Vietnam women's futsal team enters Futsalplanet's world top 10; Indonesia fires coach Shin Tae-yong?

Vietnam women's futsal team entered Futsalplanet's world top 10

With impressive achievements in 2024, the Vietnamese women's futsal team has excellently entered the Top 10 national women's futsal teams, voted annually by Futsalplanet.

Futsalplanet is one of the most prestigious organizations in the world in Futsal. This is the first time a Vietnamese futsal team has achieved this achievement in the award voted by Futsalplanet.

The list of Top 10 national women's futsal teams in 2024 also includes the world's leading teams such as Brazil, Iran, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Uzbekistan, Finland, U20 Colombia and New Zealand.

In 2024, the Vietnamese women's futsal team won the Southeast Asian Championship and the Thailand International Futsal Championship, along with the Silver Medal at the international tournament in China. These achievements have helped the Vietnamese women's futsal team make a strong mark on the world futsal map.

With this achievement, Head Coach Nguyen Dinh Hoang was also honored by Futsalplanet in the nomination list of Top 10 best female futsal team coaches in the world in 2024. Coach Nguyen Dinh Hoang will compete with a series of famous coaches from Brazil, Spain, Iran, Italy...

It is known that the results of the category of the best national women's futsal team coach in the world will be announced by Futsalplanet next February.

Messi was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by the US President

Messi was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States.

Medal award ceremony forLionel Messi held at the White House in the early morning of January 5 (Hanoi time). However, the Argentine superstar was not present. "El Pulga" will appear to receive this award, immediately after returning to the US.

It is an honor to receive this recognition. I am very grateful for it. Unfortunately, I had a previous appointment and could not attend the ceremony at the White House. However, I still appreciate this award very much," Messi sent a message when he could not attend.

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is awarded to “individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, to world peace, or to other significant social, public, or private endeavors.” Messi is one of two athletes honored this year, alongside basketball legend Magic Johnson.

Despite only moving to the United States to play for Inter Miami last summer, Messi has quickly made a strong impression. In addition to helping Inter Miami become a force in MLS, the 2022 World Cup winner is also known for his active charity work, especially through the Leo Messi Foundation and his role as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.

The White House stressed that Messi received this award for his resounding success in his football career and his tireless efforts in charity work, "supporting health care and education programs for children around the world".

Nam Dinh says goodbye to many Vietnamese national team players

According to the latest V-League transfer news, defending champion Nam Dinh has said goodbye to three players: Hoang Van Khanh, Pham Duc Huy and Ho Khac Ngoc. These are all players who have made many contributions to the Vietnam National Team.

This season, all three players have rarely played and have not had much influence on the playing style of Nam Dinh Club, so the current V-League champion has decided to part ways with Hoang Van Khanh, Pham Duc Huy and Ho Khac Ngoc to find new players for the second phase of the season.

Hoang Van Khanh and Ho Khac Ngoc are players who grew up from Song Lam Nghe An Club, joined Nam Dinh before the 2023 season and also made their mark in the 2023 and 2023/2024 seasons for Thanh Nam Club. Before coach Park Hang Seo came to lead the Vietnam national team, Van Khanh and Khac Ngoc had a number of matches forVietnam Team.

Indonesia fires coach Shin Tae-yong?

On January 5, information about the dismissal of Shin Tae-yong by the Indonesian Football Federation (PSSI) spread widely and Indonesian media sought out PSSI officials to verify.

The news that PSSI wants to fire coach Shin Tae-yong comes from Tuttosport. The Italian newspaper quoted PSSI President Erick Thohir expressing his intention to hire a European coach to lead Indonesia to the rest of the 2026 World Cup qualifying journey.

"Shin's tactics are no longer suitable for the Indonesian team at this time, when Indonesian native players are replaced by mostly European players," Tuttosport commented. Most recently, PSSI Executive Board member Kairul Anwar indirectly confirmed the dismissal information by sharing: "Thank you Shin Tae-yong for your companionship throughout the past time. You are still a part of the history in the progress of Indonesian football."

Indonesian media reported that Mr. Erick Thohir wanted to choose a European coach, through his relationship during his time as President of Inter Milan Club (Italy).

The news of Shin Tae-yong's dismissal spread widely and was hotly discussed in Indonesia, however, as of the afternoon of January 5, PSSI and Chairman Erick Thohir had yet to make any official statement./.