Coach Park aims for a super record with the Vietnam team; Super contract revealed, Messi 'disappointed' in paying taxes
(Baonghean.vn) - Kiatisuk: Returning to Vietnam to help HAGL participate in the AFC Cup; Bayern Munich won a historic six-trophy; Coach Park aims for a super record with the Vietnamese team; Super-huge contract revealed, Lionel Messi grimaced when paying taxes... are notable sports news in the past 24 hours.
Kiatisuk: Returning to Vietnam to help HAGL attend AFC Cup
With Cong Phuong generation, the same desireHAGLThe V.League championship has never faded. They want to take HAGL to the next level, to tournaments everywhere. That belief was pushed to the highest level with the appearance of Kiatisuk, who once brought the Thai national team closer to the Asian level.
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Coach Kiatisuk. |
"Ba Duc called and expressed his wish for me to return to work with HAGL and I agreed almost immediately, without any hesitation because of his deep affection for him and I also understood his wishes very well. I have my own plans but I am not comfortable revealing them yet and everyone will witness them through my work at HAGL. I shared with the Thai media that I returned to Vietnam this time to help HAGL win a place in the AFC Cup, meaning the team must achieve high results in V.League 2021."
Kiatisakled HAGL through 4 matches, 2 pre-season training sessions and 2 real battles in V.League 2021. The mountain town team started not badly with some positive signs worth looking forward to in the third term of "Thai Zico" in Pleiku.
Coach Park Hang-seo aims for super record with Vietnam team
Vietnam team has become the most improved team in Southeast Asia in the past 3 years.
According to the latest rankings announced by FIFA, the Vietnam team has 1,258 points, ranking 94th in the world, 14th in Asia and first in Southeast Asia. This is the highest ranking the red team has achieved since 1998 (ranked 84). More importantly, the Vietnam team has made miraculous progress in recent years.
If calculated from 2010 to now, Vietnam has increased 44 places on the FIFA rankings, becoming the team with the strongest improvement. However, this improvement mainly appeared during the time ofCoach Park Hang-seo. At the end of 2017, when Mr. Park was introduced to fans, Vietnam ranked 130th.
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Coach Park Hang-seo is aiming for a record with the Vietnamese team. |
Assuming that they continue to play successfully in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers and the 2021 AFF Cup, Quang Hai and his teammates are completely capable of breaking the record that has existed since 1998. In addition, if Vietnam enters the final qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup, Mr. Park will also become the first coach to do this.
Bayern Munich won historic sextuple
Defeating Tigres with a minimum score of 1-0, Bayern Munich won the FIFA Club World Cup and completed a historic sextuple.
Early this morning (February 12),Bayern Munichwon 1-0 against Tigres in the FIFA Club World Cup final held in Qatar. The only goal of the match was scored by Benjamin Pavard in the 59th minute of the match.
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Bayern Munich won the FIFA Club World Cup. |
Thus, this is the second time in history that Bayern won the club world championship after the first time in 2013.
Bayern Munich under coach Hansi Flick also became the second team in history to win six trophies in one season after Barcelona under coach Pep Guardiola in 2009.
Chelsea struggle to reach FA Cup quarter-finals
Early morning of February 12, London team Chelsea played the final match of the 5th round of the FA Cup against Barnsley, a club playing in the English first division - Championship.
Hard-fought 1-0 win thanks to Abraham's goal,Chelseainto the FA Cup quarter-finals and face Sheffield United at Stamford Bridge.
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Barnsley's efforts could not help them overcome Chelsea. Photo: REUTERS |
Barnsley: Collins, Brittain, Sibbick, Helik, Andersen, Styles, Kane, Adeboyejo, Mowatt, Chaplin, Woodrow
Chelsea: Arrizabalaga, Alonso, Christensen, Zouma, Emerson Palmieri, Kante, Gilmour, Pulisic, Ziyech, Hudson-Odoi, Abraham
Goal: Abraham
Super huge contract revealed, Lionel Messi is distraught over paying taxes
Lionel Messi was left distraught after having to pay 370 million Euros in taxes after receiving huge bonuses from Barcelona.
Contract case detailsLionel Messiwith Barcelona suddenly appeared in the press and this caused the Barcelona star to be "touched" by the tax authorities.
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Lionel Messi pays an unbelievable amount of tax. Photo: AS |
370 million Euros is the amount of tax Lionel Messi has paid over the past 4 years. This number is truly unbelievable and according to Spanish media reports, Messi is one of the highest taxpayers in Spain.