Dang Van Lam finds it difficult to keep a clean sheet against Hoang Anh Gia Lai; How much will the 2022 World Cup champion team be rewarded?

Ronaldo scored in Man United's 3-0 win

In the early morning of October 28 (Hanoi time), the 37-year-old striker contributed a goal to help Man United defeat Sheriff in the Europa League group stage.

After a one-match suspension, Cristiano Ronaldo returned to the starting lineup and helped Man United dominate the home game. The Premier League representative had 65% possession, shot 23 times and did not allow Sheriff to have a single shot on David De Gea's goal.

Ronaldo's performance on his return was the center of attention. Surrounded by a large number of defenders, the 37-year-old superstar still showed good positioning. However, he lacked luck in decisive moves.

Ronaldo scored in MU's 3-0 win over Sheriff Tiraspol.

After a series of unsuccessful shots in the first half, Ronaldo finally put the ball into Sheriff's net from Bruno Fernandes' wall in the 62nd minute. The joy of the Portuguese striker and Coach Ten Hag was quickly extinguished when the linesman raised his flag for offside.

The Portuguese captain's efforts were rewarded in the 81st minute. From Bruno's right-wing cross, Ronaldo finished twice in quick succession to score his second goal in the Europa League, both against Sheriff.

Before Ronaldo shone, MU had already taken the lead with 2 goals, both from headers.

MU won big, but still finished 2nd in Group E, because in the same match, Real Sociedad beat Omonia 2-0. The "Red Devils" need to beat their La Liga opponents by more than one goal in the final match to take the top spot, which means a ticket to the Europa League round of 16. The 2nd team will have to play a play-off match with a club that falls from the Champions League group stage.

Dang Van Lam finds it difficult to keep a clean sheet against Hoang Anh Gia Lai

Dang Van Lam has kept a clean sheet in 4 of Binh Dinh's 6 matches. But against his old team Hoang Anh Gia Lai, Van Lam will find it difficult to do this.

For the first time in nearly 4 years, goalkeeper Dang Van Lam had the opportunity to meet Hoang Anh Gia Lai again - the club that started the professional career of this Vietnamese-American goalkeeper, when Binh Dinh visited Hoang Anh Gia Lai's Pleiku stadium, in round 22.V. League 2022. Previously, while playing for Hai Phong, Van Lam had 4 matches against Hoang Anh Gia Lai. In 3 of those 4 matches, the goalkeeper with Russian and Vietnamese blood could not keep a clean sheet. Specifically, in all 3 matches, Van Lam conceded 1 goal against Hoang Anh Gia Lai. The only time this goalkeeper born in 1993 kept a clean sheet against Hoang Anh Gia Lai was on October 2, 2018. At that time, Hoang Anh Gia Lai drew 0-0 with Hai Phong at Pleiku Stadium.

Dang Van Lam.

In terms of current form, Van Lam has played 6 matches with Binh Dinh since arriving at the martial arts club with a "blockbuster" contract. This goalkeeper kept a clean sheet in 4 of the last 6 matches of Binh Dinh, including matches against championship-contending teams such as Hanoi FC (won 3-0) and Hai Phong (drawn 0-0).

However, in the matches where Binh Dinh met opponents in the relegation group such as Hong Linh Ha Tinh or Thanh Hoa, Van Lam could not keep a clean sheet.

The Vietnamese-American goalkeeper conceded two goals in Binh Dinh’s 1-2 defeat to Thanh Hoa and conceded a goal against Hong Linh Ha Tinh in Binh Dinh’s recent 2-1 victory. That could be the basis for Hoang Anh Gia Lai, a team also in the danger zone, to hope to defeat Van Lam, the former player who was with them 12 years ago.

Facing Vietnam, Malaysia naturalized 2 South American players

Malaysia's Makanbola newspaper recently quoted the statement of the President of the Kuala Lumpur Football Association (KLFA) - Khalid Abdul Samad confirming that this organization is trying to naturalize two foreign players of Kuala Lumpur City FC, Romel Morales and Paulo Josue. This naturalization is expected to be completed before the 2023 season.

"The performance of this foreign duo in the Kuala Lumpur City FC jersey recently has impressed the Head Coach of the Malaysian national team, Kim Pan-gon. Currently, the KLFA is starting the procedures for Paulo Josue this October, and Romel Morales next month. The naturalization process for the two players is expected to be completed in 2022. At that time, not only Kuala Lumpur City FC but also the national team will benefit," Makanbola said.

