Coach Nishino's salary is over 20 billion VND/year but still lower than Park Hang-seo's; Lukaku scores, Belgium gives Denmark a gift

HAGL launches "Football Vaccine" shirt sales program

HAGL contributed 7 players including Cong Phuong, Xuan Truong, Van Toan, Tuan Anh, Van Thanh, Minh Vuong and Hong Duy to the success of the Vietnam National Team in the second qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia. The team from the mountain town as well as the players want to spread that positive energy by joining hands in social and community activities.

Recent,HAGL Clubhas launched the charity program "Football Vaccine", with the aim of donating to doctors, nurses, and medical staff on the front lines against the pandemic. In the immediate future, the mountain town football team will donate 1,500 shirts with the logos of HAGL FC and the Red Bull brand. The shirts are beautifully designed, made of good quality, cool material, and come in two colors: blue and white.

HAGL players.

From 8am on June 21, HAGL will open sales to fans at a price of only 90,000 VND/shirt (buyers will pay the shipping fee), all proceeds from selling 1,500 shirts (estimated at about 135 million VND and other contributions) will be donated to doctors, nurses, and medical staff on the front lines against the pandemic.

Fans can comment below to register the number of shirts to buy and the color on the fanpage: https://www.facebook.com/haglfc.clb.

Please transfer the amount to buy the shirt to the following account: Hoang Anh Gia Lai Sports Joint Stock Company

HD Bank Gia Lai.

Account number: 170 704 070 003 497

Thai newspaper: Coach Nishino's salary of more than 20 billion VND/year is still lower than Park Hang-seo's

Newspapers expressed disappointment that despite spending a lot of money to invite foreign coaches, the Thai team was still inferior to Vietnam.Coach Park Hang-seo.

In the past 4 years, Thailand has not only failed to advance to the Asian level.As expected, Thailand has also fallen behind Southeast Asia in terms of level. Even though they have spent a lot of money to invite prestigious head coaches such as Milovan Rajevac and Akira Nishino, Thailand is currently 30 places behind Vietnam, led by coach Park Hang-seo, in the world rankings. That has made the Thai press extremely disappointed.

Thailand disappointed in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.

Thairath newspaper wrote: “Who doesn’t feel ashamed but I do. Since taking the position of President of the Football Association of Thailand, Mr. Somyot has made everyone seem to have hope that Thai football will develop to a larger and more professional level. In the end, all the talk was just a dream. Thailand’s achievements seem to have fallen into the abyss in the place where they used to be the big brother. They were eliminated in the second qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia, with a score lower than that of their regional rivals Malaysia. Are you ashamed like this?"

Thairath page continued to criticize: “Look at Vietnam. They have risen to the number 1 position in Southeast Asia and are 30 places higher than Thailand. Thailand has been terrible since President Somyot took over. Is Japanese coach Akira Nishino worth such a large sum of money (30 million baht/year, equivalent to more than 20 billion VND/year)? At least, it must be exchanged for results. Because if you use that money to hire a Thai coach, the results will only be so good."

Siam Sports also borrowed the words of former player Somchai Chuayboonchum to put pressure on coach Nishino: “The salary Nishino is receiving is too high compared to the results Thailand has achieved. It is a shame that Thailand did not enter the next round. The team seems to be lagging behind other opponents in Southeast Asia such as Vietnam and Malaysia.”

Lukaku scores, Belgium gives Denmark a gift

Romelu Lukaku shined, contributing to Belgium's 2-0 win over Finland, thereby helping Denmark rise to second place in Group B to secure a ticket to the round of 16.Euro 2020.

Belgium entered the match against Finland with many changes. However, coach Roberto Martinez used the main lineup including stars De Bruyne, Eden Hazard, Lukaku and Witsel.

In the first half, Finland defended very solidly, making it impossible for Belgium to attack.

Lukaku surrounded by Finnish defenders. Photo: Reuters

The game was more exciting after the break. Lukaku put the ball in the Finnish net in the 65th minute, but VAR technology confirmed he was offside.

At the end of the match, goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky was unlucky with an own goal to help Belgium break the deadlock. Then Lukaku scored to seal the result 2-0.

Belgium won all group matches, helping Denmark - who beat Russia 4-1 - rise to second place in the group.

Goals: Hradecky 74'/own goal, Lukaku 81'.

Italy vs Austria in Euro 2020 Round of 16

The victory over Ukraine in the third match of Group C helped Austria win a ticket to the round of 16 to meet Italy.

The Austrian team had less possession of the ball but had more shots than Ukraine. Graphics: Minh Phuc.

Austria made history by qualifying for the knockout stages of the Euro for the first time in history when they defeated Ukraine 1-0 in the third match of Group C on the night of June 21 (Hanoi time). Previously, in both times participating in the Euro in 2008 and 2016, Austria were eliminated without winning a single match.

Austria's victory over Ukraine also helped the team advance to the round of 16. However, David Alaba and his teammates will face a difficult opponent when they meet Roberto Mancini's Italy, a team that won all the group stages and did not concede a single goal. The match between Austria and Italy will take place at 2am on June 27 (Hanoi time).