Coach Park and the Vietnamese team received good news; Viettel Club will go to Thailand to play in the AFC Champions League?
(Baonghean.vn) - Ronaldo was lackluster in Juventus's defeat; Coach Park Hang-seo and the Vietnamese team received good news in the World Cup qualifiers; Viettel Club will go to Thailand to play in the AFC Champions League?... are notable sports news in the past 24 hours.
Ronaldo paled in Juventus' defeat
UmbrellaJuventusHaving to play away from home, they were still rated much higher than Porto. However, coach Andrea Pirlo and his team had a poor performance. The goal came to the Serie A representative at the 63rd second.
Up front, Weston McKennie and Dejan Kulusevski were lackluster. Ronaldo was also isolated and had to constantly retreat to find space. The Serie A champions' strikers had a forgettable first half, as they failed to have a single shot on goal by goalkeeper Agustin Marchesin.
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CR7 only had 1 shot in 90 minutes, and could not cause any trouble for goalkeeper Marchesin. |
Ronaldoplayed with great effort. He worked hard to find space, but could not get a chance, as his midfield teammates were stifled by the home team's pressing style.
It wasn't until Porto's play slowed down in the final 10 minutes that Juventus began to have more opportunities to attack. The "Old Lady"'s goal came after a simple arrangement on the left wing, after Rabiot's cross, Chiesa rushed in to finish off the goalkeeper Marchesin.
Juventus suffered a 1-2 defeat to host Porto in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 on the morning of February 18.
Coach Park Hang-seo and the Vietnamese team received good news in the World Cup qualifiers
On the afternoon of February 17, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) held an online meeting with representatives of countries in Group G of the second qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia.
Given the complicated developments of the epidemic in various countries,AFChas officially announced the postponement of all matches scheduled for March 2021 to June 2021.
This plan of course received the consensus of the teams.
The matches are scheduled to take place from June 3 to June 15. Due to the short time, the matches will be held centrally but the location has not been decided.
It is known that Thailand and UAE have applied to host the remaining matches of Group G. However, the decision on which country to host will not be finalized until early March.
The host country must ensure modern facilities, at least two international stadiums close together, a professional logistics team and come up with good plans to prevent and combat Covid-19.
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Vietnam national team has the earliest match against Indonesia on June 7. |
According to the original schedule, Vietnam team will meet Malaysia on March 30. Postponing the matches in March, if placed in the context of January, will be bad news for Vietnam team.
Because this is the timeV.League 2021still going on, Vietnam team also just focused on training.
However, V-League 2021 is currently suspended and the return date has not been determined, so the postponement is good news.
Coach Park Hang-seoand the students will have more time to prepare for the matches. At the same time, Doan Van Hau will also have more time to recover to participate in the remaining 3 matches.
Viettel Club will go to Thailand to play AFC Champions League?
Thai media has just reported that Thai.League Company has proposed to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to host the matches of the AFC Champions League.
Thailand has 2 clubs that have made it to the AFC Champions League group stage, BG Pathum and Port. Both clubs are qualified and have also applied to host the group stage. Among them,Viettel ClubVietnam are in the same group F with BG Pathum, a group with defending champion Ulsan Hyundai and the club that passed the play-off round.
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Viettel Club may be the place with the most players for the national team in the upcoming training session. Photo courtesy of Hai Hoang |
MU plans to recruit Valverde
Fichajes Futbol quoted a source from Santiago Bernabeu stadium saying that MU has just raised the issue with Real Madrid about transferring Federico.
MU asked to buy Valverde last summer, but Real Madrid did not accept.
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MU wants to bring Valverde to Old Trafford. |
MUIt is very difficult to keep Paul Pogba, so buying Valverde is very important. Valverde was a star in Real Madrid's squad last season, with all-round ability.