea women's football team has been removed from FIFA's ranking system.

On the latest FIFA rankings, the Vietnamese women's team has increased 1 place, from 34 to 33 in the world.

The removal from the FIFA rankings comes as the North Korean women's team have not played an official match in more than four years. Their last match was a one-man victory over Italy in 2019.

Before being removed from the FIFA rankings, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea women's team was ranked 10th and was the strongest team in Asia. The Australian women's team has now replaced them at 10th in the FIFA rankings and become the strongest women's team in Asia.

With the North Korean women's team being removed from the list, the Vietnamese women's team benefited by moving up one place, from 34th to 33rd in the world. At the Asian level, Coach Mai Duc Chung and his team ranked 5th out of the 5 strongest teams, namely Australia, Japan, China and South Korea.

Leading Bayern Munich, former Chelsea coach receives "huge" salary

Bayern Munich officially appointed strategist Thomas Tuchel to replace his recently fired colleague Julian Nagelsmann.

The German “Gray Tigers” shocked everyone when they decided to fire coach Julian Nagelsmann more than 3 years ahead of schedule. This was a shocking decision because Bayern Munich still had a chance to win the treble this season including the Bundesliga Silver Cup, Champions League and German National Cup.

Thomas Tuchel has been appointed as the new coach of Bayern Munich.

Not long after Nagelsmann left the headquarters, the Allianz Stadium team announced strategist Thomas Tuchel as his replacement. The 'Gray Tigers' contract with the former Chelsea coach is valid until the end of the 2026 season. It is expected that the German coach will officially take over Bayern Munich from March 27 to prepare for the confrontation with Dortmund.

It is known that Thomas Tuchel will receive a salary (before tax) equal to his predecessor Nagelsmann with 10 million USD/season - the highest income for a coach working in the Bundesliga.

The former Chelsea coach is expected to help the German representative win the Champions League as he did when he took over the English team in the middle of the 2020-2021 season.

French newspaper tells the 'cruel' truth about Quang Hai at Pau FC

Dubbed as "Vietnamese Messi", initiallyQuang Haijoined Pau FC with a prominent position. In fact, when he first arrived in France, the Vietnamese midfielder was given the opportunity to start or come on as an early substitute by coach Didier Tholot.

However, since the end of August 2022 until now, midfielder "number 19" seems to have been forgotten to the point of not being on the reserve list and even having to play in the 5th division.

Statistics show that Quang Hai has only played 2 out of 12 matches for Pau since the beginning of 2023, both in the last few minutes.

Quang Hai has not left much of an impression during his time at Pau FC in Ligue 2.

With Ligue 2 only about 2 months left to end and even though his contract is until 2024, Maligue2 newspaper assessed that Quang Hai has almost failed in France. "Quang Hai caused a stir when he joined Pau FC last summer" - Maligue2 newspaper assessed: "But from a sporting perspective, Quang Hai has almost failed when his first season is only more than two months away".

Explaining why Quang Hai has "disappeared" recently, the founder and operator of the website for Pau FC fans, Alexandre Castets, gave a number of reasons.

"If Pau FC had more than 6 points, Quang Hai could have been given more playing opportunities" - Alexandre Castets told Maligue2: "We almost forgot Quang Hai was here, because he did not play. We thought Quang Hai just needed time to adapt to the weather and integrate into the team. At that time, Pau FC had another player who could decide the match, but in the end that did not happen".

Explaining further about Quang Hai's failure, the administrator of the Pau FC fan website said that there was also the foreign language factor. Quang Hai cannot communicate in French and his English level has not improved much.

Experts say that although Quang Hai's contract with Pau FC is until 2024 and has an option for another year, if Quang Hai cannot improve his professional skills and communication skills or Pau FC cannot stay in Ligue 2, it is likely that the two sides will soon go their separate ways.