Cong Phuong says goodbye to Hoang Anh Gia Lai, goes to Japan to play; Indonesian star confident of winning AFF Cup 2022

Cong Phuong says goodbye to Hoang Anh Gia Lai, goes to Japan to play

Striker Nguyen Cong Phuong said goodbye to Hoang Anh Gia Lai Club and moved to play for Yokohama FC in J-League 1.

According to VTC News,Cong Phuongdecided to leave Hoang Anh Gia Lai many months ago. Initially, he intended to try his hand at a tournament in Europe. However, after consideration, the striker born in 1995 decided to return to Japan, where he had experienced playing for Mito Hollyhock. Cong Phuong will join Yokohama FC, the team that just won promotion to J-League 1.

Cong Phuong says goodbye to Hoang Anh Gia Lai.

Cong Phuong received many attractive offers in the country. Some teams were even willing to spend 20 billion VND to buy back Cong Phuong's contract at Hoang Anh Gia Lai. However, for many different reasons, the transfer deals involving Cong Phuong and Van Toan to Vietnamese clubs were all unsuccessful.

At the age of 27, Cong Phuong had another try in the Japanese football environment. In 2016, he moved to Mito Hollyhock but did not leave any mark. After that, Cong Phuong went to Belgium to play for Sint Truidense and continued to face many difficulties.

But as soon as he returned to the V-League, Cong Phuong regained his form and continuously scored goals whether playing for Hoang Anh Gia Lai or Ho Chi Minh City Club. Overall, he is still a top player in Vietnamese football even though he does not always play well when called up to the national team.

Cong Phuong is still recovering from injury and will not participate in the AFF Cup 2022 with the Vietnamese team. The information that the 1995-born star was summoned by Coach Park Hang-seo is incorrect.

Indonesian star confident of winning AFF Cup 2022

The AFF Cup 2022 is less than a week away from officially kicking off. In Group A, the Indonesian team is currently training in Bali with the goal of conquering the championship after many missed opportunities.

Sharing on the Indonesian Football Federation's homepage, midfielder Egy Maulana of the archipelago team expressed his determination: "We came here with a single goal, namely the championship. Therefore, everyone must be together. Physical conditions must also be improved."

"I had three days of physical training. Everything was quite good. The training was very tiring because I just started exercising," the Indonesian star added.

Midfielder Egy Maulana is determined to help Indonesia win the 2022 AFF Cup.

After losing to Thailand in the final of the AFF Cup 2020 (held in 2021), Coach Shin Tae Yong and his students are eager to change history in this year's tournament.

Aiming to conquer the Southeast Asian gold cup, the Korean strategist has called up a list of 28 players for the Indonesian team.

In this list, Coach Shin also called up 3 naturalized players including: Marc Klok (Dutch origin) and 2 new players Sandy Walsh and Jordi Amat. Jordi Amat (30 years old) is a naturalized player of Indonesian - Spanish blood, currently playing for Johor Darul Ta'zim Club (Malaysia). Similarly, Sandy Walsh is Dutch and of Indonesian origin, currently playing for KV Mechelen Club of Belgium.

With the addition of naturalized players, Coach Shin expects the Indonesian team with its young players to be stronger and more stable than the previous AFF Cup squad and to win the prestigious Gold Cup after many years of waiting.

Ronaldo has no intention of leaving the Portuguese national team

TripWorld Cup 2022Cristiano Ronaldo's World Cup campaign ended when Portugal were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Morocco. Since then, there have been questions about Ronaldo's future with the national team. Many believed that Ronaldo would retire from international football after a disappointing tournament, in which he scored only one goal from the penalty spot.

Ronaldo has not retired from international football.

However, sources from CM magazine said that Ronaldo has no such plans. Instead, he has outlined a new path with the ambition of leading Portugal to glory at Euro 2024. According to CM, Ronaldo has informed the Portuguese coaching staff of his intention to continue playing football for his country.

Messi confirms playing the last World Cup match of his career

After Argentina's victory over Croatia in the 2022 World Cup semi-finals, Argentina's 35-year-old captain Lionel Messi confirmed that the final match against the winner of the France-Morocco match was his last match for Argentina at the World Cup.

It is necessary to clearly understand the way this "weird" striker speaks, all strikers are "weird". Only "weird" on the field can "trick" the opponent, the more weird, the better and the same goes for their way of speaking.

Messi said he will play the last World Cup match but not retire from the Argentina national team. Therefore, Messi can still wear the Argentina national team shirt to play in other tournaments, including the major Copa America. This is understandable, because the World Cup finals will return in four years, and by then Messi will be 39 years old.

Messi is very close to his World Cup "golden dream". Photo: Reuters

Currently at the age of 35, Messi can still wear the Argentina national team shirt to play Copa America in the next 1 or 2 years. Ronaldo at the age of 35 like Messi now still scores a lot and very regularly until reuniting with MU and things will only get worse.

Messi has led Argentina to the World Cup final twice so far. The first time was in 2014 in Brazil, Argentina faced Germany and the South American team lost 0-1 after 120 dramatic minutes. This time Messi steered Argentina to the final and waited for the opponent in this final match to be France or Morocco.

With Messi, he also led Argentina to five Copa America finals, losing three times to Chile. Last year, Messi and his teammates took the team to the Copa America final against host Brazil and won 1-0, allowing Messi to win his first major championship with Argentina.

Will the burning dream, the missing World Cup in Messi's massive collection of achievements, be fulfilled on the night of December 18, and will this gold cup be added?

That is also what "senior" Maradona did, but Messi always bears great pressure./.