Cong Phuong is not surprised when Ho Chi Minh City wins big; Heerenveen Fanpage's followers drop sharply

Cong Phuong is not surprised when Ho Chi Minh City wins big

"There is nothing surprising about the 3-0 victory at Quang Ninh. We are a capable team," Cong Phuong said after the match on the evening of July 11. In the last two home matches, Ho Chi Minh City drew 2-2 with Da Nang and lost 1-2 to Binh Duong. Therefore, this team came to visit Quang Ninh with great pressure. However, Cong Phuong seized the opportunity to have the ball when his teammate missed, finishing to open the score in the 5th minute.

Thanks to that, Ho Chi Minh City played more easily with a defensive counter-attacking style, while Quang Ninh had to attack high to find an equalizer. The away team scored 2 more goals thanks to Amido in the 24th minute and Viet Phu in the 50th minute. Cong Phuong continued to contribute when he made an accurate corner kick for his teammate to seal the score at 3-0.

Cong Phuong opened the scoring in the 5th minute of the match at Cam Pha Stadium on July 11. Photo: Lam Thoa

"Once the Ho Chi Minh City players are united, it will be difficult for other teams to defeat us," Cong Phuong added. "Now we enter the match with the mentality that every match is a final. We accumulate every point, cherish every opportunity to have a good result at the end of the season."

Heerenveen Fanpage's followers dropped sharply when Van Hau returned to Vietnam.

About 40,000 people have canceled liking and following on SC Heerenveen's official page after Van Hau officially returned to Vietnam to play football.

Previously, SC Heerenveen's Fanpage had about 456,000 people clicking the like and follow buttons. Immediately after the announcement that the club would not sign a contract with Van Hau, the number of people unfollowing and liking increased significantly. Specifically, there are only more than 415,000 people following this fanpage. Thus, SC Heerenveen has lost about 40,000 people clicking the like and follow buttons.

Van Hau has returned to Vietnam to play football.

Remember when Van Hau arrived in the Netherlands, the official fanpage of SC Heerenveen increased dramatically. From 73,000 people, it increased to approximately 456,000 followers. The livestream video of Van Hau's introduction ceremony on the club's Facebook alone had nearly 900,000 views, 60,000 likes, 13,000 comments and was shared by 8,200 other accounts.

Ronaldo saves Juventus from losing to Atalanta

In the 89th minute of the match at Allianz Stadium, when he got into a dispute with Gonzalo Higuain in the Atalanta 16m50 area, Lucas Muriel seemed to not do it on purpose, but his arm was raised high and open, touching the ball. Referee Piero Giacomelli immediately blew the whistle to award a penalty to the away team. And on the 11m mark, Ronaldo easily defeated goalkeeper Gollini, sealing a 2-2 draw.

Ronaldo celebrates his second goal from the penalty spot to the utter disappointment of Atalanta players. Photo: Reuters.

Before the penalty and the goal that Gasperini called "overriding the rules", Atalanta came very close to their 12th consecutive victory in Serie A, and narrowed the gap with Juventus to 6 points - a gap that could be completely closed in the remaining 6 rounds. During the previous 89 minutes, Gasperini's students completely dominated Juventus in both the game on the field and the statistics. Although they had almost equal possession (51%), the away team had a much better number of shots with 9, of which 7 were on target. Before the penalty equalizer in the 90th minute, Juventus had only 7 shots, of which only one was on target - the penalty in the 55th minute, also scored by Ronaldo.