Xuan Son's torn shirt sold for a 'huge' price; Haaland's salary reaches historic milestone

Vietnam team chooses surprising stadium to play opening match of Asian Cup qualifiers

In March 2025, the Vietnamese team will begin its journey in the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers with a match against Laos.

But according to some sources, Vietnam team This time, the opening match of the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers will be moved to the southern region. Specifically, coach Kim Sang-sik and his team will host Laos at Binh Duong Stadium on March 25.

Initially, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) planned to bring the match back to My Dinh Stadium after organizing the AFF Cup 2024 at Viet Tri Stadium (Phu Tho). However, this plan has been changed for many reasons.

In fact, the match between Vietnam and Laos did not attract much attention. If held in Hanoi, the occupancy rate of the stands would not be high. In addition, the cost of renting My Dinh Stadium is up to 800 million VND/match. Meanwhile, the cost of renting Binh Duong Stadium will be much lower.

The fact that the Vietnamese team chose to play at a stadium in the southern region is very good news for fans. Because this is the first time in many years that the red team has returned to play in this region.

In the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers, the Vietnamese team is in a group with Malaysia, Nepal and Laos. These are all opponents of equal strength and the Vietnamese team is fully capable of winning maximum points. In this qualifying round, the teams will compete in a round-robin (home and away) to calculate the ranking points. The top team in each group in this qualifying round will win a ticket to the 2027 Asian Cup Finals.

Haaland's salary reaches historic milestone

Erling Haaland has just signed a 10-year contract with Manchester City, taking his income to a new peak in football history.

In the new contract, Haaland's salary will increase from 375,000 pounds/week to 500,000 pounds/week. In particular, Manchester City also collected the difference from the beginning of the season, helping the player immediately receive an additional 3.25 million pounds. In total, the Norwegian striker will pocket 26 million pounds per year.

With the new salary, Haaland will earn £2.166 million per month, equivalent to £71,000 per day, nearly £3,000 per hour. "With every passing second, Haaland continues to assert himself as one of the highest-paid players in football history," wrote the Daily Mail.

The new deal also makes Haaland the highest paid player in the Premier League, surpassing Kevin De Bruyne (£400,000/week). This is a strong move from Man City to keep the star amid rumors about Real Madrid.

With a total deal value of up to 260 million pounds calculated by Man City from the beginning of the 2024/25 season, Haaland's new contract eliminates the release clause. This means that any club wanting to take Haaland away from Etihad will have to pay a record transfer fee.

Xuan Son's torn shirt was sold for a "huge" price.

Striker Xuan Son's torn shirt was successfully auctioned for 120 million VND.

That was the shirt that was torn in the second leg of the semi-final.ASEAN Cup 2024 against the Singapore team. In the 38th minute of the match, a player from Nam Dinh Steel was pulled down by Lionel Tan Han Wei in the penalty area.

Striker number 12's shirt was torn at the neck due to impact from an opposing player and had to change into a new shirt to continue playing.

After the match, Xuan Son kept the shirt before donating it to a charity auction. The starting price for the Xuan Son shirt was VND10 million. But the shirt was later purchased by an industrial equipment company for VND120 million.

All proceeds from the auction of Xuan Son's shirt will be sent to the Vietnam Association of Families of Children and People with Cerebral Palsy, the Phu Tho Provincial Red Cross and the Tam Long Viet Fund of Vietnam Television, contributing to bringing hope and a future to those in unfortunate circumstances."

Xuan Son is recovering from surgery on his broken leg. According to experts, it is entirely possible for this player to return to top-level sports.

Vietnam women's futsal team won 21-0

After defeating Myanmar 5-1 in the first match, the Vietnamese women's futsal team gained confidence before entering the second match against Macau (China). Being rated higher than their opponents, Vietnam immediately pushed up their formation with many excellent attacking players. In the 2nd minute, receiving a pass from her teammate, Phuong Anh made a tricky shot to help the Vietnamese women's futsal team open the score.

At minute 11, when the first half had passed, the Vietnamese women's futsal team was leading 5-0. After only 1 minute, Nguyet Vi and Thuy Trang took turns scoring to raise the score to 7-0. Not stopping there, Tran Thi Thuy Trang and her teammates continued to score more goals and ended the first 20 minutes with a score of 13-0.

Entering the second half, the Vietnam women's futsal team quickly raised the score to 14-0. K'Thua - striker playing for the Ho Chi Minh City I women's team also left her mark with the 15th goal. By the end of the match, Tu Anh, Nguyet Vi and Thuy Trang continuously "fired", the Vietnam women's futsal team defeated Macau (China) with a score of 21-0.

After 2 matches, coach Nguyen Dinh Hoang and his team have 6 points and a goal difference of +25, taking a big advantage in winning a ticket to the 2025 Asian women's futsal finals.

The Vietnamese women's futsal team is ranked 11th in the world, and even just won against Thailand on away field./.