Romel Morales and Paulo Josue (right) are completing procedures to be eligible to play for the Malaysian national team.

Brazilian midfielder Paulo Josue, 33, joined Kuala Lumpur City in the middle of the 2017 season and is considered one of the best midfielders in the Malaysian Premier League at the moment.

Meanwhile, 25-year-old Colombian striker Romel Morales has four years of experience playing football in Malaysia and is in his second year playing for Kuala Lumpur City.

This duo contributed greatly to helping Kuala Lumpur City win the 2021 Malaysia Cup and reach the final of the AFC Cup this season.

If all goes well, Romel Morales and Paulo Josue could be eligible to play for the Malaysian national team in the AFF Cup from December 20, 2022 to January 16, 2023, where Malaysia is in the same group as Vietnam, Singapore, Myanmar, Laos and hopes to win the title under Korean coach Kim Pan-gon.

How much will the 2022 World Cup winning team be rewarded?

FIFA will spend $440 million in prize money for the 2022 World Cup, $40 million more than the previous tournament. At the 2014 World Cup, the total prize money was $358 million.

According to FIFA's allocation, the 32 teams participating in the 2022 World Cup finals will receive 9 million USD. The 16 teams that pass the group stage will receive an additional 13 million USD. The additional bonuses for the next achievement milestones are 17 million USD (quarter-finals), 25 million USD (semi-finals), 27 million USD (third place), runner-up (30 million USD) and champion (42 million USD). Thus, the champion team will receive a total of 109 million USD in prize money.

The World Cup winners will receive a total of $109 million in prize money.

FIFA will spend an additional 209 million USD for clubs with players participating in the 2022 World Cup. Specifically, for each player, clubs will receive support from FIFA of 10,000 USD/day until the end of the 2022 World Cup.

Before the "G hour", the German team was the first team to announce the bonus. Accordingly, each member of the German team was awarded 400,000 USD for winning the World Cup. The next bonuses are 250,000 USD/person (runner-up), 200,000 USD/person (third place), 150,000 USD/person (semi-final), 100,000 USD/person (quarter-final) and 50,000 USD/person for leading the group.

According to Athletic, the England team will announce a record bonus for winning the 2022 World Cup. Coach Gareth Southgate alone will receive nearly 5 million USD if he leads the "Three Lions" to the top of the world after 56 years of waiting.

The World Cup in Qatar kicks off on November 20 and ends on December 18. This year, the World Cup will not be held in the summer but will be held later in the year to avoid the hot weather in Qatar. This change has forced the schedule of all tournaments in Europe to be adjusted.

Many special features of the Vietnam Golden Ball Award 2022

Mr. Nguyen Nhat - Permanent Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Saigon Giai Phong Newspaper, Head of the Organizing Committee of the Vietnam Golden Ball Awards 2022, said that, unlike last year, this year, the domestic football season has returned to normal operation, the Organizing Committee will add back the award categories: "Outstanding foreign player", "Outstanding young male player" and "Outstanding young female player".

Thus, the 2022 Golden Ball Awards will include 12 categories: Golden, Silver, Bronze Ball for men; Golden, Silver, Bronze Ball for women; Golden, Silver, Bronze Ball for futsal (men); Outstanding Foreign Player, Outstanding Young Male Player, Outstanding Young Female Player.

Prestigious rewards of the 2022 football season are waiting for their owners.

It is expected that in mid-November 2022, the Organizing Committee will send invitations to participate in voting for the award along with a list of candidates to delegates, including football experts, coaches of national teams, coaches, captains of V-League clubs, women's teams, futsal teams, and representatives of press and media agencies across the country.

Mr. Tran Anh Tu - Standing Member of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Football Federation shared with the press: "The National Team has years with many events, years with few events. The Golden Ball voting depends on the tournaments of the year, international or domestic. Outstanding international tournaments are easy to vote for, and vice versa." Mr. Tran Anh Tu analyzed: "The new feature of this year's award is the international element. Because now we have players playing abroad, like Quang Hai or Huynh Nhu.

There have been such cases in history, such as Xuan Truong playing in Korea, and even our Futsal players play abroad. All of those factors are in the Golden Ball regulations, they are still players who contribute to the overall achievements of Vietnamese football, so they are all within the conditions and criteria for journalists and delegates to vote.

The 2022 Vietnam Golden Ball Awards ceremony is expected to take place in February 2023 in Ho Chi Minh City.