Coach Park adds goalkeeper Dang Van Lam to the Vietnam national team; What shirt number will Lukaku wear at Chelsea?

Coach Park Hang-seo adds goalkeeper Dang Van Lam to the Vietnam national team

Coach Park Hang-seo has called up goalkeeper Dang Van Lam to the Vietnam national team to prepare for the third qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia.

Previously,Coach Park Hang-seocalled up 31 players to the national team, including 3 goalkeepers: Bui Tan Truong (Hanoi FC), Nguyen Van Toan (Hai Phong), Nguyen Van Hoang (SLNA). Goalkeeper Bui Tan Truong was chosen to start in the second qualifying round of the World Cup in the UAE, when Dang Van Lam had to be absent due to unavoidable reasons.

In the gathering to prepare for the 3rd qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia, Dang Van Lam could not join the team to practice because he is playing for Cezero Osaka Club in the Japanese National Championship. This goalkeeper can only be released by the club to serve the team during the FIFA days (FIFA's official international match schedule). Dang Van Lam's presence promises to create positive competition in the goal of the Vietnam National Team.

Dang Van Lam was called up by coach Park Hang-seo.

Also, in the past time, head coach Park Hang-seo has assigned goalkeeping coach Nguyen The Anh to regularly exchange and update information on Dang Van Lam's health status and training and competition process. The Korean coach especially values ​​the position of guarding the goal of the Vietnam National Team, so he decided to give Dang Van Lam the opportunity to join the team for the first two matches in the final qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup, against Saudi Arabia on away ground on September 2 and against Australia on home ground on September 7.

As planned,Dang Van Lamwill take a direct flight from Japan to Saudi Arabia to join his teammates on August 29. Thus, this goalkeeper will have 3 days to get back in rhythm and show his form before the head coach decides to finalize the official list of 23 players for the match against the host country's team.

Set date for Vietnam National Team to play rehearsal with U22 Vietnam

The Vietnam national team will play an internal practice match with the Vietnam U22 team on August 19. This is a rehearsal match for coach Park Hang-seo and his team before heading to the third qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia.

With the current strength of the two teams, both will play 2 matches with each match consisting of 1 team. This happened when the Vietnam national team played an internal practice match with U22 Vietnam at the end of May, before entering the last 3 rounds of concentrated matches in the UAE in the 2nd qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia.

Based on this practice match, Coach Park Hang-seo wants to clearly determine the physical strength and form of the players, especially the integration of the new players. This will also be an opportunity for Mr. Park to test the 3-5-2 formation that he has applied in the confrontation matches in the past few days. This is also an opportunity for the goalkeepers of the Vietnamese national team to score points in the eyes of Coach Park. With goalkeeper Dang Van Lam being registered, the three goalkeepers Van Hoang, Tan Truong and Van Toan will have to compete to win 2 out of 3 places to go to Saudi Arabia to participate in the first match of the 3rd qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup.

Vietnam team. Photo: Hai Hoang

The young U22 Vietnam players also hope to have the chance to compete with their senior national team players. Assistant coach Kim Han Yoon has prepared the moves during this time, such as set pieces, high balls, and long shots.

This week, in parallel with the practice match with U22 on August 19, the Vietnamese team will continue to practice with the intensity of one session/day in the remaining 10 days before departure. If nothing changes, on August 27, the Vietnamese team will move to Saudi Arabia to play the first match in the final qualifying round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, against the host country's team on September 2.

What number shirt does Lukaku wear at Chelsea?

Striker Romelu Lukaku has signed for Chelsea for a record fee of £97.5 million. What fans are interested in now is what number shirt he will wear at Stamford Bridge.

In his first time wearing Chelsea shirt,Lukakuwas given the number 18 shirt. He then wore the 20, 17 and 10 shirts while on loan at West Brom and Everton. However, in the last 4 years at both Man United and Inter, Lukaku has worn the number 9 shirt.

Romelu Lukaku.

Chelsea's No. 9 shirt last season belonged to striker Tammy Abraham. The English player joined AS Roma with a contract until June 2026, with a salary of 4.5 million euros/year. Chelsea has a buy-back clause effective from June 2023 for 80 million euros. The fee for this deal is 40 million euros in installments plus 5 million euros in additional fees.

At a press conference on August 18, Lukaku announced that he would wear the number 9 shirt at Chelsea next season after Abraham officially joined AS Roma. This is the Belgian striker's favorite shirt number when he played for Man United or Inter Milan.

Bayern Munich won the German Super Cup for the 9th time

Despite a poor start to the 2021-2022 Bundesliga season, Bayern Munich still proved to be the strongest team in the domestic league when they defeated rival Borussia Dortmund 3-1 in the 2021 German Super Cup on August 18.

The 2021 German Super Cup match was exciting and dramatic. Dortmund quickly took the lead in the early stages of the match, but Bayern quickly regained balance with impressive control of the game. Polish striker Robert Lewandowski's double not only helped the Bavarian "gray tigers" win the 2021 German Super Cup for the second consecutive time, but also "preemptively" defeated 21-year-old talent Erling Haaland in the race for the title of "Top scorer" of the new Bundesliga season.

Defeating Dortmund, Bayern Munich broke the record with 9 German Super Cup titles. Photo: Reuters

Playing the full 90 minutes at home at Signal Iduna Park, Haaland - Dortmund's main striker - could not repeat his scoring record against Bayern as he did in the 2020 German Super Cup match. Veteran midfielder Marco Reus was the one to score an honorary goal for Dortmund in the defeat against Bayern Munich.

Defeating Dortmund for the second consecutive time in the German Super Cup, Bayern Munich continued to break the record of 9 championship titles in this tournament. This is also the first title of new coach Julian Nagelsmann in his first time leading the reigning Bundesliga champion.

After winning the 2021 German Super Cup, Bayern Munich returned to their home stadium, Allianz Arena, to welcome their opponent Koln in round 2 of the Bundesliga at 10:30 p.m. on August 22. Before that, Dortmund will travel to Freiburg's field at 8:30 p.m. on August 21./.