Hoang Anh Gia Lai falls into danger zone; Kiatisak leaves open the future of leading the Vietnam National Team

Viettel 2-0 HAGL result: HAGL falls into danger zone

Beautiful goals from Hoang Duc and Van Hao helped Viettel defeat HAGL at Hang Day Stadium, thereby continuing to nurture the hope of chasing Hanoi FC in the championship race. Meanwhile, with the 8th consecutive match without a win, HAGL is stuck in the bottom half of the rankings and has no hope of winning the V.League.

Kiatisak awaits Mr. Duc's decision, leaving open the future of leading the Vietnam National Team

Coach Kiatisak Senamaung said he still has 2 years left on his contract with HAGL. However, “Thai Zico” also left open the question of his future as coach of the Vietnam national team.

Coach Kiatisak Senamuang.

Regarding the future and the possibility of replacing Coach Park Hang-seo as the head coach of the Vietnam National Team, Coach Kiatisak Senamuang said: “I still have 2 years left on my contract with HAGL. Mr. Duc will decide my future. I came here because of Mr. Duc. No one knows what will happen in the future. Currently, I still have a contract with HAGL.”

U20 Thailand was painfully eliminated, determining all 16 teams to participate in the 2023 U20 Asian Finals

The narrow 0-1 defeat of U20 Iraq against U20 Australia prevented U20 Thailand from qualifying for the 2023 AFC U20 Championship finals due to their inferior fair-play record to their opponents.

The defeat against U20 Australia forced U20 Iraq to compete for the second place ticket with other teams.

U20 Iraq has the highest fair-play score (-5) compared to (-8) U20 Syria and (-10) U20 Thailand, so they ranked 4th out of 10 second-placed teams and won a ticket to the final round.

This result also means that Thailand U20 dropped to 6th place out of 10 second-placed teams due to being behind their opponent Syria U20 in the fair-play index, so they could not qualify for the 2023 AFC U20 Championship finals.

Thus, the 2023 AFC U20 Championship finals have determined all 16 participating teams including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Japan, Jordan, South Korea, Oman, Tajikistan, Iran, Indonesia, U20 Vietnam, China, Syria, and Kyrgyzstan, Australia, Iraq besides host Uzbekistan.

Man City is capable of recruiting Mbappe

Man City has extremely strong financial resources and is capable of recruiting Kylian Mbappe to pair with Erling Haaland on the attack line.

Mbappe.

Mbappe is currently unhappy at Paris Saint-Germain, after signing a three-year contract extension with the club. The 23-year-old is considering unilaterally terminating his contract with PSG in January, due to the collapse in the relationship between the two parties.

According to Marca, money is not a problem for Man City if they make an offer to recruit the 23-year-old striker thanks to the wealth of City Football Group. If the deal is successful, Pep Guardiola will have two of the most prolific strikers in the world in his attack.

This season, Man City are deploying Haaland in the centre of the attack, which means there will be space for Mbappe to play as a winger alongside Phil Foden. This combination will create perhaps the strongest attacking lineup in the world at the moment.