Vietnamese representative crushed the world's most expensive academy, advancing straight to the semi-finals of the international U16 tournament; Haaland surpassed Messi to win the best player of the year award

Haaland surpasses Messi to win player of the year award

Early this morning (September 1), right after the 2023-2024 Champions League group stage draw ended, the European Football Federation (UEFA) also announced the best individual awards of the season. Accordingly, striker Erling Haaland surpassed Lionel Messi to win UEFA's most prestigious individual award.

After the Champions League group stage draw, UEFA announced the winner of the UEFA Best Men's Player award for the 2022-2023 season. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), Erling Haaland (Man City) and Lionel Messi (PSG, Inter Miami) were the three names on the shortlist. Finally, the best player was named Haaland.

Explaining why Erling Haaland was the winner, UEFA wrote: “Haaland has been relentless in his first season at Man City, with an impressive 12 Champions League goals, four more than his closest rival, Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah. Haaland also became only the third player to score five goals in a single game. He has scored a record 36 Premier League goals, including four hat-tricks.

The Norwegian star also became the youngest and fastest player to score 35 Champions League goals, while winning his first Champions League title with Man City, along with a domestic double of Premier League and FA Cup.

The 23-year-old was ruthless in front of goal, scoring 52 goals in 53 games in all competitions as Pep Guardiola's side won a remarkable treble of Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League. Haaland finished the season as top scorer in both competitions, netting 12 goals in the Champions League and a new record 36 in the Premier League.

Vietnamese sports participate in 31/40 sports of ASIAD 19

On August 31, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism approved the decision to establish the Vietnamese Sports Delegation to participate in the 19th ASIAD - 2022 in Hangzhou (China). Accordingly, the delegation includes 504 members, including 337 athletes, competing in 31/40 sports of the Games.

The head of the Vietnamese Sports Delegation attending the 19th Asian Games is the Director of the Department of Sports and Physical Training – Mr. Dang Ha Viet. In addition, the Vietnamese Sports Delegation has Deputy Heads of Delegation, Mr. Hoang Quoc Vinh and Mr. Ngo Ich Quan.

At the 19th ASIAD, Vietnam sports also has 22 team leaders, 11 experts and 90 coaches. Currently, the U23 men's football and women's football do not have an official list of players and the list will be decided by the coaching staff right before the members leave for Hangzhou (China).

It is expected that the main force of the Vietnamese Sports Delegation will move to Hangzhou (China) on September 20, 3 days before the opening ceremony of the Congress.

Swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang was selected by the Department of Sports and Physical Training to be the flag bearer for the Vietnamese Sports Delegation at the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games. The target set by the Vietnamese Sports Delegation is to win from 2 to 5 gold medals.

Huynh Nhu officially renewed her contract with Lank FC

According to Huynh Nhu's representative, the female striker of the Vietnamese women's team has had her contract extended by one year by Lank FC. It is known that Huynh Nhu's salary at Lank FC will be higher than last season.

Huynh Nhu is the first Vietnamese female player to play football in Europe, when she signed a contract with Lank FC in August 2022. In her first season playing for Lank FC of Portugal, the striker of the Vietnamese women's team made a strong impression. Huynh Nhu scored 7 goals for Lank FC, including 5 goals in the Portuguese Women's National Championship and 2 goals in the National Cup.

After extending her contract, Huynh Nhu will begin preparing for the new season from September. By continuing to play for Lank FC, Huynh Nhu may not be able to return home to join the Vietnamese women's team at the 19th ASIAD.

Player in top 3 best young stars of V-League 2023 says goodbye to U23 Vietnam

Coach Philippe Troussier had to adjust the list of U23 Vietnam players because Tran Ngoc Son - nominated for the best young player in V-League - was injured.

Tran Ngoc Son is the first player to say goodbye.U23 Vietnamduring the training session to prepare for the 2024 U23 Asian qualifiers. The midfielder of Nam Dinh Club was injured and could not recover in time before participating in the tournament.

This is a pity for Tran Ngoc Son when this player has just had a good season in V-League 2023. He is on the list of nominees for the title of best young player of the season.

Coach Philippe Troussier called up Pham Dinh Duy (Da Nang Club) as a replacement.

Vietnamese representative crushed the world's most expensive academy, advancing straight to the semi-finals of the international U16 tournament

At the U16 International tournament taking place in Shanghai, China, U16 PVF continued to have a convincing performance. 2 days ago, coach Nguyen Duy Dong's team caused a shock when they defeated U16 Man City with a score of 2-1.

In the final match of the group stage against U16 Aspire on August 31, U16 PVF needed a win to secure a ticket to the semi-finals. The players in blue proved that the victory against U16 Man City was not a “lucky” one when they crushed the team from Qatar with a score of 4-0.

This is another resounding victory for U16 PVF, because Aspire is a world-famous academy. Aspire was established in 2004, sponsored by the Qatar government, and is considered the most modern academy in the world. This is where the Qatari players won the 2019 Asian Cup and made an impression at the 2022 World Cup.

On September 1, U16 PVF played the semi-final match of Shanghai Future Star Cup 2023. Coach Nguyen Duy Dong and his team's opponent was U16 Cerezo Osaka from Japan./.