Hazard sets conditions to stay at Chelsea; Didier Drogba comes to Vietnam

"Chelsea have to play in the Champions League every year. This is one of the biggest clubs in the world and I personally want to play in the Champions League. We will do it," Eden Hazard declared after Chelsea's 1-1 draw with Man Utd. The Belgian international is a target for Real and could leave Stamford Bridge this summer.

In the match at Old Trafford, Juan Mata opened the scoring for Man Utd but goalkeeper David De Gea's mistake allowed Marcos Alonso to equalise for Chelsea. Maurizio Sarri's team currently have 68 points with two rounds left. They are fourth, two points ahead of Arsenal and three ahead of Man Utd.

Hazard was happy with the draw, but felt Chelsea had chances to win in the final minutes. "It was a good day but it could have been better," he said. "We came here with the intention of winning. It's not a bad draw but I think if we had believed more in our chances, we could have scored more."

"Now we have two games left, and Chelsea will try to get into the top four. We started slowly but we responded and scored. I don't remember them having any chances in the second half, and we played a good game. There were many difficulties, but every time Chelsea plays against Man Utd, it's like that," Hazard commented.

Chelsea will play Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League semi-finals on May 2 and May 9. In the Premier League, they have two more matches against Watford and Leicester.

Hazard wants Chelsea to qualify for the Champions League more often.

Ajax goalkeeper confident ahead of semi-final

"After overcoming Real Madrid and Juventus, Ajax are not afraid of any opponent," Onana told AFP. "Tottenham are very strong and have a lot of talent. They are especially dangerous on the counter-attack, but we will have a plan for such situations."

The Cameroon goalkeeper also believes Ajax will not change their style of play in the semi-finals. "Controlling the game and having the ball is Ajax's philosophy, and we still believe in this way of playing. The fans are also excited by our style of play," he added.

Ajax qualified for the Champions League group stage after winning their qualifying match. They were unbeaten in the group stage, finishing second behind Bayern Munich. Onana admitted he did not believe his team could go as far as the top four in the tournament. "I didn't really think about the semi-finals. After qualifying, I was surprised because it was my first year in the Champions League. At that time, I just thought that finishing third in the group stage to qualify for the Europa League would be good enough," the 23-year-old goalkeeper confided.

Onana and many other young talents of Ajax are being watched by big clubs in Europe. But for now, he is only aiming for the "treble". Ajax are competing for the Dutch championship with PSV. They are also in the final of the Dutch National Cup to meet Willem II. "It would be sweet if Ajax won the treble this season", Onana emphasized.

Ajax goalkeeper is confident ahead of the semi-finals taking place tomorrow morning Vietnam time.

Many famous players come to Vietnam

The street football event will be held from mid-May and then more than a month later the final round will take place in Ho Chi Minh City.

To stir up the movement and bring greater attraction, the organizers of the street football event invited and received the consent of 5 former football stars including Rio Ferdinand, Luis Figo, Roberto Carlos, Didier Drogba and Park Ji-sung.

They are all world famous players and have a large fan base in Vietnam. Even Figo and Carlos have been ranked as superstars of world football.

Legend Carlos will come to Vietnam for the second time in less than a year.

Among the 5 stars mentioned above, Carlos and Ferdinand grew up from the street movement, and they always left room for community development after retirement.

Qualifying rounds will take place across the country from May 11 to June 23. Ho Chi Minh City will host the final round. The winning team will receive a prize of VND100 million and compete directly with a team of five former top players in the world.

In November 2018, the legendary Carlos visited Vietnam and watched the semi-final match of the AFF Cup 2018 at My Dinh Stadium between Vietnam and Malaysia. At the meeting, the famous player shared about the moments in his career. The most memorable ones were when he won the Champions League in 1998, 2000 and 2002 with Real Madrid.