Coach Alfred Riedl passes away at the age of 70; Goalkeeper Dang Van Lam has a wide open door to participate in AFF Cup 2021

Ronaldo shines in UEFA Nations League

CristianoRonaldoscored a double to help Portugal defeat host Sweden 2-0 in the second match of the UEFA Nations League group stage taking place in the early morning of September 9 (Hanoi time).

Portugal entered the second match with the strongest lineup. Coach Fernando Santos welcomed the return of Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese superstar, Joao Felix, and Bernardo Silva formed a "trident" in the attack of the reigning UEFA Nations League champions.

Ronaldo shines on his return to the national team. Photo: Reuters.

Ronaldo had just recovered from injury, but performed at the highest level. The Juventus superstar shone with a beautiful free kick to open the scoring in the 45th minute, before sealing victory for the visitors with a technical finish from outside the box in the 72nd minute. Twice the ball went into the far corner, goalkeeper Olsen flew as far as he could but could not save Sweden.

With the advantage of more players, Portugal easily controlled the game in the second half. After a period of time dropping deep to play the ball, Bruno Fernandes had many opportunities to join the attack. The midfielder born in 1994 almost brought home a goal to increase the score to 2-0 in the 60th minute. This star's tap-in sent the ball hitting the crossbar.

The match at Friends Arena ended with a 2-0 victory for Portugal. The UEFA Nations League champions continued to lead Group A3 with the same 6 points as France but with a better goal difference.

Coach Alfred Riedl passes away at the age of 70

According to international press, former coach of Vietnam national teamAlfred Riedlpassed away in his hometown, Austria at the age of 70 after a long battle with cancer.

He is the foreign coach who has been associated with Vietnamese football the most, starting with the 1998 Tiger Cup (the predecessor of the AFF Cup) winning the silver medal, followed by the 1999 SEA Games silver medal in Brunei, and then with the Vietnam U-23 team winning the silver medal at the 22nd SEA Games - 2003 in Hanoi. At the Asian level, he was the first coach to lead the Vietnamese team to the quarterfinals after resounding victories in the group stage of the 2007 Asian Cup.

Coach Riedl and student Nguyen Huu Thang. (Photo courtesy)

After leaving Vietnamese football, Mr. Riedl led the Laos team and brought the team to the semi-finals of the 2009 SEA Games for the first time. Next, he led the Indonesian team to participate in the AFF Cup and stopped at second place in Southeast Asia.

Mentioning the teacher who has been with them for so long, generations of players such as Huynh Duc, Hong Son, Huu Thang, Van Sy Hung… deeply miss him and recall many beautiful memories of the devoted teacher who lived very emotionally and always protected the players when they encountered difficulties or lost direction.

MU star shines, France wins dramatically over Croatia

Martial did not score but contributed greatly to France's 4-2 victory over visiting team Croatia, in the second match of Group A3 Nations League in the early morning of September 9.

Score:

France: A. Griezmann 43', D. Livakovic 45+1' (own goal), D. Upamecano 65', O. Giroud 77' (penalty)

Croatia: D. Lovren 16', J. Brekalo 55'

France have their second consecutive win in this year's Nations League

Line-up:

France: Hugo Lloris; Dayot Upamecano, Clement Lenglet, Lucas Hernandez; Moussa Sissoko, N'Golo Kante (Camavinga 63'), Steven Nzonzi, Ferland Mendy; Antoine Griezmann (Fekir 78'), Wissam Ben Yedder (Giroud 63'), Anthony Martial.

Croatia: Dominik Livakovic; Filip Uremovic (Vida 57'), Duje Caleta-Car, Dejan Lovren, Dario Melnjak; Mateo Kovacic, Marcelo Brozovic, Nikola Vlasic; Ante Rebic (Brekalo 46'), Andrej Kramaric, Ivan Perisic (Pasalic 66').

Goalkeeper Dang Van Lam has a wide open door to participate in AFF Cup 2021

Recently, the Football Association of Thailand announced the official schedule of Thai League 1. Accordingly, the tournament will continue on September 12 and will end on April 3, 2021. The Thai League ends on April 3, but there is an additional play-off series for teams competing for specific rankings, lasting until April 25.

Goalkeeper Dang Van Lam

This schedule is said to favor the Thai team to participate.AFF Cupin the middle of next year, and coach Akira Nishino will not have to compete with Thai League clubs in calling up national players playing in domestic tournaments to join the national team.

However, this is also good news forVietnam teamAccording to this schedule, tfanatic Dang Van LamIt is likely that he will be able to join his teammates in the journey to defend the championship at the AFF Cup 2021. Although he has not been in great form recently, Dang Van Lam is still the number 1 choice in the goal of the Vietnamese team.

Center back Bui Tien Dung and teammates get free university education

Center back Bui Tien DungHe and his teammates at Viettel Club will be able to attend university for free during their training and playing time.

Viettel Sports Center cooperates with Hanoi University of Physical Education and Sports to organize courses. Viettel players who have graduated from high school will have the opportunity to study full-time at university with classes organized by Hanoi University of Physical Education and Sports at Viettel Sports Center. With the form of credit learning, the specific curriculum at each time will be built and adjusted to suit the training and competition plans of the athletes.

Bui Tien Dung with his wife Khanh Linh and daughter.

It is known that players with excellent performance in the national team and have graduated from high school will be directly admitted to Hanoi University of Physical Education and Sports. If so, it is likely that Bui Tien Dung, Que Ngoc Hai, Hoang Duc, Duc Chien... will not have to take the university entrance exam. This is clearly the best news for Viettel players.

“It’s great to receive this information. Playing football and studying on-site will save a lot of time. Players who play all year round like us see this as an opportunity to equip ourselves with knowledge that can later be used in coaching or teaching related to sports pedagogy,” Bui Tien Dung shared.