Coach Park calls Vietnamese-American central defender to national team for the first time; Bui Tien Dung misses match against Cong Phuong

Bui Tien Dung missed the match against Cong Phuong

The Vietnamese national team's central defender suffered an effusion in his right knee after Viettel Club's 2-0 win over Saigon in round 3 of V.League 2022.Bui Tien Dungdo not follow the team to Gia Lai.

Bui Tien Dung missed Viettel's away match against HAGL on March 11. According to Zing's investigation, the player born in 1995 was in pain after the match. Test results showed that he had effusion in his right knee.

Tien Dung may miss the training session with the Vietnamese team at the end of March. Coach Park Hang-seo has two more matches in the third qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup, against Oman on March 24 and away against Japan on March 29.

Tien Dung may be absent from the Vietnam national team training session due to knee effusion. Photo: VFF

A right knee injury could keep Tien Dung out for at least two weeks. Meanwhile, on March 14, the Vietnamese team will gather in Hanoi after round 4 of V.League 2022 ends on March 13.

Coach Park shocked the world the first time he called up a Vietnamese-American midfielder to the national team.

Afternoon of March 10,Coach Park Hang-seoofficially finalized the list of Vietnam team participating in two matches in the final qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia against Oman and Japan, notably including German-Vietnamese center back Adriano Schmidt.

There are 28 players called up to the national team in this training session. Coach Park surprised everyone by calling up many new faces such as goalkeeper Vu Tuyen Quang, center back Adriano Schmidt and defender Nguyen Van Vi.

Among them, Adriano Schmidt is the most notable name. This defender is 1m85 tall, born and raised in Germany. His father is Vietnamese and his mother is German. Adriano Schmidt is not a strange name to Vietnamese fans, having played prominently for Hai Phong. This defender is currently playing for Binh Dinh in V-League 2022.

Schmidt (left) tackles Hoang Duc in the Binh Dinh - Viettel match in round 1 of V-League 2022 on February 25. Photo: Duc Dong

With ideal height, good ability to read situations and intercept, this Vietnamese-American player promises to be an important card in the hands of coach Park Hang-seo.

Meanwhile, goalkeeper Vu Tuyen Quang, born in 1995, was a member of the Vietnam U19 team at the same age as Cong Phuong, Xuan Truong, Tuan Anh... and was highly appreciated when playing in youth tournaments.

Defender Nguyen Van Vi, born in 1998, is known as a versatile player who can play in many positions such as left-back, left midfielder and central midfielder. Returning to wear the Hanoi FC shirt after 2 very successful seasons with Ha Tinh, Van Vi is expected to contribute to creating a new momentum for the capital team in the V-League campaign.

In addition to the above names, the Vietnam national team also welcomes the return of goalkeeper Nguyen Tuan Manh, midfielder Nguyen Tuan Anh and midfielder Nguyen Hai Huy. However, this time there are still some unfortunate absences due to injuries of players such as Nguyen Trong Hoang, Do Duy Manh and Doan Van Hau...

According to the plan, the Vietnam National Team will gather again on March 14. The team will have its first training session on March 15 at the Vietnam Youth Football Training Center.

Chelsea beat Norwich City, Newcastle made a strong impression

This morning (March 11), the early match of round 30 of the 2021/2022 Premier League between Norwich City and Chelsea took place. Before entering this match, Chelsea received bad news when their Chairman, Mr. Roman Abramovich, had his assets "frozen" by the British Government. The Russian billionaire's plan to transfer and sell the team could not be implemented.

However, Chelsea still entered the match with high spirit and determination with the goal of winning all 3 points, thereby firmly consolidating their position in the top 3. In the 3rd minute of the match, Trevoh Chalobah headed the opening score for Chelsea from Mason Mount's corner kick.

Chelsea easily beat Norwich City. Photo: Reuters

Excited after the early opening goal, Chelsea continued to pressure Norwich City. Under great pressure from the visitors, the "Canaries" could not hold on and had to pick the ball out of the net for the second time in the 14th minute. The scorer to raise the score to 2-0 for Chelsea was Mason Mount.

Leading 2-0 early on, Chelsea played very leisurely in the following period. Coach Tuchel's team created good chances, but failed to take advantage to increase the gap.

In the second half, Chelsea played poorly so Norwich City fought back. Compared to the first half, Norwich City's performance in the second half was much better and they also caused many difficulties for the away team's defense.

Norwich City's efforts were rewarded when Teemu Pukki scored a goal to reduce the score to 1-2 from the 11m mark. Before that, Norwich City caused Trevoh Chalobah to handle the ball in the penalty area, the referee, after consulting VAR, awarded the home team a penalty.

Trevoh Chalobah opened the scoring for Chelsea early on. Photo: Reuters

Despite the goal, Norwich City could not create a surprise because Chelsea played more focused and proactively for the rest of the match. The away team also scored another goal in the 89th minute thanks to Kai Havertz.

In the end, Chelsea won 3-1 against Norwich City to firmly consolidate their third place in the rankings with 56 points, 7 points behind Liverpool, the team above them. Meanwhile, Norwich City is at the bottom with 17 points.

The results of some of the Premier League's make-up matches this morning are as follows: Wolves won 4-0 over Watford, Newcastle won 2-1 at Southampton and Aston Villa won 3-0 over Leeds Utd.

HAGL receives great news before the match with Viettel FC

HAGL receives good news before the match with Viettel FC in round 4V.League 2022When coach Kiatisuk was previously infected with Covid-19, he had a negative rapid test.

Coach Kiatisuk contracted Covid-19 so he could not directly direct HAGL in the match in round 3 of V-League 2022. That was the match in which "Bi-Rai Tiger" did not play well and lost with a score of 0-2.

After 3 rounds of V-League 2022, HAGL has not won any matches. Mr. Duc's team has 2 draws and 1 loss. More alarmingly, HAGL has not scored a goal this season.

Coach Kiatisuk tested negative.

According to the schedule, HAGL will return home to welcome Viettel FC in round 4 of V-League 2022. This is a match where the challenge for "Bi-Rai Tiger" will be greater, as Viettel FC is in high form and is the defending champion.

Before this match, HAGL received good news when Coach Kiatisuk had a negative rapid test result. The return of the Thai strategist will help HAGL be more confident in the match against Viettel FC.

According to the schedule, the match between HAGL vs Viettel FC takes place at 5:00 p.m. on March 11 at Pleiku Stadium.