Cong Phuong absent for 4 consecutive matches in J1 League; Barca sets new record when overcoming San Mames

Barca set a new record when overcoming San Mames

Coach Xavi Hernandez's team had a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Athletic Bilbao in round 25 of La Liga which took place in the early morning of March 13 (Hanoi time).

San Mames, Bilbao's home ground, is considered a "dangerous place" for big teams like Real Madrid or Barca. The match in round 25 of La Liga between Barca and Bilbao was no exception. However, the spirit of a big team helped the Catalan representative overcome the challenge successfully.

Starting lineup.

Raphinha's only goal in the 45+1 minute gave Barca a narrow victory over Bilbao. The La Liga leaders had a tough match against the Basque club. Barca controlled 64% of the ball, but were hampered by the home team's physical and pressing style.

Barca have won 1-0 for the 11th time in 25 La Liga games this season, continuing to show their impressive defense. With 19 clean sheets, Barca are also far ahead of the second best teams in Europe, Juventus and Lazio (each with 15 matches).

Losing to U20 Korea in extra time, U20 China's dream of participating in the U20 World Cup was shattered.

The U20 Korean team entered the quarter-finals unbeaten and without conceding a goal in the group stage. However, against a lower-rated opponent, the U20 Chinese team, the Korean team could not keep a clean sheet.

The aggressive play of U20 China made it difficult for the young Korean players. Players from both teams collided and fought fiercely right from the start of the match.

With only 2 shots and no goals in the first half, U20 Korea conceded a goal at the beginning of the second half. For U20 Korea, this was the first goal conceded by this team in the 2023 U20 Asian Cup finals.

U20 Korea won U20 China in extra time.

The opening goal made the match more exciting. The U20s of Korea increased the tempo of the game, gradually increasing the pressure on their opponents. They earned a penalty when a U20 Chinese player committed a handball in the penalty area. Kim Yong-hak did not miss the opportunity to score the equalizer.

U20 Korea continued to attack while U20 China tried their best to keep the score tied and drag their opponents into extra time. Despite their best efforts, the young Chinese players could only resist the opponent's attacks until the 100th minute. In the last 5 minutes of the first extra time, U20 Korea scored 2 goals from high balls.

China U20 could not turn the situation around in the remaining time of extra time. Korea U20 won, entered the semi-finals to meet Uzbekistan U20 and got a place to attend the U20 World Cup.

Result: U20 Korea 3-1 U20 China.

PSG wants to recruit Haaland for a record price

According to Sun Sport, PSG are said to want to recruit Erling Haaland. The Parc des Princes club is even willing to spend 175 million pounds to release the Norwegian player's contract with Man City.

If the deal goes through, Haaland will surpass Philippe Coutinho to become the Premier League player with the highest transfer fee in history. In 2018, Coutinho brought Liverpool 120 million pounds when he joined Barcelona.

175 million pounds is also the fee PSG spent to recruit Kylian Mbappe from Monaco.

The 2022/23 season is not over yet but Erling Haaland has already secured a place in the Premier League's best squad. The former Dortmund star has scored 28 goals in 26 games, just 4 goals away from the Premier League's greatest scoring record.

In all competitions, Haaland has scored 34 goals, a number far exceeding expectations for a player who has just arrived in the land of fog.

Cong Phuong absent for 4 consecutive matches in J1 League

Nguyen Cong Phuong was not registered by Yokohama Club to play in the match against Tokyo team in round 4 of J1 League 2023 taking place on the afternoon of March 12.

This is the fourth consecutive time.Cong Phuonghad to be a spectator for Yokohama in J1 League 2023. Phuong has not played a single minute, only been registered as a reserve at J.League Cup.

Cong Phuong has not played a single minute for Yokohama in any competition, only appearing in the reserve team. Photo: Yokohama Club.

Yokohama lost 1-3 to Tokyo with goals from Diego Oliveira (minutes 5 and 62) and Teruhito Nakagawa in the 27th minute. Yokohama also could not score a goal themselves, only getting an honorary goal thanks to an own goal by Kimoto Yasuki in the 45th minute.

With their third loss in the J1 League, Yokohama remains at the bottom of the table. This is also Yokohama's third consecutive loss in all competitions. The team's most recent loss was in the J.League Cup. Since the beginning of the season, Cong Phuong's team has not known victory, only drawing 1 match in the J1 League.

Cong Phuong also set a target of playing at least 25 matches in all competitions in his second trip abroad to Japan. However, the current situation still does not allow him to make his debut.

Vietnam U20 women's team received a "hot" bonus of 200 million VND after drawing with India U20

In the final match of Group F, the Vietnam U20 women's team held the India U20 women's team to a 1-1 draw, thereby winning the right to enter the second qualifying round of the 2024 AFC U20 Women's Championship.

Vietnam U20 women's team was awarded 200 million VND by VFF.

After the achievements in the qualifying round, President of the Vietnam Football Federation - Tran Quoc Tuan, on behalf of the Standing Committee of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Football Federation, congratulated and awarded the Vietnam U20 women's team 200 million VND for their excellent performance in qualifying for the second qualifying round of the 2024 Asian U20 Women's Championship.

Responding to the sentiments of VFF, head coach of Vietnam U20 women's team, Mr. Akira Ijiri, affirmed that the whole team will try their best when entering the second qualifying round of the upcoming 2024 Asian U20 Women's Championship./.