Last chance for new recruits of Vietnam national team; Alvarez - Messi: Argentina's perfect '9-10' pair

Vietnam National Team Aims for Friendly Match with Philippines: Last Chance for Newcomers

In preparation for the AFF Cup 2022 campaign, the Vietnam National Team has two friendly matches against Borussia Dortmund and the Philippines.

The friendly match against the Philippines today (December 14) is considered a rehearsal for the Vietnam national team before the start of the AFF Cup 2022. This is also the last chance for the players, especially the young rookies, to show themselves, in order to score points with coach Park Hang-seo. The Korean coach will certainly continue to conduct experiments to review personnel before finalizing the final list to participate in the AFF Cup 2022.

Alvarez - Messi: Argentina's perfect "9-10" pair

Argentina was not superior to Croatia, but the difference was that the South American representative possessed the duo Julian Alvarez - Lionel Messi, 2 players who turned Lusail Iconic into their own stage with brilliant performances.

Perfect couple.

"Moments" and "effectiveness" are two words that accurately describe what Argentina showed against Croatia. Albiceleste did not have much possession, only 39% compared to 61% of their opponents, and had fewer shots (9 vs 12) but still scored 3 goals and a ticket to the 2022 World Cup final. Messi once again dominated the stage with a top performance.

Man United reward Rashford and Garnacho

According to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, Man United are speeding up the negotiation process and are about to extend the contract and increase the salary for Alejandro Garnacho and Rashford.

The reason Kane missed the penalty against France was because of... Henderson

According to a football psychologist, Harry Kane's missed second penalty in the 2022 World Cup quarter-final was due to a lack of encouragement from his teammates.

Jordan Henderson always protected Kane when he was on the pitch.

Geir Jordet, a professor of sports science in Norway who specializes in player psychology, has given his opinion. Jordet believes that Kane is a good penalty taker, but is psychologically affected, leading to missed shots. Specifically, in a normal penalty, the kicker always needs "private" space to avoid being distracted by the opponent. He needs to be "protected" and the best person to do that role in the England team is Jordan Henderson.

Henderson was substituted before the second penalty. Then, within 30 seconds of the referee pointing to the spot, Kane was surrounded by all the French players. By the time he realized what had happened, Mason Mount and Jude Bellingham had entered the penalty area, then "escorted" Giroud out.