Former Vietnam coach Henrique Calisto: 'I am very impressed with Hanoi Police Club'; Coach Mai Duc Chung 'guesses' Thailand team
Former Vietnam National Team Head Coach Henrique Calisto highly appreciated the internal strength of Hanoi Police Club; Coach Mai Duc Chung revealed the goal of the Vietnam women's team in the big match with Thailand... are outstanding sports news in the past 24 hours.
Former Vietnam national team coach Henrique Calisto: "I am very impressed with Hanoi Police Club"
Former Vietnam National Team Head Coach Henrique Calisto highly appreciated the internal strength of Hanoi Police Club, who just defeated host Nam Dinh 3-2 to win the 2025 National Super Cup..
On the afternoon of August 9, Coach Calisto attended the National Super Cup match between Hanoi Police Club and Nam Dinh Club at Thien Truong Stadium. This was a high-quality match between the two teams, which was exciting with 5 goals scored.
The former Portuguese strategist was impressed with the way Hanoi Police FC overcame the home team to win the first Super Cup in its history.
Coach Mai Duc Chung "guesses" the Thai team
Evaluating the Thai women's team, the opponent of Huynh Nhu and her teammates in the final match of the group stage, the team is temporarily leading Group A after two consecutive wins, coach Mai Duc Chung said: "We have been following the Thai team from the previous match to this match. The Thai women's team has a squad consisting of many young players, including naturalized players.
The goal of the Vietnamese women's team is to beat Thailand to win the group. For me, the opportunities are equal for both teams. The team that is luckier and takes advantage of the opportunities better will win the group."
Sunderland stunned
The newly promoted Premier League team surpassed defending champions Liverpool in terms of transfer spending in the summer of 2025, creating a remarkable phenomenon in English football.
Sunderland have officially announced the signing of left-back Arthur Masuaku, marking the club's 10th signing in the 2025 summer transfer window. The 31-year-old player signed a two-year contract with the team at The Light Stadium, with a transfer fee of 6 million euros.
Masuaku becomes Sunderland's 10th signing of the summer, following new signings Enzo Le Fée, Habib Diarra, Noah Sadiki, Reinildo Mandava, Chemsdine Talbi, Simon Adingra, Granit Xhaka, Robin Roefs and Marc Guiu.
Masuaku's arrival has seen Sunderland surpass the 145.5 million euro mark in spending this summer, ranking fifth in the Premier League's biggest spenders list, behind MU, Arsenal, Man City and Liverpool.
Quality foreign players flock to V-League: Gains and losses for domestic players
V-League 2025/26 is worth watching with the appearance of a series of foreign players.
Although foreign players are still a very important group of players in V.League, it can be seen that in recent seasons, the highest tournament in Vietnam's professional football system does not have many outstanding faces.
Besides the group of old foreign players, V-League is witnessing many "blockbuster" contracts, as well as spreading out quite widely instead of falling into a group of potential clubs such as Nam Dinh, CAHN, Hanoi FC or Viettel.
However, the downside of the problem is not small. The influx of foreign players can reduce the chances of young Vietnamese players playing, when the pressure of performance, as well as spending millions of dollars to recruit, clubs of course give absolute priority to foreign players.
However, with the V-Leaguer being upgraded by foreign players and overseas Vietnamese players, it is also worth celebrating. Hopefully, with the million-dollar contracts, the V-League will become more vibrant and thereby help the Vietnamese team to improve.
