Portugal coach studies Vietnam women's team; Inter Milan angry when Lukaku 'talks behind closed doors' with Juventus
(Baonghean.vn) - The Portuguese coach has carefully studied the Vietnamese women's team; Vietnamese striker won the title of "Top scorer" of U19 Southeast Asia; Inter Milan is angry with Lukaku for "colluding" with Juventus... are notable sports news in the past 24 hours.
Vietnam team won Asian Athletics Gold Medal
The Vietnamese athletics team participated in the final of the women's 4x400 meter event with 4 athletes: Nguyen Thi Ngoc, Hoang Thi Minh Hanh, Nguyen Thi Huyen and Nguyen Thi Hang. These are also the 4 athletes who won Gold Medals in the same event at the 32nd SEA Games.
In the competition on the afternoon of July 16, 4 Vietnamese athletes achieved a time of 3 minutes 32 seconds 36, 0.69 seconds faster than their achievement at SEA Games 32.
Nguyen Thi Ngoc was the first athlete to start. She let the Sri Lankan, Indian and Japanese runners leave her far behind. Then, Minh Hanh closed the gap before Nguyen Thi Huyen took over in the third run. In the last run, Nguyen Thi Hang completed her task well by finishing first. The next positions belonged to Sri Lanka and India.
This is the first and only Gold Medal of the Vietnamese Athletics Team at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships. Previously, the Vietnamese Athletics Team only won 1 Bronze Medal (Nguyen Thi Huong in the women's triple jump event).
The Vietnamese team is one of four Southeast Asian teams to win the Gold Medal at this tournament, along with Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines. The 2023 Asian Athletics Championships will be held in Thailand from July 12-16 with more than 40 participating countries. The Vietnamese team registered 20 members.
Portugal coach has carefully studied the Vietnamese women's team
Recently, Portuguese women's team coach Francisco Neto gave his assessment of the Vietnamese women's team ahead of the 2023 World Cup, saying: "We have researchedVietnam women's team, they often play defensively in large numbers, playing tightly and leaving very little space for the opponent. The Vietnamese women's team also has a particularly excellent player Huynh Nhu. She is playing football in Portugal. Besides, they also brought to this year's tournament many players with impressive speed and are really dangerous in counter-attack situations," coach Neto told Lusa newspaper.
At the 2023 World Cup, Portugal is in Group E with the Vietnam Women's Team.
In a group with the world champion and runner-up, the US and the Netherlands, the chances for the two newcomers, Vietnam and Portugal, to get tickets to the next round are not high.
At the 2023 World Cup finals, the Vietnam Women's Team will face the US (July 22), Portugal (July 27) and the Netherlands (August 1).
Vietnamese striker wins title of "Top scorer" of U19 Southeast Asia
The 2023 Southeast Asian U19 Women's Finals have officially ended with the Championship going to Thailand U19 Women and Vietnam U19 Women winning the runner-up position.
In the emotional final match, the team from the land of golden temples won 2-1 against the Vietnamese girls with a better game than their opponents.
Although she could not help her team win the championship, striker Minh Chuyen of the Vietnamese women's team had a memorable tournament when she won the title of Top Scorer of the U19 Women's Southeast Asia.
Ngoc Minh Chuyen is one of the two strikers leading the "Top scorer" list of the 2023 Southeast Asian U19 Women's Tournament, with the same 5 goals as Claudia Scheunemann of Indonesia's U19 Women's Tournament.
Inter Milan angry Lukaku "colluded" with Juventus
Inter Milan have pulled out of the Lukaku transfer after learning the Belgian striker was in secret talks with rivals Juventus.
Last season, Lukaku played for Inter on loan from Chelsea. The 30-year-old striker scored 14 goals in 37 matches, helping the Milanese team reach the Champions League final.
Inter are keen to keep Lukaku but are unable to meet the London club's asking price of £40m.
In the latest offer, the Italian representative put 27.5 million pounds on the negotiating table. However, now they have turned around and pulled out of the deal.
Inter boss furious after hearing Lukaku's agent also negotiated with Juventus over transfer.
The "Old Lady" of Turin is trying to push through the deal, as coach Pochettino left Lukaku out of Chelsea's tour plans.
Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano revealed: "Inter decided to leave the negotiating table for Lukaku. They were angry when they heard that there were discussions between Lukaku and Juventus. Juventus and the club in Saudi Arabia are the Belgian striker's options at the moment. Juventus can only recruit Lukaku if they sell Vlahovic."
