Xuan Truong's team has 325,000 dollars after the first round of Thai League

Buriram United leads the league in terms of attendance and revenue.

Buriram United is considered the number one club in Thailand today.

PageNewtv(Thailand) said that Buriram surprised the remaining 15 teams participating in Thai League 1 when they welcomed 15,491 spectators to watch the opening match of the new season, against Chonburi on February 23. This was the largest number in the eight matches in the first round.

In addition to the record attendance, Buriram also generated $325,000 in revenue from their first home game, including $35,000 in ticket sales and $290,000 in merchandise sales.

PageMGROnlineadded that Buriram's revenue was 11 times that of the second team on the list, Ratchaburi. Despite beating Trat 3-2 on the opening day, the club, which is located near the Myanmar border, only earned $28,800. In third place in terms of revenue is Muangthong United. Van Lam's team had an additional $24,000 in the budget.

One of the reasons Buriram dominates the rest is their home stadium Chang Arena. With a capacity of 32,000, it is the largest of the 16 stadiums in Thai League 1. The facilities at Chang Arena are very modern, and are considered to be on par with Rajamangala, Thailand's national stadium.

Buriram is the most financially powerful football club in Thailand. Thanks to this advantage, they have won the Thai League six times in the last eight seasons. The team is an example for many Thai and Southeast Asian clubs on how to do business based on the king sport - effectively exploiting revenue from jerseys, television copyrights, and sponsorship.

In 2015, Buriram United renamed their home stadium Chang Arena, after their sponsor. In return, they earned more than $14 million.

Valencia meet Barca in the King's Cup final

A 2-2 draw at Real Betis' Benito Villamarin in the first leg gave Valencia a solid start to the second leg with the goal of keeping a clean sheet. In fact, Real Betis were the dominant team in terms of possession, having 62% of the ball and having twice as many shots as Valencia.

However, on a day when coach Marcelino's players organized a tight game and goalkeeper Jaume played excellently, Valencia kept a clean sheet for the entire 90 minutes despite the away team Real Betis creating many dangerous situations.

Not only that, Valencia also launched a counterattack to score the only goal of the match in the 57th minute. Starting from Pajero's breakthrough, the midfielder made a delicate pass to Gameiro before the striker calmly crossed for Rodrygo to tap the ball into the empty net.

Winning 1-0 in the second leg, meaning a 3-2 aggregate victory in the semi-finals, Valencia will meet Barcelona in the final scheduled for May 25, also at Benito Villavarin Stadium.

Thanh Hoa replaces foreign players after 1 round

* In the match against B. BD, Tambe was assigned by coach Duc Thang to play as a central defender at the beginning of the first half. However, after witnessing the poor performance of this player, the coaching staff decided to move him to play as a midfielder. But even when he returned to his usual position, Tambe played poorly, not leaving much of an impression against B. BD.

Unable to score points on his debut day, Tambe was terminated by Thanh Hoa after just one match. The person chosen to replace him was German midfielder Gramoz Kurtaj. Gramoz Kurtaj is not a strange name to Vietnamese fans. Before joining Thanh Hoa, he played for SHB.DN in the 2017 season.

Foreign player Tambe was the one who had to say goodbye to Thanh Hoa after 1 round - Photo: Phan Tung

During his time playing for the Han River team, the midfielder who used to play in Europe played 8 matches and scored 2 goals. Although Thanh Hoa signed a contract, Gramoz Kurtaj's future at the Thanh Hoa team is still not guaranteed.

Because according to the regulations of the Organizing Committee, the teams in V.League will continue to change foreign players after the second round ends a few days. If the German midfielder plays poorly, it is possible that he will have to leave like his teammate Tambe.

Gramoz Kutaj will make his debut for Thanh Hoa in the away match against Viettel in round 2. The match will take place at 19:00 on March 1.

MU buys young star from Benfica

Midfielder Joao Felix in Benfica shirt

According to famous reporter Gianluca Di Marzio, MU has approached Benfica to buy Joao Felix in the 2019 summer transfer window. MU's main competitors in this deal are Juventus and AC Milan, two clubs with close relationships with Benfica.

Joao Felix's explosive performances in his first season in professional football have attracted the attention of major European clubs. Accordingly, Benfica quickly valued the young Portuguese striker at 100 million pounds. In the January transfer window, Liverpool made a 61 million pound offer to buy Joao Felix but was immediately rejected by Benfica.

Joao Felix is ​​considered the new Cristiano Ronaldo of Portuguese football at the moment. Even his agent Pedro Cordeiro affirmed that Joao Felix is ​​one of the brightest talents of Portugal after the golden generation of 1999 and promises to win the Golden Ball in the future. This season, the 19-year-old midfielder has scored 8 goals and 4 assists in 15 matches for Benfica in the Primeira Liga.