Vietnam's opponents may lose troops at ASEAN Cup; Thanh Hoa Club receives double awards in September

Vietnam's opponents may lose troops at ASEAN Cup

The Philippines and Thailand teams are at risk of losing players at the ASEAN Cup 2024 as their home teams do not release players outside of FIFA Days.

ASEAN Cup 2024 (predecessor of AFF Cup) is just over a month away, Southeast Asian teams are rushing to make final preparations in terms of force, personnel, techniques and tactics.

However, the fact that the tournament is not part of FIFA's official competition system will cause difficulties for some teams.

Specifically, the Philippines is the first team that will likely not have the services of some key players at the 2024 ASEAN Cup. Their two strikers who are playing abroad, Ethridge (England) and Tabinas (Thailand), will likely not be able to join the national team because their home team will not release them.

Not only the Philippines, Thailand is also a team affected in the tournament for the same reason. The media of this country said that Thai League teams will still compete normally during the 2024 Southeast Asian tournament. Top stars such as Theerathon Bunmathan, Sarach Yooyen or Teerasil Dangda are likely not to participate in the tournament.

That would be a huge loss for Thailand and the Philippines.

Vietnam teamThe tournament will be in Group B with Indonesia, the Philippines, Myanmar and Laos. Group A will see Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia and Timor Leste. The ASEAN Cup 2024 matches will take place from December 8, 2024 to January 5, 2025.

In particular, in this tournament, Timor Leste will choose Viet Tri Stadium (Phu Tho) as their home ground for the two matches welcoming Thailand (December 8) and Singapore (December 14).

Thanh Hoa Club received double awards for September of V.League 2024/2025

After the first 5 rounds, Thanh Hoa temporarily leads the rankings with 10 points with the results: Binh Duong 1-2, Cong An Ha Noi 1-0, Hai Phong 3-1, Binh Dinh 4-1 and Hoang Anh Gia Lai 1-1. From the above achievements, the Thanh team has surpassed other nominees Viettel, Hoang Anh Gia Lai and Ha Tinh to win the award for the best club of September.

Along with theThanh Hoa ClubBeing honored, coach Popov certainly became the best coach in September. This is a coach full of personality, but has really made his mark in the process of leading the Thanh team.

The Best Player of September award belongs to Ha Tinh's foreign player Geovanne Magno. He has been a standout player for Ha Tinh since the beginning of the season and has contributed significantly to helping the team stay stable at the top of the rankings. Geovanne has scored 3 goals in 5 matches for his team. It is known that this player is currently applying for naturalization.

Finally, the title of beautiful goal belongs to Hai Long (Hanoi FC) with a beautiful shot in the opening goal for Hanoi FC in the reception of Ha Tinh Club.

Individual awards will be presented before the matches of round 5 of V.League 2024/2025, taking place this weekend.

AFC brings good news to Vietnamese football

AFC announced good news for Vietnamese football when the Vietnam U23 team will be in the number 1 seed group of the draw for the 2026 AFC U23 Championship qualifying round.

Recently, AFC announced the preliminary seeding group for the 2026 AFC U23 Championship qualifying draw. Accordingly, with the achievement of reaching the quarterfinals of the 2024 AFC U23 Championship,U23 Vietnamranked in group 1 seeds.

Also in the top seed group are teams that have achieved high results in the 2024 AFC U23 Championship such as Japan, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Indonesia or South Korea. Being in the top seed group will help Vietnam U23 have more chances to win tickets to the final round of AFC U23 Championship 2026.

The 2026 AFC U23 Championship qualifiers are expected to take place in September 2025. The draw will take place in June 2025. This tournament will be important for young Vietnamese players, especially when the generation of players born in 2005 and 2006 could not pass the 2025 AFC U20 Championship qualifiers.

If nothing changes, the 2026 AFC U23 qualifiers will have 47 participating teams, the teams will compete to select 15 teams to participate in the final round with the host team Saudi Arabia.

The main players of U23 Vietnam playing in this tournament are expected to be mainly those born in 2003 and 2004 with some known players such as Khuat Van Khang, Nguyen Van Truong, Nguyen Thai Son, Nguyen Dinh Bac, Bui Vi Hao.

MU pays Amorim a generous salary

MU did not hesitate to invest a large sum of money to get the signature of talented coach Ruben Amorim.

According to A Bola, Manchester United pay a salary of up to 8 million euros (equivalent to 6.7 million pounds) to coach Ruben Amorim, nearly three times his current income at Sporting Lisbon, which is said to be only around 3 million euros per year (2.5 million pounds).

However, this salary is not equal to Erik ten Hag. Before leaving Old Trafford, the former Ajax coach was paid around 10 million euros (equivalent to 9 million pounds) per year. The "Red Devils" spent 16 million euros in compensation for Ten Hag over the remaining 20 months of the contract, which expires in June 2026.

Returning to Amorim, he will sign a 2.5-year contract with an option to extend for another year. However, this talented coach will not take over the hot seat at Old Trafford immediately. It is expected that he can only lead the "Red Devils" in the first match against Ipswich Town on November 24.

At 39, Amorim has established himself as one of the most talented young coaches in Europe. After leading Sporting Lisbon to the 2020/21 national championship, he is currently leading the Portuguese table this season with a perfect record of 9 wins./.