Thailand missed the chance to surpass Vietnam's achievements; Thanh Hoa 'closed the book' on foreign players
(Baonghean.vn) - With 6 wins and 2 draws, the Thai national team missed the opportunity to surpass Vietnam to become the AFF Cup champion with the best record in history; Thanh Hoa Club has officially signed a contract with Brazilian striker Paulo Henrique for a period of 2 years.
Thailand missed the chance to surpass Vietnam's AFF Cup championship record
With 6 wins and 2 draws, the Thai national team missed the opportunity to surpass Vietnam to become the AFF Cup champion with the best record in history.
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Thailand won the AFF Cup 2020. |
Thailand has won the AFF Cup for the 6th time. This is an unprecedented achievement in the history of the Southeast Asian tournament. However, Thailand will be somewhat regretful when the "War Elephants" missed the opportunity to surpass Vietnam to become the champion team with the best record, since the AFF Cup switched to the home and away format in the semi-finals and finals in 2004.
Since that milestone, only three teams have won the AFF Cup undefeated. They are Singapore (2007), Vietnam (2018), and Thailand (2020).
Winning the AFF Cup, Thailand also won all the titles, Vietnam national team tied for third place
In addition to the championship, Thai players also won individual titles. Losing in the semi-finals of the AFF Cup 2020, the Vietnamese team received a third-place prize.
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| Chanathip became the AFF Cup's Best Player for the third time. |
Immediately after the second leg of the final between Thailand and Indonesia ended, the organizing committee of the AFF Cup 2020 proceeded to present the final awards.
In addition to the championship, Thai players were also honored in a number of other individual categories. With 4 goals like 2 players from Malaysia and the Philippines, Teerasil Dangda and Chanathip Songkrasin received the co-top scorer award.
Contributing greatly to Thailand's championship victory, Chanathip received the award for best player. This midfielder made history in the tournament as the only player to receive this award 3 times.
Thanh Hoa "closes the book" on foreign players with a contract with a Brazilian striker
Thanh Hoa Club has officially signed a 2-year contract with Brazilian striker Paulo Henrique.
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| The Brazilian striker born in 1993 grew up at Atletico Mineiro Club. |
The Brazilian striker, born in 1993, grew up at Atletico Mineiro Club, in the Brazilian National Championship before moving to another famous team, Sao Caetano, and some teams in the lower leagues. Paulo Henrique also spent time playing football in Portugal.
Previously, the Thanh Hoa team signed Paulo Pinto in attack. This Brazilian player has just had his contract extended for another season. In addition, Thanh Hoa has also successfully recruited Serbian central defender Igor Jelic. This means that Dong A Thanh Hoa has finalized foreign players for the new season with 3 players spread across all three lines.
Arsenal 1-2 Man City result: Dramatic win over Arsenal, Man City continues to race to the finish line
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| Saka scored the opening goal. |
Thanks to second-half goals from Mahrez and Rodri, Man City came from behind to beat Arsenal 2-1 in round 21 of the 2021/22 Premier League. This was a match in which Arsenal caused a lot of trouble for Man City and only lost when the second half went into injury time.
Klopp suspected of testing positive for Covid-19, will not attend Chelsea vs Liverpool match
Coach Juergen Klopp will miss the big match between Liverpool and Chelsea after being suspected of being infected with Covid-19.
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| The German tactician has quite specific symptoms. |
On the club's homepage, Liverpool announced that coach Juergen Klopp is suspected of being infected with Covid-19. The German tactician has quite specific symptoms. Therefore, Klopp must quarantine at home and miss the Chelsea vs Liverpool match.
The task of directly directing Liverpool's away match against Chelsea at 11:30 p.m. tonight (January 2) is assigned to assistant Pepijn Lijnders.
Watford 0-1 Tottenham result: 3 valuable points in extra time
The match between Watford vs Tottenham in round 21 of the Premier League ended with a minimal victory for the away team thanks to a goal in the 6th minute of injury time by midfielder Davinson Sanchez.
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| Sanchez scored the only goal in the 6th minute of injury time. |
Tottenham had their first away win in the Premier League under Conte. This victory also helped Spurs surpass Man United and West Ham to rise to 5th in the rankings with 33 points, 2 points behind 4th place Arsenal but having played 2 games less.
