Defeating Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia won the U23 Asian Championship for the first time; Hanoi FC received bad news before V-League 2022

Defeating Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia won the U23 Asian Championship for the first time

U23 Saudi Arabia "broke the curse" to win the championship for the first time.U23 Asiaafter a convincing 2-0 victory over host team U23 Uzbekistan in the final.

Ahmed Mazen Alghamdi and Firas Al Buraikan took turns scoring to bring victory to coach Saad Ali Al Shehri's team.

Ahmed broke the balance with a shot into the top corner that goalkeeper Nazarov could not reach in the 49th minute.

In the 72nd minute, Firas Al Buraikan skillfully handled the ball and then shot diagonally to seal a 2-0 victory for U23 Saudi Arabia.

This victory helped U23 Saudi Arabia win the U23 Asian Championship for the first time after two missed appointments in 2013 and 2020.

Firas Al Buraikan sealed the victory for U23 Saudi Arabia. Source: AFC

U23 Saudi Arabia is also the 5th team to win this tournament after U23 Iraq (2013), U23 Japan (2016), U23 Uzbekistan (2018) and U23 Korea (2020).

Compared to the previous 4 champions, U23 Saudi Arabia won the title with an extremely impressive record of not conceding any goals, and being the team with the most goals with 13 times penetrating the opponent's net. As for Uzbekistan, the defeat at home made them miss the opportunity to become the first team to win the U23 Asian Championship twice.

Earlier, the Japan U23 team won the third place of the tournament after a resounding 3-0 victory over Australia U23.

Kein Sato, Shota Fujio and Kai Trewin (own goal) were the ones who scored to bring victory to U23 Japan.

With this achievement, the cherry blossom country team has equaled U23 Iraq on the U23 Asia achievement chart with 1 championship and 1 third place finish.

Hoang Anh Gia Lai adds Korean foreign soldiers

Coach Kiatisuk of Hoang Anh Gia Lai Club confirmed that Korean midfielder Ahn Sae-hee will join the mountain town team under a 6-month contract. This is to fill the void left by midfielder Kim Dong Su, after this player had to return to Korea to perform military service.

Rookie Ahn Sae-hee (left) of HAGL Club. Photo provided by HAGL Club

After 10 days of training at Ham Rong Sports Center, Ahn Sae-hee conquered coach Kiatisuk with his fast, competitive playing style. The 1.86 m tall central defender, born in 1991, used to play for a series of clubs such as Yangju Citizen, Cheongju FC, FC Anyang or some other teams such as Pohang Steelers and Busan Ipark. Ahn Sae-hee's transfer value is currently around 100,000 euros, his highest point was 175,000 euros.

In his new team, Ahn will partner Teixeira Mauricio in central defense. Hoang Anh Gia Lai is also looking for another foreign player to play in the forward line after selling Brazilian foreign player Jefferson Baiano. Their two foreign players at the moment are center back Teixeira Mauricio and striker Washington Brandao.

Vietnam won a historic Gold Medal at the World Aerobic Championships

Athletes of the Vietnam Aerobic Team excellently won a historic Gold Medal in the 5-person group performance event.

The Vietnamese Aerobic Team made a big splash at the 2022 World Aerobic Championships in Portugal. Especially in the 5-person group performance, athletes Nguyen Che Thanh, Le Hoang Phong, Tran Ngoc Thuy Vi, Nguyen Viet Anh and Vuong Hoai An won the historic gold medal.

Achievements of Vietnamese athletes.

Accordingly, the Vietnamese athletes completed their performance with an excellent score of 20,738 points, 0.166 points more than the Silver Medal winning team Hungary. This is the first Gold Medal of Aerobic Vietnam at the World Championship and it is a historic gold medal for the representative of Southeast Asia.

In addition to this gold medal, Aerobic Vietnam also won two more bronze medals in the final performance group of 3 including athletes Nguyen Che Thanh, Le Hoang Phong, Tran Ngoc Thuy Vi and the final performance group of 2 including Le Hoang Phong and Tran Ngoc Thuy Vi.

At the end of the tournament, Vietnam ranked 4th overall. This is a very good achievement when we competed with a much smaller number of athletes than our opponents.

Hanoi FC received bad news before V-League 2022

According to the announcement from the health department ofHanoi FC, midfielder Djuro Zec has torn his anterior cruciate ligament and will have to undergo surgery in the near future.

On June 18, Hanoi FC had a friendly match with Phu Dong to prepare for the return of V-League 2022 and other professional football tournaments in Vietnam. With their class, the home team at Hang Day Stadium won 3-0 against Phu Dong.

Djuro Zec suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament. Photo: HNFC

However, after this match, Hanoi FC received bad news. Accordingly, Djuro Zec was injured. According to the MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) results, the Serbian player tore his anterior cruciate ligament and will have to undergo surgery as soon as possible.

It is expected that Djuro Zec will need at least 9 months to recover and return to competition. Before Djuro Zec, the Capital team also had a similar injury to defender Le Van Xuan, when this player competed in SEA Games 31.

Djuro Zec’s serious injury and long-term absence from competition is a big loss for Hanoi FC. It is likely that this team will have to recruit another foreign player to replace the midfielder born in 1990.