Myanmar coach confident to make it difficult for Vietnam team in AFF Cup 2022; Thailand team faces big change

100 million euro rookie Antony beams at MU debut

On the afternoon of September 1, new recruit worth 100 million euros (86 million pounds) Antony officially signed a 5-year contract with MU.

Two days ago, MU announced the successful recruitment of Antony on their homepage. However, it was not until September 1 that the Brazilian winger officially signed a contract with the Red Devils.

The contract between the two sides is for 5 years, until the summer of 2027. To get the Brazilian winger, the Red Devils must pay the Dutch team 100 million euros, including 95 million in cash and 5 million in variable fees.

Antony surpassed Maguire (87 million euros) to become the second most expensive player in the club's history. The top of this list is still Paul Pogba, with 105 million euros. At Old Trafford, Antony receives a salary of 230 thousand euros/week, 10 times more than at Ajax.

Antony officially joined MU.

"This is the most memorable moment of my career. I have joined one of the biggest clubs in the world. I would like to thank everyone for their trust, especially my family, coaches and teammates. Without them, I would not be here," said Antony.

"I grew up with Coach Ten Hag at Ajax. He helped me become a better person. I'm very excited to work with him at MU. I want to win many titles here," Antony concluded.

Antony joined Ajax from Sao Paulo in the summer of 2020. After 2 seasons, the young Brazilian star scored 25 goals in 82 matches, winning 2 Dutch championships.

Antony is the Red Devils' fifth new signing this summer, after Lisandro Martinez, Tyrell Malacia, Christian Eriksen and Casemiro. In addition to Antony, MU also recruited goalkeeper Martin Dubravka from Newcastle.

U20 Palestine brings many players playing in Europe to Vietnam

U20 Palestine brought to Vietnam a squad of many faces playing for clubs in Europe to compete with U20 Vietnam.

On September 3, U20 Palestine will have a friendly match with U20 Vietnam at Viet Tri Stadium. This is an important match to help both teams prepare for the 2023 U20 Asian qualifiers starting September 14.

U20 Palestine brought many players playing in Europe to compete with U20 Vietnam. Photo: Alghad

Coming to Vietnam this time, U20 Palestine has almost the strongest force. Most of the players who just played at the U20 Arab Cup are present, including those who are playing for European clubs such as defender Yousef Al Shubasi who is playing for U.18 Brentford, England), goalkeeper Karim Qassem (Metz youth team, France) and striker Mohammed Mahmoud (Bochum youth team, Germany).

In addition, former Bulgaria U17 player - Monir Al Badarin (Botev Plovdiv, Bulgaria) and midfielder Mohammad Sundoqa, who has experience playing in the 2022 AFC Cup, are important factors in the Palestine U20 squad.

The match between U20 Vietnam and U20 Palestine will start at 7pm on September 3. Before that, the local organizing committee had a direct meeting with the Palestinian Ambassador to Vietnam about the reception and service of the visiting team during their stay in Phu Tho.

Thailand team faces big change at AFF Cup

According to sources close to Chanathip Songkrasin, this midfielder will almost certainly not participate in the AFF Cup 2022 with the Thai National Team.

The controversy surrounding Chanathip Songkrasin's decision not to play in the 2022 AFF Cup with the Thai national team is getting hotter. At first, the "Thai Messi" and his agent affirmed that he would not return home and only wanted to rest at the end of the year. However, only a short time later, the media in the Golden Temple country confirmed that FAT had successfully persuaded Chanathip. Until after the AFF Cup draw ceremony, the confident statements of Madam Pang and Coach Polking made fans believe even more in the appearance of the midfielder born in 1993 at the AFF Cup.

Chanathip will not attend the AFF Cup.

However, it seems that everything has been "offside" once again. Sources close to Chanathip continue to deny the information that "Thai Messi" will attend the AFF Cup. The Thai press has also "turned around" and admitted that it is very difficult for Coach Polking to summon Chanathip Songkrasin. Previously, "Thai Messi" had to write a letter to fans. He hopes that everyone can sympathize with him, after a tiring season in the J-League, Chanathip just wants to rest and wants to be in the best shape for the Asian Cup or the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.

The AFF Cup is the most important tournament of the year for Southeast Asian teams. However, because the tournament is often held outside of FIFA Days, many players will not be able to participate and teams are also afraid to release players.

Chanathip Songkrasin's case is that he refused to participate in the AFF Cup, even though the J-League had ended at that time. Therefore, the "Thai Messi" is facing extremely heavy criticism from fans. Thai people are labeling him as a traitor to the national shirt, only thinking about himself and being selfish with the mission of the National Team.

At the AFF Cup 2022, the Thai team is in Group A with opponents Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia and the winner of the play-off match between Brunei and East Timor. Meanwhile, Group B will be the place to compete with the Vietnamese team, Singapore, Malaysia, Laos and Myanmar.

Myanmar coach confident he will make it difficult for Vietnam team at AFF Cup 2022

Myanmar coach Antoine Hey is confident that he will help his team make things difficult for Vietnam when they face each other in the group stage of the 2022 AFF Cup.

According to the results of the draw for the 2022 AFF Cup group stage, the Vietnamese team is in Group B with opponents Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore and Laos. Among these opponents, Myanmar is the only team that the Vietnamese team has never won against under the leadership of Nguyen Van Linh.Coach Park Hang-seo.

Because of this, Myanmar coach Antoine Hey is confident that he will help his players make it difficult for the Vietnamese team when they face each other in the group stage of the AFF Cup 2022.

Coach Antoine Hey is confident that he will help the Myanmar team make it difficult for the Vietnam team at the AFF Cup 2022.

The German coach said: "We have fallen into a quite interesting group. The Myanmar team will come back stronger than before when the domestic national championship has been organized again, not to mention that many other players are playing abroad. Therefore, the Myanmar team has every reason to be confident. The away match against the Vietnamese team will be very interesting.

It's great that the Myanmar team will have their first match at home. We have a pretty ideal schedule and will be able to rest after the first two matches."

According to the schedule, the match betweenVietnam teamand the Myanmar team will take place in Vietnam on January 3, 2023 in the final match of the group stage.

Sancho shines, MU defeats 'The Foxes'

Jadon Sancho shined with the only goal, bringing 3 thrilling points for MU right on Leicester's field in the latest match of round 5 of the Premier League.

MU won their third consecutive match this season.

Goal scorer: Sancho (23')

Line-up:

Leicester: Ward, Thomas, Ndidi, Evans, Justin, Soumare, Maddison, Tielemans (Iheanacho 76'), Dewsbury-Hall, Barnes, Vardy (Patson Daka87')

MU: De Gea, Dalot, Varane, Martinez, Malacia, Eriksen, McTominay, Fernandes, Elanga (Casemiro 59'), Sancho (Ronaldo 68'), Rashford (Fred 87').