Surprise at Asiad: Malaysian player who scored against Korea once competed with Quang Hai
(Baonghean.vn) - The Malaysian player who scored against Korea once competed with Quang Hai, the Vietnamese women's team was suddenly "pushed" out of the athlete village, athlete Thach Kim Tuan was suddenly tested for doping... are the newly updated interesting information.
Before competing, the Vietnamese women's team was suddenly "pushed" out of the athlete village.
After the training session on the afternoon of August 17 in Palembang, the coaching staff of the Vietnamese women's team suddenly received a notice from the representative of the Vietnamese Sports Delegation in Palembang City about changing the accommodation for the entire team. This decision was made by the organizing committee of the host country, Indonesia, at the last minute when the number of rooms in the Palembang City Sports Village was not enough to accommodate.
This is a rare occurrence because when teams register to stay in the athlete village from the beginning, the organizing committee must also calculate reasonably to avoid overloading. However, the women's team has been in the athlete village for a few days but had to pack up and find another place to stay, showing that the organization of the host country is very chaotic.
Before that, when entering the athlete village, the Vietnamese female players had to wait until almost midnight to check in, making everyone very tired.
It is known that in addition to women's football, other sports such as shooting, tennis, rowing, tennis, bowling, roller skating, canoing, sepak takraw... also have to move out.
Athlete Thach Kim Tuan was unexpectedly tested for doping.
On the afternoon of August 17, Vietnam's number 1 weightlifter Thach Kim Tuan was suddenly asked by two anti-doping officers of the 2018 ASIAD Organizing Committee to take a doping test.
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The incident occurred when Thach Kim Tuan, coach Huynh Huu Chi and his teammates were preparing to leave the athlete village for training. Kim Tuan is also the first Vietnamese athlete to be tested for doping at ASIAD 2018.
According to information from the Weightlifting Coaching Board, this is the first time Kim Tuan has been asked to take a doping test before competing. In previous competitions, he was only asked to take a doping test after competing.
Thach Kim Tuan had his first training session in Jakarta (Indonesia) on August 16. He is the number 1 hope of Vietnamese weightlifting at this ASIAD. According to the plan, Kim Tuan will compete on August 20.
U23 Malaysia caused an earthquake when they defeated U23 Korea
Like the match against U23 Bahrain, coach Kim Hak Bum kept many stars on the bench such as goalkeeper Jo Hyeon Woo, "Korean Messi" Lee Seung Woo and especially Son Heung Min.
The Korean team quickly took control of the game, but just one minute of defensive negligence made them pay the price in the 5th minute. Muhammad Safawi Rasid was the one who opened the score for U23 Malaysia, making the Southeast Asian team not believe their eyes.
Not only that, before the two teams went for a break, U23 Korea received a counterattack. The second goal scorer for U23 Malaysia was still Safawi Rasid.
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| U23 Malaysia caused a surprise when defeating U23 Korea |
It wasn't until the 88th minute that U23 Korea finally found the back of U23 Malaysia's net, after Hwang Ui Jo scored. However, that was all the team from the land of Kimchi could do in this match.
U23 Malaysia not only won a surprising 2-1 victory over U23 Korea but also secured the top spot in Group E and a ticket to the round of 16, although there is still a final match against U23 Kyrgyzstan. Even if they lose in the group stage, in terms of head-to-head stats, coach Ong Kim Swee's team is still better than U23 Korea.
That means, U23 Vietnam and U23 Japan, regardless of being first or second in Group D, will almost certainly not have to meet U23 Korea in the round of 16.
Malaysian player who scored against Korea once competed with Quang Hai
Safawi Rasid scored a double against Olympic Korea to help Malaysia lead Group E at ASIAD 18. He once surpassed Quang Hai to win the title "Best Young Player of Southeast Asia 2017".
On a day that featured Premier League star Son Heung-min, another Malaysian Olympic striker was the standout performer on the pitch. That was 21-year-old striker Muhammad Safawi Rasid, who plays for Johor Darul Ta'zim in the Malaysia Super League.
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| Safawi scored to help U22 Malaysia go deep at SEA Games 2017. |
At the international level, Safawi was the captain of the U22 Malaysia team at the 2017 SEA Games with 2 goals scored, helping the host team reach the final and only lost to Thailand with a minimal score.
In early February this year, Safawi was reported by the newspaperFourfourtwoThe Malaysian version voted him "Best Young Player in Southeast Asia 2017", surpassing strong competitor Nguyen Quang Hai of Hanoi Club.
It is worth mentioning that Safawi only performed well at the 2017 SEA Games and had to stop at the quarter-finals of the U23 Asia, while Quang Hai had an extremely successful performance in China with a record of 5 goals scored.
In terms of club level, Safawi only started 2 matches in the Malaysia Super League, while this number for the midfielder from Dong Anh is a full 26 matches, more than 2,000 minutes on the field. Many people think that the pageFourfourtwodeliberately favored the home team's players.
Japan has only one goalkeeper left when meeting Olympic Vietnam
If Japan's Olympic number one goalkeeper Kojima Ryosuke does not recover in time, Obi Obinna will likely start. Kojima has been diagnosed with a torn right calf. Japan's Olympic team has only registered two goalkeepers.
Obi Powell Obinna made his official debut for the Japanese Olympic team when he came on as a substitute for Kojima Ryosuke in the 77th minute. In May 2018, he also participated in the Toulon friendly tournament held in France.
Obi was then a substitute when goalkeeper Rui Yamaguchi was sent off in the 75th minute of a match against Portugal U21. Two minutes later, Obi conceded a goal, and it was an unforgettable memory.
In the morning practice session on August 17, the Japanese Olympic team only brought players who had little or no participation in the match against the Pakistani Olympic team. Among them, the goalkeeper whose father is Nigerian and mother is Japanese was trained very carefully.
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| Obi Obinna is training hard to make his first start for the Japanese Olympic team. Photo:Viet Hung. |
Today is the opening ceremony of ASIAD 2018
The 2018 Asian Games Opening Ceremony will take place tonight, starting at 7:00 p.m. in Jakarta. This is a colorful program of Indonesia, to welcome the sports delegations to the Asian Games with the theme “Feel the energy of Asia”.
The organizers kept the opening ceremony script a secret to create surprises and only said in general that the opening ceremony would be very unique with many impressive performances, as well as the participation of many famous artists from Indonesia and the continent.
The Vietnam Sports Delegation (VSD) will attend the opening ceremony, led by Head of Delegation Tran Duc Phan, along with many officials, coaches and a number of athletes from various sports. Leading the VSD at the ceremony is fencer Vu Thanh An, who has won the Southeast Asian championship many times and has a handsome appearance with a height of 1m85.
Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Thien - Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism will also attend the opening ceremony. Earlier, in the morning of the same day, Minister Nguyen Ngoc Thien will visit the Athletes' Village to visit and encourage the Vietnamese Sports Delegation before the opening ceremony.
On August 19, some of the games of the congress will continue with football (men's and women's), fencing, shooting, sepak takraw, rowing, swimming, taekwondo, wrestling, wushu..., in which many famous faces of the Vietnamese sports teams will take part. Football Newspaper continuously updates the competition schedule and detailed results every day. Please read on!
