Time is needed to verify the Vietnamese-Dutch midfielder of Vietnam U17; Coach Shin Tae-yong is preparing to lead the Vietnamese players to compete with MU?

In recent days, Southeast Asian media has been abuzz with news that the ASEAN All Stars team will compete with MU in May 2025.

These sources said that after the 2024-2025 season ends, MU will have a summer tour and play a friendly match in Malaysia.

Accordingly, the top stars of Southeast Asian football will be organized into a team called ASEAN All Stars to compete with MU.

CNN Indonesia revealed that coach Shin Tae-yong could be the one to lead the ASEAN All Stars team.

The Korean strategist was recently fired by the Indonesian Football Federation (PSSI) and has not yet found a new job.

Therefore, Indonesian media believes that he is a strong candidate to lead the team of Southeast Asian stars.

If this team is formed, it is likely that many stars of the Vietnamese team will also participate.

But information about MU facing the ASEAN All Stars team has only just appeared in the press.

Vietnam U17 Coach: "Need time to verify the Dutch-Vietnamese midfielder"

Coach Cristiano Roland said that he and his coaching staff need time to accurately assess the ability of Vietnamese-Dutch midfielder Thomas Mai Veeren.

Stealing the spotlight in the training session of U17 Vietnam,On the afternoon of March 3, it was the Vietnamese-Dutch midfielder - Thomas Mai Veeren. This player born in 2008 received special attention from the media during his first training session with his new teammates.

Sharing the reason for calling Thomas Mai Veeren to the U17 Vietnam squad, coach Roland said: "When I received the video from YouTube, the coaching staff analyzed it together. But we will continue to observe and support him to integrate into the team. Whether this player can help the team or not needs more time."

Brighton have won five consecutive games in all competitions for the first time since entering the Premier League, and Danny Welbeck is the hero of their historic run.

In the FA Cup 5th round match against Newcastle on the evening of March 2, Welbeck came off the bench in the 80th minute. In the 114th minute of extra time, Welbeck received a pass from Solly March and skillfully finished from a tight angle, defeating goalkeeper Martin Dubravka to seal a 2-1 victory for Brighton.

This was the England striker's eighth goal of the season - a tally only four shy of Welbeck's two seasons at Manchester United and one season at Arsenal. Compared to his personal record of 12 goals scored for Manchester United in the 2011/12 season, Welbeck is now just four goals away from that milestone.

Luis Suarez shines to help Inter Miami win

Although superstar Lionel Messi did not play, Inter Miami still easily dominated the trip to Houston Dynamo's field in round 2 of the US professional soccer tournament.

Coach Javier Mascherano's team took only 6 minutes to open the score, thanks to Segovia. The person who created the goal for Segovia was Luis Suarez. Not only directly threatening the Houston Dynamo goal, the Uruguayan striker also actively supported his teammates to shine. From minute 37 to 45+2, he continuously created opportunities for Segovia and Allende to take turns scoring, helping Inter Miami lead 3-0, and completing a hat-trick of assists.

Entering the second half, Suarez marked a dream day with a goal to increase the score to 4-0 in the 79th minute. Houston Dynamo's efforts only helped them get a consolation goal from Lodeiro in the 85th minute.

In the end, Inter Miami won 4-1.