Cong Phuong and teammates lost to lower-ranked opponents; V-League restarted in early June
(Baonghean.vn) - V-League restarts in early June; German fans support the team with an unprecedented idea; Malaysian player who scored against Van Lam is honored by AFC; Cong Phuong and teammates lose to lower-ranked opponents... are notable Sports news in the past 24 hours.
V-League to restart in early June
VPF has chosen the opening date of the National Cup as May 24 and the round of 16 will continue on May 30. Normally, 1 week later, V-League football will restart.
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| V-League restarts in early June. Illustrative photo |
German fans support their team with an unprecedented idea
With teams having to play behind closed doors, Monchengladbach fans have come up with a unique way to energize their players.
Regular supporters of Monchengladbach have printed their pictures on cardboard, which will then be pasted across the stands at Borussia Park.
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| The stands at Borussia Park are filled with cardboard cutouts of fans. Photo: Bleacher Report. |
Malaysian player who scored against Van Lam was honored by AFC
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has just compiled statistics on 5 long-range goals using the instep technique in the AFC Champions League and given the right to vote for the best goal in those 5 moves to fans.
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| Safawi Rasid. |
Safawi Rasid is considered the top striker of Malaysian football. He is also familiar to Vietnamese fans when he scored against goalkeeper Dang Van Lam to equalize 2-2 for Malaysia in the first leg of the 2018 AFF Cup final. However, in the second leg, this player failed to score against the Vietnamese defense at My Dinh Stadium.
Cong Phuong and his teammates lost to lower-ranked opponents.
In the first match after the break to avoid the Covid-19 epidemic, Cong Phuong and the HCMC players lost 0-2 in a friendly match with Ba Ria Vung Tau.
After a break due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Cong Phuong and the HCMC players had a friendly match with Ba Ria Vung Tau. Ba Ria Vung Tau is a rookie in the 2020 First Division.
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| Cong Phuong and goalkeeper Bui Tien Dung played from the start in this match. |
Ba Ria Vung Tau's two goals were scored by Minh Binh and an own goal by Ngoc Thinh.
In the end, HCMC lost 0-2 in the friendly match with Ba Ria Vung Tau.
V.League allows each team to substitute 5 players.
The decision to temporarily change the substitution rule in each match due to the impact of Covid-19 helps V.League teams breathe a sigh of relief, easing the worry of injuries.
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| The revised substitution rules were announced by FIFA. |
The law also stipulates the number of substitutions per match. To limit the number of interruptions, the law stipulates that each team is allowed a maximum of three substitutions. “If two teams make a substitution at the same time, it will be counted as one of the three substitutions for each team,” explains clause 3 of the temporary amendment.
