Vietnam team awarded 3 billion VND; Ronaldo sets a series of records at EURO

Thailand ends 2022 World Cup qualifiers with comprehensive defeat to Malaysia

The Thai national team ended their unforgettable journey in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers with a comprehensive 0-1 defeat to Malaysia.

After no more chance to enterWorld Cup 2022 third qualifying round, both Thailand and Malaysia entered the confrontation in the final match of the second qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup with the goal of winning to keep the 3rd place in Group G and a place in the 2023 Asian Cup qualifying round.

Thailand ended their unforgettable journey in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers with a comprehensive 0-1 defeat to Malaysia. (Photo: AFC).

With this result, Thailand ended the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in 4th place in Group G with 9 points after 8 matches. Notably, they only got 1 point from a draw with Indonesia in the 3-match series in the UAE. Meanwhile, Malaysia finished the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in 3rd place in Group G when coach Tan Cheng Hoe's team had 12 points after 8 matches.

Unable to qualify for the third qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup, Thailand and Malaysia will focus on the 2023 Asian Cup qualifying round scheduled to start next November./.

Determined 12 teams in the 3rd qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia

The second qualifying round has ended with all 12 names determined to advance, including the miraculous story of coach Park Hang Seo and his team.

Before the final round of matches took place, there were 4 teams that had already entered the final qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia: Syria (Group A), Australia (Group B), Japan (Group F) and South Korea (Group H). The remaining 8 tickets were also claimed after the final round of matches.

In Group G, the match to decide the top spot is betweenVietnam teamvs UAE ended with a dramatic 3-2 victory for the West Asian team. Although the Vietnam team lost, they still got a ticket to continue as one of the 5 second-place teams with the best results.

12 teams entered the third qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia.

Group A, an impressive 3-1 victory over group leader Syria helped China follow Vietnam into the next round.

In Group C, Iran had a thrilling 1-0 victory over Iraq in the "final" match of the group, thereby taking the top spot from their opponent and their arch-rival advanced as second place in the group.

Group D, Uzbekistan's World Cup dream was shattered when they suffered a 0-3 defeat against Saudi Arabia in a match where they had to get 3 points.

Group H, after losing to South Korea in the final match, Lebanon breathed a sigh of relief as they were the last team in the top 5 teams to advance with 10 points.

List of 12 teams qualified for the 3rd qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia:

Group A: Syria, China
Group B: Australia
Group C: Iraq, Iran
Group D: Saudi Arabia
Group E: Oman
Group F: Japan
Group G: UAE, Vietnam
Group H: South Korea, Lebanon

Vietnam team was awarded 3 billion VND for entering the 3rd qualifying round.

For the first time in history, this feat was achieved, VFF awarded 1 billion VND and Hung Thinh Corporation awarded 2 billion VND to encourage the whole team.

Previously, the team was awarded 5 billion VND. Specifically, for the victory over Indonesia, the team was awarded 1 billion VND by the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and 1 billion VND from a number of businesses.

With an important victory against the Malaysian team, the teachers and studentsCoach Park Hang-seocontinue to receive 2 billion VND in bonuses from VFF and 1 billion VND from the State Capital Management Committee calling on businesses to encourage the team. The total bonus amount up to now is 8 billion VND.

Tien Linh continued to score against UAE in the second leg.

Despite losing 2-3 to the UAE team, the Vietnamese team made history by winning a ticket to the final qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia as one of the 5 second-placed teams with the best scores.

The Vietnamese team will return home on Bamboo Airways flight QH 9305 departing from the UAE at 9:40 p.m. on June 16 (local time) and landing at Tan Son Nhat Airport at 7:30 a.m. on June 17.

After entering the country, all team members will be quarantined at a hotel in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, ensuring epidemic prevention regulations.

Ronaldo sets a series of records at EURO

A brace against Hungary in the opening match of the EURO 2020 group stage this morning helped striker Cristiano Ronaldo set a series of unprecedented records.

In the match against Hungary that took place early this morning, Portugal played a deadlocked game for most of the match. However, the defending champions still won 3-0 thanks to a goal by Raphael Guerreiro (84') and a double by Cristiano Ronaldo (87' pen, 90+2').

Ronaldo celebrates his goal. Photo: Getty.

According to statistics company Opta, Portugal is the first team in history to score 3 goals in the last 10 minutes of a match at EURO.

For his part, the double against Hungary helped Ronaldo become the first player in history to score in 5 different EURO tournaments including 2004 (2 goals), 2008 (1 goal), 2012 (3 goals), 2016 (3 goals) and 2020 (2 goals already).

Besides, CR7 also surpassed French football legend - Michel Platini (9 goals) to become the greatest scorer in the history of 16 EURO tournaments.

Not stopping there, the Juventus striker also became the oldest player to score a double in the EUROs at 36 years and 130 days. The previous record belonged to Andriy Shevchenko in the match against Sweden in 2012 (35 years and 256 days).

This is Ronaldo's 39th match in two major tournaments (EURO and World Cup). That helps him surpass the record of former German player Bastian Schweinsteiger (38 matches).

France beat Germany thanks to an own goal

The highlight match between France and Germany ended with a 1-0 victory for France thanks to a Mats Hummels own goal. This did not reflect the true advantage of France over the host Germany in the opening match.

What Germany did was too little, compared to France's four threats. In addition to Pogba's two brilliant moments, Rabiot also hit the post once in the second half and Mbappe had a goal taken away in the 66th minute.