Da Nang signs contract with 'former player' of HAGL; Coach Dinh The Nam reveals future after championship

Coach Dinh The Nam reveals his future after winning the U23 Southeast Asian Championship

Coach Dinh The Nam will return to work at the PVF youth football training center after joining the national team.U23 Vietnamwon the U23 Southeast Asian championship.

“After my duty at the U23 Southeast Asian tournament ends, I will return to work at the PVF youth football training center. This is my governing body. Currently, I have no information about the next plan for U23 Vietnam,” Coach Dinh The Nam shared.

At the 2022 Southeast Asian U23 Championship recently held in Cambodia, the Vietnam U23 team won the championship. This is a very proud achievement in the context of the Vietnam U23 team's efforts to overcome difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Coach Dinh The Nam's team only had a short time to prepare, starting from the beginning of 2022.

U23 Vietnam won the 2022 Southeast Asian U23 Championship.

During the tournament, U23 Vietnam suffered a huge loss of strength when many players contracted COVID-19. At times, the team had only 13 players, at risk of not being eligible to register to compete. The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has twice "reinforced" U23 Vietnam, with a total of 10 players.

Despite the difficulties, the coaching staff of the U23 Vietnam team and coach Dinh The Nam remained steadfast, skillfully arranged personnel, and came up with reasonable tactical plans, helping U23 Vietnam overcome its opponents to reach the final.

In the final match, U23 Vietnam had a convincing performance, defeating U23 Thailand 1-0 to be crowned champion.

Da Nang signs contract with "old man" of HAGL

Da Nang signed a contract with central defender Memovic, who used to play for SLNA and HAGL in the highest level of Vietnam.

In its latest announcement, Da Nang said that the team signed a contract with center back Memovic. This player will replace Ivan Maric for the rest of this season. Thus, the 3 foreign players that the Han River team registered to play this season are Memovic, Ighodaro Osaguona Christian and Kone Aboubakar Syriki.

Memovic played very well for SLNA and HAGL. Photo: DNFC

Memovic is no stranger to Vietnamese football fans. The Serbian midfielder born in 1989 played very well for SLNA in V-League 2019, with the team having an impressive clean sheet streak.

However, Memovic later left Vinh Stadium to join HAGL. At Pleiku Stadium, this central defender also played quite well in the 2020 and 2021 seasons, but was not in Coach Kiatisuk's plan for the 2022 season, so he had to leave.

Although he is 33 years old, Memovic's playing qualities are still very good, he is a quality addition to Da Nang's defense. According to the schedule, in round 2 of V-League 2022, Da Nang will meet Ho Chi Minh City at home.

Russia officially banned from 2022 World Cup

Early this morning (March 1) Vietnam time, the World Football Federation (FIFA) and the European Football Federation (UEFA) jointly imposed heavy sanctions on the Russian team, following the country's armed conflict with Ukraine, specifically banning them from the 2022 World Cup.

"Following initial decisions taken by the FIFA Council and the UEFA Executive Committee, FIFA and UEFA have today jointly decided that all Russian teams, at national and club level, will be suspended from both FIFA and UEFA competitions until further notice," the two organizations said in a statement.

Russian football is paying a heavy price for President Putin's armed conflict with Ukraine.

"Football is a solidarity. We stand in solidarity with all those affected in Ukraine. Both the FIFA and UEFA Presidents hope that the situation in Ukraine will improve and be resolved quickly, so that football can once again become a bridge of solidarity and peace between all people," FIFA and UEFA affirmed.

Thus, the Russian team will not be allowed to participate in the 2022 World Cup play-off matches and will say goodbye to the dream of going to Qatar at the end of this year.

This is a real blow for the "Russian Bear", as this team reached the quarter-finals of the 2018 World Cup, which took place at home.

The derby between Viettel FC and Hanoi FC was postponed due to Covid-19

The derby match between Viettel FC and Hanoi FC in round 2 of V-League 2022 was officially postponed due to many playersCOVID-19and not enough people to register to compete according to the regulations of the organizing committee.

Hanoi FC confirmed that the match with Viettel FC in round 2 of V-League 2022 will be postponed. According to the original plan, the capital derby will take place at 7:15 p.m. tonight (March 1) at Hang Day Stadium.

“Due to the number of players not being guaranteed to compete due to COVID-19, the match within the framework of round 2 of V-League 2022 between Viettel and Hanoi FC will be officially postponed.” – Hanoi FC announced.

The derby between Viettel FC and Hanoi FC was postponed due to COVID-19. Photo: Chi Chi

This is the second match of Hanoi FC in V-League 2022 to be postponed due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic. Previously, the match between Hanoi FC and Thanh Hoa in the opening round could not take place because the Thanh team had 18 members who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 and only 11 people were eligible to play.

According to the regulations of the V-League organizing committee, each team must have at least 14 players on the registered list to be able to participate in the match. If the team cannot meet this regulation, the match will be postponed and the organizing committee will rearrange the match time.