Vietnam National Team Remains in World Top 100; Coach Park Sets Goal to Help Vietnam Win AFF Cup
(Baonghean.vn) - Despite continuing to lose matches in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, the Vietnamese national team is still in the world's Top 100, 19 places ahead of Thailand; Sharing with the Korean media, coach Park Hang-seo is determined to help Vietnam defend the 2020 AFF Cup championship... are the outstanding sports news that just took place.
Vietnam National Team Still Remains in the World Top 100, Far Ahead of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2020
Despite continuing to lose in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, the Vietnamese national team is still in the world's Top 100, 19 places ahead of Thailand.
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Vietnam, as well as Thailand and other Southeast Asian teams, have the opportunity to improve their positions if they play well at the AFF Suzuki Cup 2020. |
In the rankings announced on October 20, Vietnam dropped to 98th in the world after being deducted 21 points. However, compared to the two opponents in October, Japan and Saudi Arabia have higher rankings, so Vietnam was deducted fewer points. Accordingly, our team was deducted 13.68 points.
With this minus point, Vietnam has dropped to 99th place in the world. Despite the sharp drop in rankings recently, our team is still number 1 in Southeast Asia, 19 places ahead of the second-placed team, Thailand.
Coach Park Hang-seo aims to help Vietnam win the AFF Cup 2020
Sharing with Korean media, coach Park Hang-seo is determined to help Vietnam defend the AFF Cup 2020 championship to find joy after a series of 6 consecutive losses in the 3rd qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup.
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At the AFF Cup 2018, under the guidance of coach Park Hang-seo, the Vietnamese national team impressively won the championship. The “Golden Star Warriors” are determined to change their recent declining image and successfully defend the upcoming AFF Cup championship. |
The Vietnam national team has completed the journey of 6 matches in the third qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup to aim to successfully defend the AFF Cup 2020 championship. Although being considered the weakest in the final qualifying round of the World Cup, in Southeast Asia, the Vietnam national team is still the defending champion of the tournament.
Man United could lose Pogba for 3 months
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer recently admitted that Paul Pogba could be out longer than initially expected. According to Solsa, the number of months Pogba will be absent could be up to 3.
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Paul Pogba could be out for longer than initially expected. |
Pogba is currently in Dubai recovering from his injury in the warm weather of the Asian country, and has been keeping fans updated with a series of social media posts about his health.
Pogba's contract with MU will expire in the summer of 2022, so he can start negotiating with other clubs from January 1. Therefore, if the contract extension negotiations between Pogba and Man United cannot progress, Pogba may have a second time leaving Old Trafford.
Leicester 0-3 Chelsea: Level with King Power
In the match between Leicester vs Chelsea in round 12 of the Premier League, coach Thomas Tuchel's team easily "made mincemeat" of their opponents with a score of 3-0, thereby temporarily increasing the gap with the chasing group to 6 points.
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Kante scored a beautiful solo goal. |
This important victory helps Chelsea continue to reign at the top of the 2021/22 Premier League with 29 points, temporarily 6 points ahead of second-placed Man City. Now, The Blues can comfortably "sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight" as they have successfully completed their mission.
Barca 1-0 Espanyol result: Depay scores, Xavi debuts for Barca with victory
After four consecutive draws and losses in La Liga, Barca found their winning touch again when they beat their neighbours Espanyol by a narrow margin. Thanks to the only goal from striker Memphis Depay, the Catalan giants got off to a flying start under new coach Xavi.
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With 3 points earned, Barca, although ending the streak of draws and losses, still cannot enter the Top 4 of La Liga. After 13 rounds, they have only earned 20 points and are currently ranked 6th.
Liverpool 4-0 Arsenal: Destroyed
The Liverpool vs Arsenal match saw the home team easily crush their opponents thanks to silly mistakes by the Gunners' defenders.
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Salah contributed 1 goal in The Kop's 4-0 victory. |
This victory helped The Kop temporarily surpass Man City to climb to 2nd place on the rankings while Arsenal dropped to 5th place.
PSG 3-1 Nantes: Messi scores first goal in Ligue 1
Superstar Lionel Messi scored his first goal in Ligue 1 in the match between PSG and Nantes. The Paris team won 3-1 despite playing with one less player.
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Messi scored his first goal in Ligue 1 in the match between PSG and Nantes. |
The Paris team continues to hold firm at the top of Ligue 1 and is in a comfortable mood ahead of the big match against Man City in the middle of next week.