Coach Kim Sang Sik receives warning; Man Utd announces compensation for Ten Hag's contract

First team to reach the knockout round of the Champions League

A 2-0 victory over Real Madrid in the early morning of November 28 (Hanoi time) helped Liverpool secure a ticket to play in the knockout round of the 2024/2025 Champions League.

The Kop won their fifth consecutive Champions League under the new format, taking them two points clear of second-placed Inter Milan. Liverpool are the only team to have won all of their qualifying matches this season.

Liverpool also secured a top 24 spot with three games to spare, securing the first ticket to the knockout round. According to the rules, the top eight teams will qualify directly for the round of 16, while teams from 9th to 24th will play a two-legged play-off.

Currently, the Anfield home team is 11 points ahead of PSG in 25th place, while the classification round has only 3 matches left to end.

Liverpool are just the fifth team in history to win their opening five Champions League games without conceding more than one goal, after AC Milan (1992/93), Juventus (2004/05), Atletico Madrid (2016/17) and PSG (2017/18).

With a series of positive results, Liverpool is the team with the highest prize money in the Champions League after 5 matches. According to UEFA, the total prize money for the 2024/25 Champions League is about 2.4 billion euros.

Vietnam Futsal team sets record on FIFA rankings

At the 2024 Southeast Asian Futsal Championship,Vietnam Futsal Teamwon the runner-up position after losing to Indonesia in the final match. However, coach Diego Giustozzi and his team still received many bonus points from the World Football Federation (FIFA).

Specifically, according to the update from the FIFA rankings in November, the Vietnam Futsal team was awarded 1.53 points after winning the Timor Leste Futsal team (4-1), 3.66 points after winning the Malaysia Futsal team (2-0), 2.77 points after winning the Brunei Futsal team (14-0), 6.95 points after winning the Thailand team (3-2), 2.1 points after winning the semi-final against Australia (5-4) and 2.39 points were deducted after losing 0-2 to Indonesia Futsal.

The Vietnam Futsal team was awarded 14.62 points, thereby increasing 04 places to 30th place. This is also the highest ranking that the Vietnam Futsal team has achieved since the FIFA Futsal Rankings were established.

After returning from the 2024 Southeast Asian Futsal Championship, the players will return to their home clubs to continue training and prepare for the 2024 National Futsal Cup taking place in early December.

Man Utd announced compensation for Ten Hag contract

The Old Trafford team spent more than 20 million pounds on the process of firing Erik ten Hag and appointing Ruben Amorim earlier this month.

In the latest financial report of MU, the Old Trafford team announced that it spent about 10.4 million pounds to compensate the contract of Ten Hag and his assistant team, including Ruud van Nistelrooy. The actual figure announced by MU is lower than the British media speculation (about 16 million pounds).

In addition, the "Red Devils" must spend an additional 11 million pounds to get Amorim, including the contract termination fee with Sporting CP, the cost of shortening the 30-day notice period, along with an amount paid to the Portuguese coach's assistant team.

After Ten Hag was sacked, Sky Sports reported that MU spent up to 40 million pounds in compensation for coaches in the past 10 years. Among them, Jose Mourinho was the one who received the most compensation (nearly 20 million pounds).

Coach Kim Sang Sik received a warning

Coach of Ulsan Citizen (K-League 3) made some remarkable statements after the friendly match against Vietnam team before AFF Cup 2024.

Recently, the Vietnamese team had their first friendly match in Korea against Ulsan Citizen Club, a team playing in the 3rd division. The results of the teamCoach Kim Sang-sikhad a 2-0 victory over their opponent thanks to goals from Tien Linh and Tuan Hai.

Speaking after the match, coach Kyun Sang Yun of Ulsan Citizen did not forget to praise the Vietnamese team: “I was impressed with the fast playing style of the Vietnamese team in the first half. Their attacking speed made it very difficult for us. Coach Park Hang-seo has helped the Vietnamese team develop quickly, and now coach Kim Sang Sik is showing his ability as a coach.”

In addition, the Korean coach also pointed out the weakness that the Vietnamese team needs to improve if they want to go deep in the AFF Cup 2024: “However, the Vietnamese team still has a weakness, which is the ability to score goals. In the first half, your team created many opportunities but only scored one goal. The efficiency in finishing on goal is something that needs to be improved. If you cannot take advantage of opportunities when facing stronger teams, you will most likely pay the price."

Coach Kim Sang Sik still has a lot of work to do before the AFF Cup 2024 to help the Vietnam team improve the situation. In the near future, the Vietnam team will have two more practice matches against Daegu FC (November 29) and Jeonbuk Huyndai Motor FC (December 1), these are also the two matches that will help coach Kim Sang Sik have the most comprehensive view of the team's strengths and weaknesses./.