Coach Park Hang-seo: 'Vietnam team needs to get points against China team'; EURO champion's unbeaten streak ends

Coach Park Hang-seo: "Vietnam team needs to get points against China team"

Coach Park Hang-seo emphasized that the Vietnamese team needs to score points against the Chinese team to create a turning point in their journey in Group B - the third qualifying round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Asia.

The 3rd qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia will take place from early September 2021 and end in March 2022.

At 0:00 on October 8, the Vietnam national team will enter the match with the Chinese national team. Before the match, Mr. Park Hang-seo attended a press conference. The Korean coach emphasized: "We all know that tomorrow's match with the Chinese national team is extremely important, so important that when the team left Vietnam to come here, some friends told me how Vietnam could beat China.

Chinese captain: "We've been looking forward to the match against Vietnam for a whole month"

Chinese team captain Wu Xi takes seriously the confrontation with Vietnam in the third qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup.

The Chinese captain pointed out four important factors that will help China realize its goal of winning three points against Vietnam. “A good form, a strong belief, a determined spirit and doing a good job will be four necessary factors for China to believe that it will win against Vietnam,” Wu Xi emphasized.

“Tomorrow’s match is very important for us. We have been preparing for the match for the past month. We are ready for the battle and hope to bring surprises to everyone,” Wu Xi shared at a press conference before the match on the evening of October 6.

From the ambition to win the World Cup to the Chinese goal of defeating the Vietnamese national team

China national team

Nearly 20 years ago, at the 2002 World Cup, the Chinese national team appeared for the first time. At that time, China was in a much stronger position than the Vietnamese national team, the football world used the word "earthquake" to describe the 2-1 victory of the U16 Vietnam team with the prodigy Van Quyen against U16 China. But now, this football world is looking forward to a victory against the small neighbor to appease the anger of Chinese fans, who were disappointed with the unrealistic "superpower" ambition.

Not coach Koeman but Pique is the culprit causing Barca's crisis?

Marca newspaper reported that the atmosphere in Barcelona's dressing room is becoming quite stuffy, with the cause stemming from central defender Gerard Pique.

In recent days, Pique's frequent appearances in the media are believed to be solely for the purpose of promoting his name.

After parting ways with striker Lionel Messi, Barca has been on a downward spiral, winning only 1 of the last 6 matches. In the last 2 matches, the Catalan giants have lost by a large margin without scoring any goals. With what has happened, it is not surprising that coach Koeman is under a lot of pressure.

However, according to Marca, Pique is the culprit that has caused Barca to fall into the current tragic situation. The newspaper asserted that coach Koeman is suspicious that the close relationship between Pique and President Joan Laporta has damaged the team.

Rashford scored a double for MU right after recovering from injury

Rashford scored twice for MU.

After a period of being sidelined due to injury, Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford has returned to action. He even scored two goals in the recent friendly match between MU and Blackburn Rovers.

Italy 1-2 Spain result: EURO champion's unbeaten streak broken, must play 3rd place match

Ferran Torres scored to help Spain beat Italy.

In the match between Italy and Spain in the semi-finals of the Nations League 2020/21, Ferran Torres' double helped "The Bulls" win 2-1. Thus, Spain entered the final while Italy had to play the third-place match.