Thai newspaper is angry when Mr. Park is not 'suspended' from AFF Cup; FIFA rankings only have 1 team 'promoted'
(Baonghean.vn) - Mr. Park was not "suspended" from the AFF Cup, Thai newspapers were angry; Thai League was confused when there was the first Covid-19 infection; Former Malaysian player was honored by the world; FIFA rankings only had one "promoted" team... are notable Sports news in the past 24 hours.
Mr. Park was not "suspended" from the AFF Cup, Thai newspaper was angry
Public opinion and especially the Thai media are angry when it is highly likely that coach Park Hang-seo will not be punished by the AFC with a ban from directing 4 international friendly matches to make up for the 4 group stage matches of the AFF Cup 2020.
With a disappointing and sarcastic headline, Siam Sport, Thailand's largest sports newspaper, headlined: "Do you laugh or cry at Park Hang-seo's penalty?".
The headline alone shows the unfair thinking of a football power that once claimed to be the "King of ASEAN".
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| Mr. Park was not "suspended" from the AFF Cup, Thai newspapers were angry. |
According to the Thai press, coach Park Hang-seo escaped a penalty because the AFF Cup tournament is not under FIFA or AFC. AFC has the full right to impose disciplinary penalties at the national team level, even in tournaments that are not under their management.
With such a bitter attitude, it is very difficult to play fair with Mr. Park and his students.
Former Malaysian player honored by the world
Four years ago, Malaysia's Faiz Subri beat out a host of the world's top players to become the author of the most beautiful goal of 2016.
Now another former Malaysian player is in the top 10 of the Global Soccer Awards for the all-time leading national team goalscorers.
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| Captain Zainal Abidin Hassan (17) when he was with the Malaysian team against the generation of players Huynh Duc and Hong Son. Photo: GETTY IMAGES |
Mr. Zainal Abidin Hassan is a persistent striker who has played 180 times for the Malaysian national team, scoring 78 goals, ranking 7th in the top 10 scorers for the national team in world football.
FIFA rankings have only one team "promoted"
The FIFA rankings remained almost unchanged in March, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, most teams stopped playing, including Vietnam, which had planned to play friendly matches twice but then canceled them.
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| South Sudan football team. Illustration photo |
The remaining teams all maintained their positions, including Vietnam at 94th with 1,258 points.
The 2021 Premier League will have 14 teams.
Recently, the Vietnam Football Federation has decided that from the 2021 season, the number of teams participating in the first division will be 14 teams instead of 12 teams as at present. If based on the competition regulations of the 2020 first division when only 1 team is relegated. This also means that 3 teams will have the right to play in the 2021 first division after the 2020 second division season.
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| Training session of a first division football team. Illustration photo |
Thai League in panic after first Covid-19 case
Thai media reported that former Thai national team player and Port FC striker Kanit Atchayayothin is the first player in the land of the Golden Temple to test positive for Covid-19.
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| Forward Kanit Atchayayothin. |
Currently, Thailand is ranked 4th in Southeast Asia with 2,423 people infected and 32 deaths from Covid-19.
