Coach Kim Sang-sik encountered difficulties in his debut match with the Vietnamese team; FIFA released the first futsal rankings, Vietnam ranked 33rd in the men's team
(Baonghean.vn) - Coach Kim Sang-sik and the Vietnamese team do not have much time to gather before heading to the match with the Philippines; For the first time in history, FIFA officially announced the world futsal rankings. These are the outstanding sports news in the past 24 hours.
Coach Kim Sang-sik encountered difficulties in his debut match with the Vietnamese team.
Coach Kim Sang-sik and the Vietnamese team do not have much time to gather before heading to the match against the Philippines in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
If nothing changes, on June 6, coach Kim Sang-sik will make his debut in front of Vietnamese audiences in the match against the Philippines in the second qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup at My Dinh Stadium.
But according to research, the Vietnamese team can only gather from June 1 after round 22 of V-League 2023-2024 ends.
That means coach Kim Sang-sik and his team only have 5 days to get to know each other and practice together.
This is certainly a difficult challenge for coach Kim. In particular, this is also the first time he works with Vietnamese players.
Telling the story of Kim Min Jae, Coach Kim Sang-sik expressed his burning dream with the Vietnam National Team
Coach Kim Sang-sik revealed his close relationship with central defender Kim Min Jae and took the opportunity to express his wish to take the Vietnamese national team far, meet many world-famous players, as well as bring joy to fans.
Right before coming to Vietnam, Coach Kim Sang-sik went to Europe to meet Kim Min Jae. He revealed that he and the Bayern Munich midfielder have a close relationship.
“I have a good relationship with some Korean players. Among them, Kim Min Jae is quite close to me. Before coming to Vietnam, I went out to eat and met him in Germany a few days ago.”
From the story with Kim Min Jae, coach Kim Sang-sik expressed his hope to bring the Vietnamese team further on the world stage.
“I hope to create opportunities for the Korean and Vietnamese teams to interact with each other. I hope to bring the Vietnamese team to the continental and world arenas, so that we can meet and interact with famous players,” Kim Sang-sik shared.
FIFA launches futsal rankings for the first time, Vietnam ranked 33rd for men
On the evening of May 6, for the first time in history, FIFA officially announced the world futsal rankings. In which, despite failing to qualify for the 2024 Futsal World Cup, Vietnam futsal is still ranked 33rd in the world, 5th in Asia and in the top 3 in Southeast Asia.
In this first announcement, Thai futsal surprisingly entered the world top 10 with 9th position, instead of the 29th position just updated on the ranking of the futsal World Ranking (previous ranking). As for Indonesia, they ranked 29th in the world (top 2 in Southeast Asia).
In the first edition of the FIFA rankings, the Brazilian futsal team - winners of nine FIFA Futsal World Cups to date - is at the top. Behind them is Portugal, who are in the 2024 Futsal World Cup as defending champions and have won two recent European Championships. Spain - who have won two FIFA Futsal World Cups (2000 and 2004) and seven European Championships - is third on the list.
In addition, the women's futsal rankings were also released, with Vietnam's women's futsal team ranked 13th.
Bayer Leverkusen extended their unbeaten streak with a big win over Frankfurt.
In round 32 of the Bundesliga, Leverkusen will visit Frankfurt. At the moment, coach Xabi Alonso's team has already won the Bundesliga championship, so even if they lose this match, Leverkusen will not worry about losing the top spot in the rankings. Meanwhile, Frankfurt must win if they want to participate in the European Cup next season.
As expected, the new German champions won convincingly against Frankfurt with a score of 5-1. This result helped coach Alonso's team maintain their unbeaten record in the current season.
Man Utd lost miserably to Crystal Palace
Early morning of May 7 (Hanoi time), MU lost 0-4 at home to Crystal Palace in round 36 of the Premier League.
The defeat knocked MU out of the group to participate in the European Cup next season. The "Red Devils" are currently in 8th place, a position that does not allow them to participate in the Conference League.
Erik ten Hag's team has 54 points, 2 points behind 6th-placed Newcastle and behind Chelsea due to goal difference. If they finish the season in this position, MU only has one door to qualify for the Europa League, which is to beat Man City in the FA Cup final on May 25.
