Coach Dinh The Nam pointed out the surprising reason why U19 Vietnam lost shockingly; Vietnam women's team entered the Southeast Asian semi-finals with a perfect record

Shocking loss to U19 Laos, Thailand competes with Vietnam for 3rd place

U19 Thailand suffered a painful 0-2 defeat to U19 Laos in the semi-finals and will have to play the third place match in Southeast Asia with U19 Vietnam.

In the group stage, coach Michael Weiss and his team won all four matches against opponents U19 Malaysia, U19 Singapore, U19 Cambodia and U19 Timor Leste to take the top spot in Group B.

In the match against U19 Thailand, the team from the land of a million elephants continued to cause surprises. After the first few minutes of being pressured by the opponent, U19 Laos opened the score thanks to the opponent's mistake. In the 6th minute, from a corner kick on the left, the U19 Thailand defenders played awkwardly, creating conditions for Peter Phanthavong to score from close range to open the score.

The goal added confidence to U19 Laos. No longer the fragile image in youth tournaments, Coach Weiss's team played very maturely, calmly deploying technical attacking play in the home field even though U19 Thailand continuously pressed high to win the ball.

U19 Laos defended strongly.

In the 22nd minute, Phanthavong missed the chance to double the gap for Laos U19 when his shot went over the crossbar. Meanwhile, Thailand U19 had to wait until the last minutes of the first half to have a notable opportunity. From a cross from the left wing, Nattakit headed the ball just wide of the post.

Thailand U19 put on suffocating pressure in the second half to find an equalizer. Right at the beginning of the second half, coach Salvador Garcia's students had a chance. In the 53rd minute, goalkeeper Narongsak kicked the ball long for Thailand to counterattack, but Niphitphon handled it awkwardly and let the Lao goalkeeper rush out to catch the ball.

In the 78th minute, U19 Thailand had a golden opportunity to equalize, but Wongpanya's shot, although it went past the U19 Laos goalkeeper, was cleared by the away team's defender on the goal line. The ball bounced back and another U19 Thailand striker rushed in and missed the ball, causing the opportunity to pass.

A disciplined defense helped Laos U19 stand firm against the pressure of Thailand U19. In the 84th minute, substitute striker Damoth put an end to Thailand U19's hopes with a quick turn and shot through goalkeeper Narongsak's legs, sealing a 2-0 victory for Laos U19.

For the first time in history, U19 Laos surpassed U19 Thailand in an official tournament. Coach Weiss and his team reached the final of the 2022 Southeast Asian U19 Championship with a record of 5 wins from the beginning of the tournament.

Thailand U19 will compete for third place with Vietnam U19 this coming Friday afternoon.

Final result: U19 Laos 2-0 U19 Thailand (Phanthavong 7', Damoth 84').

MU reaches agreement to recruit star for 50 million euros

Lisandro Martinez will become Man United's next new recruit in the summer transfer window of 2022.

According to journalist Fabrizio Romano, Manchester United leaders arrived in Amsterdam yesterday (July 13) and had positive and successful negotiations regarding Lisandro Martinez's case.

The Red Devils have agreed on all personal terms for the Argentine centre-back and have also reached an agreement with Ajax over the transfer fee. MU will pay the Eredivisie champions €50 million to complete the deal.

With the above fee, Lisandro will become the second most expensive central defender in the history of Old Trafford, only behind Harry Maguire (89 million euros). From the beginning, Lisandro clearly expressed his intention to leave Ajax to try his hand in the Premier League. This is the key to helping MU quickly complete this deal.

Lisandro Martinez is a mainstay for both Ajax and the Argentina national team.

Arsenal also kept an eye on Lisandro but were not as bold in raising the price to buy the player born in 1998 as Man United.

If nothing changes, the 24-year-old centre-back will become MU's second new player in the next 24 or 48 hours. Previously, the "Red Devils" owned talented left-back Tyrell Malacia from Feyenoord for 17 million euros.

