The most expensive player of U23 Vietnam and his strange scoring fate; Latest U23 Asia 2024 rankings: U23 Indonesia has the advantage
(Baonghean.vn) - Striker Bui Vi Hao always knows how to shine every time he is put on the field from the bench; U23 Indonesia has an advantage in the race for a ticket to the quarterfinals in Group A when it has risen to 2nd place with 3 points after 2 matches. Those are the outstanding sports news in the past 24 hours.
The most expensive player of U23 Vietnam and his strange scoring fate
Striker Bui Vi Hao always knows how to shine every time he is put on the field from the bench.
U23 Vietnam had a favorable start at the 2024 U23 Asian tournament when defeating U23 Kuwait with a score of 3-1.
In this match, striker Bui Vi Hao only entered the field in the second half but he still managed to leave his mark with a double goal.
But this is not the first time the most expensive striker of U23 Vietnam (125,000 Euro) has shined when coming on from the bench.
Since being called up to the Vietnam U23 team in early 2023, Vi Hao has fought under two coaches, Troussier and Hoang Anh Tuan. But regardless of the time, he has only started from the bench.
At the 2023 Southeast Asian U23 tournament, Vi Hao sat on the bench for 4 matches and played twice in the matches against U23 Laos and U23 Malaysia.
Despite such little playing time, the striker born in 2003 still knew how to shine with 1 goal and 1 assist.
Latest 2024 AFC U23 Championship Rankings: Indonesia U23 has the advantage
The latest 2024 U23 Asian rankings show that U23 Indonesia has an advantage in the race for a ticket to the quarterfinals in Group A when it has risen to 2nd place with 3 points after 2 matches.
The Southeast Asian representative has 1 more point than U23 Jordan and only needs to draw with this opponent in the last match to get a ticket to the next round without having to care about the result of the match at the same time between Qatar and Australia.
Meanwhile, Qatar has secured the first ticket to the quarter-finals with 6 points after 2 wins. The home team even officially took the top spot in Group A when it was 3 points ahead of Indonesia and had a better head-to-head record.
Salah shines late, Liverpool stops at Europa League
Defeating hosts Atalanta 1-0 in the second leg of the quarter-finals thanks to a goal from Mohamed Salah, Liverpool still stopped in the Europa League.
Sharing the same fate as Liverpool was fellow countryman West Ham when the London team could only draw 1-1 with Bayer Leverkusen in the second leg and lost 1-2 overall to the new German Bundesliga champions.
This is only the third time in the 21st century that English football has not had any representatives in the semi-finals of the Champions League or Europa League.
Why did Martinez receive 2 yellow cards but not get sent off?
In the early morning of April 19, the Argentine goalkeeper received two yellow cards but still helped Aston Villa defeat Lille 4-3 in a penalty shootout to reach the Conference League semi-finals.
In the match against Lille, Emiliano Martinez received a yellow card for time-wasting in the first half. In the penalty shootout, the goalkeeper received another yellow card for not standing in the correct goalkeeper's waiting position and for provoking the fans.
However, "Dibu" was still not sent off. The Argentine goalkeeper shone brightly with 2 excellent penalty saves, thereby helping Aston Villa win a ticket to the Conference League semi-finals with a 4-3 victory in the penalty shootout.
According toSportsbibleandExpress, when the two teams enter the penalty shootout, the penalty card will be counted from the beginning. Therefore, Emiliano Martinez was not sent off.
