Coach Kim Sang-sik calls up the only Vietnamese player playing abroad; Duy Manh unlikely to join Vietnam's national team to play Cambodia and Laos

Coach Kim Sang-sik calls up the only Vietnamese player playing abroad

According to VTC News, goalkeeper Ho Tung Han has just been called up to the team.U22 Vietnampreparing for CFA Team China 2025. Tung Han will be in Vietnam on March 9 and practice with his teammates. He will not play in the match between Balestier Khalsa and Lion City Sailors in the Singapore national championship.

Tung Han was born in 2003 and was called up to the U19 Vietnam team. He has an impressive height, good footwork and reflexes that are not inferior to his colleagues. In early November, Tung Han went to Singapore for a trial and was confirmed to sign a contract by the team in the lion island. There was a short period of time when Tung Han had to return to Vietnam and register to play in the V.League when Da Nang had a goalkeeper crisis.

After that, the team on the banks of the Han River successfully recruited Bui Tien Dung. Tung Han continued his dream of going abroad. Playing well at the Singapore Cup, the opportunity for the 21-year-old goalkeeper to have a starting match in the Singapore national championship is opening up.

U22 Vietnam will train from March 10 before leaving for China. U22 Vietnam will face strong opponents such as China, Korea and Uzbekistan. Coach Dinh Hong Vinh will directly lead U22 Vietnam in this important tournament.

Duy Manh unlikely to be selected for Vietnam national team to play against Cambodia and Laos

According to Tri Thuc - Znews, Duy Manh suffered a relapse of his injury after the match against Song Lam Nghe An on February 9, and has missed the last two matches of Hanoi FC. He can walk normally, but cannot run or compete at high intensity, so he is likely to be absent from the March training session of the team.Vietnam team(if called).

Duy Manh suffered a knee injury, although not too serious, Hanoi FC did not risk using him so that he could fully recover.

This is not the first time Duy Manh has missed short-term training sessions with the Vietnamese national team due to minor injuries. The most recent was during FIFA Days in September 2024, when the Vietnamese team played friendly matches against Russia and Thailand. Before that, Manh was also unable to join the Philippine national team in the World Cup qualifiers in November 2023.

Duy Manh himself is also having an unsatisfactory season due to injuries. He took 2 months off in the first leg, trying to recover in time for the ASEAN Cup 2024 before re-injuring himself in the second leg.

If Duy Manh is not selected for the national team,Coach Kim Sang-sikwill give opportunities to other players or new recruits, in the test match with the Cambodian team on March 19.

The Vietnam national team is expected to gather on March 11 in Binh Duong. The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) may announce the list of players on March 6 or March 7.

Surprising list of 18 MU players for Europa League match

According to UEFA, teams can register a maximum of 23 players in Europa League matches.

However, the injury crisis at MU has forced Ruben Amorim to bring only 18 players to Spain for the first leg of the round of 16. With three goalkeepers Andre Onana, Dermot Mee and Elhyh Harrison, the Portuguese coach will choose 10 starting players from the remaining 15 names. The two latest names to join the list of injured players are Harry Maguire and Manuel Ugarte.

Coach Amorim said: "Harry and Manuel have a small problem. But we are very careful because the situation at the moment cannot lose any more players for a long time. Therefore, they will be taken care of at Carrington and cannot play against Real Sociedad because of the high risk."

Ruben Amorim also cannot call up 17-year-old striker Chido Obi because he is not yet eligible to register with UEFA. With the entire squad absent due to injury, Amorim has to make do with his cloth. Most likely, Mazraoui will be moved to play right-sided centre-back alongside Leny Yoro and De Ligt.

Manuel Ugarte could be replaced in midfield by veteran Casemiro. Toby Collyer, who has recovered from injury, will be the Brazilian's backup.

Thai player banned for 5 years for punching referee

The shocking incident involving player Songkran Puangnoi forced the Football Association of Thailand (FAT) to impose a series of severe penalties.

Accordingly, Songkran Puangnoi had to bear extremely heavy sentences for 5 different acts of violence: assaulting an opposing player (banned for 4 matches, fined 15,000 baht and had to pay medical expenses), assaulting a referee (banned for 8 matches, fined 30,000 baht and had to pay medical expenses), intentionally causing violence on the field (banned for 2 matches, fined 7,500 baht), threatening a referee (banned for 3 matches, fined 15,000 baht) and receiving a red card for a serious foul (banned for 3 matches, fined 10,000 baht).

The total penalty this player must endure is a 20-match ban and suspension, not being allowed to participate in any tournaments organized by FAT within 5 years according to FIFA regulations, along with a fine of up to 77,500 baht (nearly 60 million VND).

"This is considered one of the harshest penalties in Thai football history," Siam Sport wrote.

The serious incident occurred in the match between Hua Hin City and Rajpracha in Thai League 3 on March 2. In the 43rd minute, a Rajpracha player was injured but did not leave the field. Believing that the opponent was wasting time, Songkran Puangnoi of Hua Hin City approached and kicked the opponent in the stomach. For this action, the main referee gave Songkran a red card. Songkran suddenly punched the main referee and a player from the away team in the face.

According to Thairath, Srithai Bookok, the player who was punched by Songkran, suffered a serious eye injury and required surgery, while the referee suffered bruises on his face.

Under pressure from public opinion, Hua Hin City players had to apologize, but FAT did not let it go./.