Will Coach Park be happy if Thailand fires Akira Nishino? Belgium faces Italy in the quarter-finals of EURO 2021

Belgium to face Italy, Czech Republic to meet Denmark in EURO 2021 quarter-finals

With the victory over Portugal and the Netherlands this morning (June 28), Belgium and the Czech Republic will meet Italy and Denmark in the quarter-finals.Euro 2021.

This morning (June 28), two matches of the Euro 2021 round of 16 took place between the Netherlands and the Czech Republic and Portugal and Belgium. The results of the matches surprised many fans around the world.

Although the Netherlands was rated much higher than the Czech Republic, this team did not play really well. Powerless against the scientifically organized defense of the Czech Republic, they were held to a 0-0 draw in the first half.

Czech Republic defeated Netherlands 2-0 (Photo: Reuters).

Entering the second half, the Netherlands continued to attack and pressure the Czech Republic. However, while the attack had not yet made any progress, the Dutch defense caused trouble. In the 55th minute, De Ligt lost the battle with Schick from a Czech counterattack, the Juventus midfielder fell to the ground and let the ball touch his hand.

After consulting VAR technology, the referee showed a red card to the Dutch midfielder. Due to playing with one less player, the Netherlands conceded two goals to the Czech Republic in the 68th and 80th minutes, thereby accepting defeat with a score of 0-2.

With a shock victory over the Netherlands, the Czech Republic booked their place in the quarter-finals of EURO 2021, where they will face Denmark, who beat Wales 4-0 in yesterday's match.

Belgium secured a ticket to the quarter-finals after defeating Portugal (Photo: Reuters).

Meanwhile, in the second match between Portugal and Belgium. These two teams gave the audience a match of very high professional quality. In the 42nd minute, Thorgan Hazard played the role of hero for Belgium with a tricky long-range shot to open the score of the match.

After falling behind, Portugal pushed up their attack to find an equalizer, but failed. In the end, Portugal lost 0-1, thereby becoming the former champion. Meanwhile, Belgium entered the quarterfinals, their opponent was Italy.

Thus, up to this point, the Organizing Committee has determined the two quarter-final pairs at EURO 2021: Czech Republic vs Denmark and Belgium vs Italy. The next tickets will be determined after the matches taking place on June 29 and 30./.

Will coach Park Hang-seo be happy if Thailand fires Akira Nishino?

Akira Nishino is facing an uncertain future. The coach who is leading the Thai national team has drawn 3 times with him.Coach Park Hang-seoat risk of being fired by the Thai Football Federation due to poor performance.

Thailand after Kiatisak and before Akira Nishino were always the losers of the Vietnamese team. Their losses only added to the 16-match unbeaten streak of the Vietnamese team before September 2019. When coach Akira Nishino came to lead the Thai team, Vietnam was still unbeaten, even reaching 29! But the difference was that Mr. Park's Vietnam could not beat Thailand like in the previous period.

Thai press reflects the rift between Mr. Nishino and the Football Association of Thailand.

In the first match in charge of Thailand against Vietnam (in the first round of the 2nd World Cup qualifiers in Asia), Coach Akira Nishino immediately helped the "War Elephants" draw with Vietnam. Next, in the second round of the 2nd World Cup qualifiers at My Dinh Stadium, Thailand almost beat Vietnam. The most significant opportunity that Thailand missed was Theerathon Bunmathan's missed penalty kick. It should be remembered that after that draw with Thailand, Coach Park Hang Seo began to talk a lot about changes for the Vietnamese team, from personnel, playing style to tactics.

After that draw, Mr. Park's U22 Vietnam team had another tense match with U22 Thailand, led by coach Nishino, in the group stage of the 2019 SEA Games. Goalkeeper Van Toan's mistake caused U22 Vietnam to be 2 goals behind U22 Thailand. Indeed, if they had lost to Thailand at that time, Vietnam would have been eliminated from the SEA Games. Fortunately, Tien Linh's brilliance with a double goal saved Vietnam from a defeat against Thailand.

Coach Park Hang Seo.

Perhaps, Mr. Park's Vietnam has not lost to Thailand, led by coach Nishino. But in fact, Nishino's presence is what Mr. Park himself has to change. It is no exaggeration to say that Mr. Nishino is the nemesis of Mr. Park in the Southeast Asian arena.

Obviously, if the Thai Football Federation fires coach Nishinothen maybe that will be the thing that helps Mr. Park to invisibly remove a thorn in his side. Especially when Vietnam can face Thailand again at AFF Cup 2020 at the end of this year.

Vietnam women's team still ranked number 1 in Southeast Asia

Recently, FIFA announced the rankings of women's football teams. Accordingly, the Vietnamese women's team rose to 32nd place in the world and 6th in Asia with 1,657 points, up one place compared to the previous rankings. This is considered a worthy reward for the relentless efforts of the golden girls of the Vietnamese women's team.

With this score, Vietnam is also the strongest team in Southeast Asia, 7 places higher than its arch-rival Thailand. Besides Vietnam and Thailand, Myanmar is the remaining representative of Southeast Asia in the Top 10 of Asia.

Vietnam women's team

Meanwhile, the Australian women's team continues to lead the continent, while Japan (ranked 10th in the world) is the only team that attracts attention by regaining second place, pushing the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (ranked 11th in the world) down to third place.

The remaining positions remain the same, including: China (up to 15th in the world), South Korea (down to 18th), Vietnam (up to 32nd), Thailand (down to 39th), Chinese Taipei (down to 40th), Uzbekistan (down to 43rd), Myanmar (down to 45th).