Coach Park Hang-seo stays in Vietnam to celebrate Tet; Inter wins Italian Super Cup

Coach Park stays in Vietnam for Tet

After returning to Vietnam with the team on January 17, coach Park Hang-seo and his wife will stay here to rest and celebrate Tet.

Coach Park was surrounded by fans at Noi Bai airport (Hanoi) to welcome him when he returned home after the AFF Cup 2022.

According to the investigation, Mr. Park and his wife plan to stay in Hanoi for a few days and then go on a trip. During the Lunar New Year 2021, the Korean coach celebrated Tet in Vietnam, and in 2022, he will celebrate Tet with the team when playing China in the second leg of the third qualifying round of the World Cup.

It is expected that Mr. Park and his wife will return to Korea in February. Mr. Park's contract with the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) ends after January 31. After this time, he will not completely part ways with Vietnam but will develop youth football training projects. Joining the 65-year-old captain are also former assistants in the Vietnam national team.

Mr. Duc demands to dissolve Hoang Anh Gia Lai, quit V-League 2023 when being "whistled" on sponsorship

A few days before the 2023 season kicked off, Hoang Anh Gia Lai announced that it had found a new sponsor to replace the old brand with great excitement, after a gloomy period due to changes in its workforce.

Mr. Duc affirmed that he will dissolve HAGL if VPF prohibits the team from promoting the new brand.

However, on January 18, VPF sent a document requesting and requesting Hoang Anh Gia Lai not to use the new sponsor's advertising image in activities related to the tournament to ensure the rights of the V-League sponsor (also an energy drink brand).

After receiving the document, Mr. Duc spoke to the media and said: “If VPF does not agree to promote the sponsor, we will stop playing, this is very simple. Hoang Anh Gia Lai has the right to choose to play or not participate next season.

No football team in the world can survive without sponsors. I suspect VPF has other motives, maybe personal grudges.

In previous seasons, energy drinks were also sponsors for Hoang Anh Gia Lai, but now they are banned? VPF is not doing this properly, nowadays it is not easy to find sponsors, not to mention we signed a comprehensive commercial cooperation agreement, not just football.

After more than 20 years in football, I find this ban unreasonable, not to mention that if we do not participate in V-League, we will have to pay compensation for the contract, it is not a joke. And when there is no other choice, I will probably disband Hoang Anh Gia Lai…”.

In addition to the reaction from Mr. Duc, Hoang Anh Gia Lai also sent a reply to VPF with the desire to "consider all legal aspects" to create conditions for Hoang Anh Gia Lai to cooperate with a new sponsor for the 2023 season as well as the following years.

Messi's future unclear as PSG boss negotiates investment in a Premier League club

Lionel Messi's contract extension talks with PSG have been put on hold as Qatar Sports Investments (QSI), the owners of the Parc des Princes, hold talks about investing in a Premier League club.

PSG have suspended contract extension talks with Lionel Messi as Qatar Sports Investments looks to invest in a Premier League club.

A series of meetings between Al-Khelaifi and potential clubs that Qatar Sports Investments could invest in have pushed Messi's PSG contract extension down the priority list. Spanish newspaper Diario AS claims that no formal negotiations have yet been opened for the 35-year-old Argentine star. The 2022 World Cup winner's contract with PSG expires in June.

Ronaldo's close journalist demands Ten Hag apologize

From left to right: Coach Ten Hag, star Ronaldo and journalist Piers Morgan.

Recently, journalist Piers Morgan shocked everyone when he asked coach Erik Ten Hag to kneel down and apologize to Ronaldo for disrespecting the 37-year-old during his time at Old Trafford. In addition, he also cursed that MU will be defeated by Arsenal in the match this weekend.

Inter crush Milan in Italian Super Cup

In the early morning of January 19 (Hanoi time), Inter defeated Milan 3-0 to win the Italian Super Cup for the second consecutive season.

The two sides were not too different in strength, but Milan entered the game passively against their city rivals. Coach Stefano Pioli's team could not escape the pressing and left too many gaps in their defense.

On the other side of the battle line, Inter played proactively and scored 2 goals after only 21 minutes of play, both from attacks on the space between Milan's center back and full back.

In the 10th minute, Edin Dzeko created a wall for Nicolo Barella to escape down the right wing. The Italian international crossed just in time for Federico Dimarco to finish close to the goal, opening the score.

11 minutes later, Inter attacked on the left wing. Dzeko easily eliminated Sandro Tonali before finishing with an inside shot into the far corner, beating goalkeeper Ciprian Tatarusanu, doubling the gap for Inter.

Edin Dzeko scored the second goal for Inter.

In the beginning of the second half, Milan tried to increase the speed of the ball. "Rossoneri" showed decisiveness in every decision to shoot but could not trouble goalkeeper Andre Onana.

While the strikers were still struggling to find an equalizer, Milan's defense made another mistake, this time a mistake that directly led to Fikayo Tomori's goal. The English center-back misjudged the landing spot and allowed Lautaro Martinez to freely break through and finish, sealing a 3-0 victory for Inter in the 77th minute.