Coach Park Hang-seo will lead U23 Vietnam to play China; Billionaire Abramovich offers to sell Chelsea

Coach Park Hang-seo will lead U23 Vietnam to play China

If there are no last minute changes,Coach Park Hang-seowill lead U23 Vietnam at the Dubai Cup 2022 taking place in Dubai (UAE) at the end of this month.

Dubai Cup 2022 will take place from March 20 to March 30 with the participation of 10 youth teams highly appreciated for their quality including U23 Japan, U23 Thailand, U23 Vietnam, U23 China, U23 Iraq, U23 Uzbekistan, U23 Saudi Arabia, U23 Qatar, U23 Croatia and host U23 UAE.

VFF has not announced whether it will send a "genuine" U23 Vietnam team to prepare for the 31st SEA Games or the U23 Vietnam team led by coach Dinh The Nam, who just won the 2022 Southeast Asian U23 Championship that just ended in Cambodia. But most likely, VFF will choose the "genuine" U23 Vietnam team led by coach Park Hang-seo.

Coach Park Hang-seo still has a lot of work to do with U23 Vietnam. Photo: VFF

SEA Games 31 will be the last tournament that Coach Park Hang-seo leads U23 Vietnam. After this tournament, Mr. Park will only focus on the national team. The person expected to replace Mr. Park to lead U23 Vietnam is Coach Gong Oh-kyun.

It is unclear how Coach Park Hang-seo will arrange his time because the Dubai Cup 2022 will take place at the same time as the Vietnamese team will play the remaining two matches in the third qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup against Oman (March 24) and Japan (March 29), so Mr. Gong Oh-kyun will probably start working with the Vietnam U23 team soon instead of waiting until after the end of the 31st SEA Games.

According to the schedule announced by the organizing committee on March 1, U23 Vietnam will play its opening match against U23 Iraq on March 23. In the second match taking place on March 26, U23 Vietnam's opponent will be U23 China.

In the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Mr. Park and the Vietnamese national team defeated China 3-1. Fans hope that Mr. Park will help the U23 Vietnam team defeat the U23 China team in the upcoming Dubai Cup 2022.

Refusing Coach Park Hang-seo, the Korean "miracle doctor" made an unexpected move

Mr. Choi Ju-young - former doctor ofVietnam teamlikely to work at a club in V-League.

According to many sources, Dr. Choi Ju-young has received an invitation to join a V-League club. Currently, the Korean "miracle doctor" also seems very interested in the above offer.

If this becomes reality, it will be a huge surprise for Vietnamese fans, because not long before, Mr. Choi said goodbye to coach Park Hang-seo for family reasons.

Doctor Choi Ju-young will likely go to work for a team in the V-League.

It is reported that about a month ago, Coach Park Hang-seo persuaded Dr. Choi to return to work for the “Golden Star Warriors”. However, Mr. Park’s compatriot refused for objective reasons.

Mr. Choi Ju-young started working as a sports doctor in 1982 and was also the Head of the Medical Department of the Korean national teams for 19 years. In 2012, this 70-year-old doctor decided to leave the Kimchi team and many people thought that this was also the end of his career as a specialist.

However, in mid-2018, after the invitation of Coach Park Hang-seo, Mr. Choi Ju-young came to Vietnamese football. After more than 3 years working with the red team, Dr. Choi Ju-young asked to withdraw at the end of December 2021.

Hai Phong coach accuses referee of 'blowing whistle'

Coach Chu Dinh Nghiem appeared very dissatisfied when referee Tran Dinh Thinh "blowed the whistle" after reviewing the game on the screen.

In the match between Hai Phong vs Nam Dinh at Lach Tray Stadium on the evening of March 2, referee Tran Dinh Thinh made a controversial decision.

In the 68th minute, when the match was 1-0 in favor of Hai Phong, from a cross from the right wing, Rimario's shot hit the post and bounced out. Immediately after, rookie Trieu Viet Hung rushed in and scored the rebound into Nam Dinh's net. Nam Dinh's coaching staff reacted strongly, claiming that the home team player had let the ball touch his hand. The away team's players asked the referee to review the slow-motion replay on... the big screen at the stadium.

Referee Tran Dinh Thinh made a controversial decision.

Referee Tran Dinh Thinh consulted with the linesman, then changed his decision when he thought that Trieu Viet Hung let the ball touch his hand before scoring, so the home team's goal was not recognized.

Although Hai Phong won 2-1 in the end, coach Chu Dinh Nghiem was still very upset. He said: "I think the referee's decision is very difficult. We did not use VAR, but we cannot watch it on the screen to decide. I do not understand the law on this case. I really do not understand. I think in football, the decision is the referee's right. Only if we use VAR can we change the decision. If we did not use VAR and changed the decision, we would have lost a goal. I do not say whether it is right or wrong. Maybe the referee made a mistake, but we are not allowed to blow the whistle. The previous referee recognized the goal."

Talking about Hai Phong's dramatic victory in the final minute of extra time, the former captain of Hanoi Club said: "Hai Phong today created many opportunities, if they took advantage of them, they could have ended the match early. Today's match had many emotions, with goals, spectators and controversial situations. This was an emotional match. Victory in extra time always brings an explosion of emotions."

Billionaire Abramovich sets price for Chelsea

The Russian billionaire is likely to sell the Stanford Bridge team after being repeatedly made difficult by the British Government recently.

According to Daily Mail, Mr. Abramovich let the global bank Raine Group handle the sale of Chelsea on his behalf. The Russian billionaire's asking price is 3 billion pounds.

Mr. Abramovich wants to sell the London football team to a partner in the US, because he is concerned that doing business with partners in China and Eastern Europe will encounter obstacles for many financial and political reasons.

Chelsea may change owners due to recent events. Photo: Reuters.

The sale of Chelsea stemmed from a dispute between Mr. Abramovich and the British Government. The owner of "The Blues" was constantly being made difficult by visa refusals.

Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss has expressed his intention to buy the Stamford Bridge team. The Swiss healthcare tycoon has a total asset of about 4.3 billion pounds.

"Mr. Abramovich wants to sell all his villas in England. He wants to end his involvement with Chelsea quickly," billionaire Wyss told Blick newspaper in the early morning of March 2 (Hanoi time). "I and three others received an offer to buy Chelsea from Mr. Abramovich on Tuesday."

Mr. Abramovich has owned Chelsea since 2003. After more than 19 years, the amount of money the Russian billionaire has invested in "The Blues" has reached 2 billion pounds, including money to buy players, pay salaries and other activities. The past 19 years have also been the time when Chelsea has achieved the most success in history.

The Stamford Bridge team won many titles, notably 5 Premier League Championships, 2 Champions League, 2 Europa League in the era of the Russian billionaire.