U22 Singapore coach reveals tactics, determined to win against U22 Vietnam; Barcelona receives sad news from La Liga

Dramatic score chase in the Premier League "reverse final"

Early morning of May 2 (Hanoi time), Leicester (ranked 18th) and Everton (ranked 19th) shared points with a 2-2 draw in the latest match of round 34 of the Premier League.

The 2-2 draw left Everton in 19th place on the table with 29 points after 34 matches. Meanwhile, Leicester moved up to 16th but are only 1 point above the relegation zone.

Starting lineup.

The 2022/23 Premier League relegation race is unpredictable. The chances are still divided equally among the teams including Everton (29 points), Nottingham, Leeds, Leicester (all 30 points). Everton is at a disadvantage as their next two opponents are Brighton and Man City. Even the bottom team Southampton still has a chance to stay in the league, despite only having 24 points.

Top Asian player joins Vietnamese team

Thai Son Nam Club has officially recruited Iranian foreign player - Abolghasem Orouji. The 33-year-old player plays in the Ala position and was one of the key members of the Iranian Futsal team that won the 2018 Asian Futsal Championship. In addition, Abolghasem Orouji also won the Asian Futsal Club Championship twice with Iranian clubs.

Abolghasem Orouji joins his teammates at Thai Son Nam. Photo: TSNFC

Having Abolghasem Orouji in the squad helps Thai Son Nam strengthen its strength when their domestic force already includes players such as Ho Van Y, Minh Tri, Thinh Phat, Doan Phat...

At this year's Southeast Club Futsal Tournament, Thai Son Nam Club is in Group B with Black Steel FC (Indonesia) and Football Victoria (Australia). The group is considered attractive because Indonesian Futsal has recently developed very well, Black Steel FC is also a team with good achievements in the Indonesian Futsal village with 2 championship titles and 2 runner-up positions. Meanwhile, the representative from Australia is considered an unknown.

In the opening match, Thai Son Nam will meet the representative of Indonesia on May 2.

U22 Singapore coach reveals tactics, determined to win against U22 Vietnam

U22 Singapore coach Philippe Aw confirmed that this team will cause many difficulties forU22 Vietnamin the match on May 3.

In the first match of the group stage of SEA Games 32, U22 Singapore suffered a 1-3 defeat against U22 Thailand. This result temporarily placed the young team of the lion island nation at the bottom of Group B.

Although the home team had a rough start at SEA Games 32, coach Philippe Aw of this team still affirmed that he will cause many difficulties for U22 Vietnam in the match on May 3.

U22 Singapore will meet U22 Vietnam on May 3. Photo: Duong Thuat

Philippe Aw said: "We still have three more matches and anything can happen. Vietnam has a different style of play to Thailand. They defend tightly and if we keep attacking after losing the first match, that is probably the game they want. It would be a mistake to let that happen. We try to play calmly. In the short term, we have two days to recover and calculate for the next match against Vietnam."

The match between U22 Vietnam and U22 Singapore is scheduled to take place at 4:00 p.m. on May 3 at Prince Stadium, the stadium that hosted the first matches in Group B on April 30.

Man United wants to buy more England players

James Maddison is the latest name to appear on Man United's transfer list in the summer of 2023.

According to the Daily Mail, Manchester United want the services of the English winger. Currently, the "Red Devils" first team has a total of 4 English players including Harry Maguire, Marcus Rashford, Luke Shaw and Jadon Sancho.

Phil Jones and Mason Greenwood have been dropped from the first team. Meanwhile, Tom Heaton, Jack Butland and Aaron Wan-Bisska have either never worn the Three Lions shirt or have not worn it for a long time.

Maddison is one of the Premier League's top wingers.

Recently, Maddison has won the sympathy of MU fans thanks to his statement praising Wan-Bissaka as "the best tackling defender in the world".

Maddison is said to want to leave Leicester, regardless of whether the Foxes stay in the league next season or not. The 26-year-old star hopes to challenge himself at a more ambitious team.

Not only Man United, Newcastle and Tottenham are also interested in Maddison.

Barcelona receives bad news from La Liga, closing the door to bringing Messi back

Xavi confirmed that Barcelona had held private talks with La Liga about Messi and plans to comply with Financial Fair Play to improve the squad for next season. However, Spanish sports site Sport confirmed that the Catalan team's plans were rejected.

In order to achieve a surplus of 200 million euros for the salary fund before signing new players as requested by La Liga President Javier Tebas, the team of Barcelona President Joan Laporta has recently come up with many plans, including balancing the salary fund in stages over a period of 3 years to reach the required number.

La Liga President Javier Tebas wants Messi to return to La Liga but Barcelona cannot balance the wage bill. Photo: Reuters

However, La Liga leaders rejected the plan when they realized that Barcelona would find it difficult to carry out the plans due to the huge gap between their income and expenditure.

It is the Financial Fair Play issue that Barcelona is currently facing that has prevented the Argentine superstar from renewing his contract in 2021. Messi's 21-year career with the "Catalan team" therefore had to end and he joined PSG.

If the wage bill cannot be improved, Barcelona's plan to bring Messi back to his old home on a two-year contract will fail. Messi's current contract with PSG will end at the end of this season, on June 30.