Vietnam National Team Advances in FIFA Rankings; Quang Nam Club Suddenly Reports Many Referees to VFF

Vietnam team moves up on FIFA rankings

The Vietnamese team has made a surprising rise in the FIFA rankings, giving it an advantage ahead of the 2027 Asian Cup Qualifiers.

The international matches of FIFA Days in November 2024 have ended with many attractive results from teams around the world. The most surprising result was Indonesia's impressive 2-0 victory over strong opponent Saudi Arabia in Group C of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers. Defeating a team ranked many places above them in the World Rankings, the Southeast Asian representative received a large number of points from FIFA and made strong progress.

As for the Vietnamese team, the "Golden Star Warriors" did not compete internationally at this FIFA Days. However, coach Kim Sang Sik and his team still unexpectedly received good news on the FIFA rankings.

Previously, after the match on November 15,Vietnam teammoved up 1 place to 118th in the world. In the match on November 20, Nguyen Quang Hai and his teammates continued to move up 1 place to 117th in the world.

This is due to the fact that the teams ranked around the Vietnam Team did not play well and were deducted points by FIFA, indirectly causing the Vietnam Team to rise in the FIFA Rankings. It can be mentioned that the Guinea-Bissau and Zimbabwe Teams were deducted 14.61 points and 11.43 points respectively due to continuous losses in the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN 2025) Qualifiers, thereby dropping 4 places in the World Rankings. Or the Azerbaijan Team was deducted 3.10 points due to a 1-0 loss in the UEFA Nations League.

It is known that FIFA will announce the official update of the world rankings on November 28. This will help the "Golden Star Warriors" secure a place in the No. 1 seed group before the draw for the 2027 Asian Cup Qualifiers.

Salah to Saudi Arabia, Liverpool recruits Man United star?

Jurgen Klopp had intended to sign Antony as a replacement for Mohamed Salah before convincing the Egyptian striker to stay at Anfield in 2022. Antony then moved to Man United for £82m.

This season alone, the Egyptian striker has scored 10 goals and provided 10 assists in 17 matches for Liverpool.

However, Mohamed Salah's contract with Liverpool will expire at the end of this season and is rumored to join the Saudi Arabian league to retire with a high salary. This makes Liverpool face the difficult problem of finding a replacement for the Egyptian striker.

According to many sources, coach Jurgen Klopp really likes Brazilian winger Antony and is considering recruiting this star to replace Mohamed Salah.

Liverpool are also targeting Eintracht Frankfurt's Omar Marmoush. Salah's compatriot has 14 goals and 10 assists for the German side so far this season.

At the moment, Liverpool are playing extremely impressively in all competitions, they are leading the Premier League with 5 points more than the team behind, Man City. In the Champions League, Liverpool also hold the top position after 4 rounds.

Quang Nam Club unexpectedly accuses many referees to VFF

Suffering from many decisions considered to be wrong by the referee, Quang Nam Club sent a "rescue" letter to VFF and VPF.

In an official dispatch sent to VFF, VFF Referee Board and VPF, Quang Nam Club pointed out a series of referee mistakes in the team's matches at LPBank V-League.

Specifically, in the 4th round of the match against Ha Tinh, Vu Tien Long of Quang Nam Club was hit by Noel Mbo and deserved a direct red card, but the referee only gave him a yellow card.

In round 7, in the away match at Quy Nhon Stadium of Binh Dinh, in the 77th minute, Van Trang was tackled violently by Duong Van Khoa (Binh Dinh), causing this player to break the lower third of his right fibula, requiring a cast and treatment for over 3 months. In this situation, the referee only blew the whistle without issuing a penalty card to the Binh Dinh player.

Round 8, minute 40, Ngan Van Dai was blocked by the goalkeeper. Lam River Nghe Antripped in the penalty area. Referee Nguyen Manh Hai blew the whistle for a penalty when Hoang Vu Samson had the ball only about 5 meters from the goal and had the ability to score.

However, after reviewing VAR, Mr. Hai canceled the penalty, allowing Song Lam Nghe An to kick the ball forward, causing Quang Nam to lose the opportunity to score. According to the law, in this situation, the main referee must wait until the situation is over before blowing the whistle and checking VAR. Quang Nam Club believes that the referee team made the wrong decision, causing disadvantages for this team, and repeating it systematically.

"Public opinion is indignantly questioning whether or not there are hidden reasons behind the above referee decisions that have caused Quang Nam Club to continuously be deprived of efforts that will certainly bring points during the competition process this season," emphasized the leader of Quang Nam Club.

Hoang Anh Gia Lai star injured before joining Vietnam national team

In round 9 of V-League 2024/2025, Hoang Anh Gia Lai visited Lach Tray Stadium of the team in crisis Hai Phong. Taking advantage of the home field advantage, the team from the port city played aggressively against their opponent and won with a score of 2-0.

Not only did they fail completely in round 9,Hoang Anh Gia Laialso received bad news about Tran Bao Toan. The midfielder who had just been called up to the Vietnam National Team was injured in the 34th minute and had to leave the field in pain, worrying the members of the Mountain City team's coaching staff.

There is currently no official information about the extent of Tran Bao Toan's injury, but it is possible that coach Kim Sang-sik will have to consider calling a replacement if this player is seriously injured because the training trip to Korea is approaching.

The Vietnamese team is expected to gather again on November 21 in Hanoi, then move to Korea for training from November 23 to December 3.

Before the away match against Laos on December 9, coach Kim Sang-sik will finalize the official list of 26 players./.