Lisandro is only 1.78m tall, much shorter than the average Premier League centre-back. However, the Argentine player possesses an intelligent playing style and excellent ball circulation ability. At Ajax, coach Erik ten Hag deployed Martinez in the role of a deep-lying midfielder in the 2019/20 season and the Argentine player easily made his mark.

Martinez averaged 92.4 passes per 90 minutes, more than any other player in the Eredivisie in 2021/22. He can play short or long balls and has an accuracy rate of almost 90%. The 24-year-old is one of the best distributors in the league.

Vietnam women's team enters the semi-finals of Southeast Asia 2022 with a perfect record

The Vietnamese women's team won 4-0 against the Myanmar women's team on the evening of July 13, winning a ticket to the semi-finals of the 2022 AFF Women's Cup.

Vietnam women's teamentered the match with the Myanmar Women's Team on the evening of July 13 with a strong lineup. Right from the start of the match, Coach Mai Duc Chung's students took control of the ball. With the goal of only needing a draw to win the group, the Vietnamese women's team played quite confidently and slowly.

Vietnam women's team easily passed the group stage. Photo: VFF

In the 16th minute, Tuyet Dung scored the opening goal of the match. Then, the midfielder born in 1993 scored again in the 35th minute. The remaining two goals belonged to captain Huynh Nhu. With a 4-0 victory, the Vietnamese women's team topped Group B. However, after the match, coach Mai Duc Chung was quite surprised by the results achieved.

"I was a bit surprised by the high score, we scored 4 goals against Myanmar. I thought playing against Myanmar would be very difficult, but today the team spirit was very good. We came up with reasonable tactics, coordinated well. The weather was also favorable for technical coordination. Overall, I was very satisfied with this match. There are still many technical problems, but I will overcome them," said coach Mai Duc Chung.

Entering the semi-finals, the Vietnamese women's team will meet the host team Philippines on July 15. About the upcoming opponent, coach Mai Duc Chung said:

"We've reached the semi-finals, so every team is equal. The Philippines played very well, I appreciate them. We only had 1 day off, which was difficult for the players. The other team played better and had a large audience. This is a tough opponent, so we have to be more determined."

Coach Dinh The Nam pointed out the surprising reason why U19 Vietnam lost shockingly

Coach Dinh The Nam said that unstable mentality was the main reason why U19 Vietnam lost to U19 Malaysia.

Vietnam U19 entered the semi-final match of the 2022 Southeast Asian U19 tournament with Malaysia U19 as the favorites.

After the performance of both teams in the group stage, few people thought Malaysia could overcome Vietnam. However, the Malaysians surprisingly won 3-0.

Sharing after the match, coach Dinh The Nam said that psychology was the main reason for the loss.U19 Vietnamlose to opponent

“We had many opportunities to score but my players failed to take advantage, partly due to psychological problems so they did not handle the situation well.

U19 Vietnam lost heavily to U19 Malaysia. Photo: VFF

We lost from Malaysia's counter-attacks. Of course, when we lost the match, not only I but also the players were very sad. However, we still have to move forward," said Mr. Nam.

Besides, Mr. Nam also said that the defense had times when they did not do their job well.

“I think both teams played offensively at first, but in defense, my players had partly due to their level, partly due to poor concentration and also psychological problems, so when they met opponents who counterattacked well, they easily made personal mistakes,” continued the coach of U19 Vietnam.

After losing to U19 Malaysia, U19 Vietnam will play the third place match of the 2022 Southeast Asian U19 tournament. Coach The Nam said the team needs to improve a lot for the upcoming U20 Asian qualifiers.

“We will have to do it again and talk to the players. We will prepare the best for the next match.

For the U20 Asian qualifiers, we will have time to fix the players' technical issues because they are all very young and still need to improve a lot.

With this age group to prepare for a more important tournament we need to improve a lot of issues.