Man Utd meets Sevilla in Europa League quarter-finals; U23 Vietnam midfielder faces unemployment risk
(Baonghean.vn) - Man Utd faced the most successful team in the tournament, Sevilla, and was in the same semi-final bracket as Juventus in the draw; After being removed from the U23 list, midfielder Bui Ngoc Long was also not signed to play by Hoa Binh Club, these are the outstanding sports news.
Man Utd meet Sevilla in Europa League quarter-finals
Sevilla is probably the opponent Man Utd do not want to face the most, having lost to this club in the last two matches in the knockout round of the European Cup. In the semi-finals of the Europa League 2019-2020, the Spanish team won 2-1 thanks to a late goal from Luuk De Jong. In the round of 16 of the Champions League 2016-2017, Sevilla also won with the same score after two legs.
The second quarter-final sees Juventus take on Sporting Lisbon. Bayer Leverkusen take on Union Saint-Gilloise in the third quarter-final. The final quarter-final sees Feyenoord take on Roma. The Europa League quarter-finals will be played on April 13 and April 20. The semi-finals will be played on May 11 and May 18. According to the simulation offivethirtyeight, the probability of Man Utd winning the championship is highest (23%), while Juventus and Sporting are behind with 15% chance of winning. Roma has an 11% chance of winning the championship, while Sevilla only has a 5% chance of winning the championship.
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| Results of the quarter-final and semi-final draw of the Champions League 2022-2023. Photo:UEFA |
Meanwhile, the Champions League quarter-final draw has Man City facing Bayern, while Real will face Chelsea in the same semi-final bracket. Milan and Napoli make up an all-Italian quarter-final, and the two teams have never met in UEFA competitions. Inter also have the advantage of not losing to Benfica in their three previous meetings, with two wins and one draw.
U23 Vietnam midfielder faces unemployment risk
Bui Ngoc Long was on the list of 38 players called up by coach Philippe Troussier to join the U23 Vietnam team in the initial stages of preparation for the 32nd SEA Games. However, after 1 week of training, the midfielder born in 2001 along with 12 other teammates were removed from the list after the first screening round of the U23 Vietnam team.
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Midfielder Bui Ngoc Long. Photo: Football Newspaper |
“Bad luck” has not stopped for Bui Ngoc Long. After returning from U23 Vietnam, the player born in 2001 continued to not be signed by the First Division team Hoa Binh. It is known that coach Le Quoc Vuong positively evaluated Ngoc Long’s professional ability. However, in his team building philosophy, the young coach from Nghe An wanted to find an attacking midfielder with good physical strength, power, and good fighting ability. This is currently a limitation of Bui Ngoc Long, although he is quite well evaluated for his thinking and football tactics.
Previously, Bui Ngoc Long had 2 months of training with Hoa Binh FC. Currently, this young midfielder is looking for a new team as the registration deadline for the First Division will end on March 24.
Referee suspended for extra time… 42 minutes
According to AP, the incident occurred during a match in the Bolivian Championship between Palmaflor and Blooming. Referee Julio Gutierrez was assigned to manage this confrontation. And he made controversial decisions.
Accordingly, the match had to last for 132 minutes. The reason was because the referee team had given 42 minutes of extra time. The reason for the extra time was related to their management.
Home team Palmaflor led 2-0. In the 86th minute, Blooming scored to reduce the score to 1-2. From here, all the trouble started to happen. VAR stepped in to check whether the goal was valid or not. However, for some unknown reason, referee Gutierrez took up to... 17 minutes to make a decision. That means the match could only resume after the 90+10 minute. Not stopping there, instead of just making up for the lost 17 minutes, referee Gutierrez strangely prolonged the match.
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| Referee Julio Gutierrez in a controversial match in Bolivia. Photo: APG |
During the unusually long extra time, many other events continued to occur. The match had 2 more goals, divided equally between each team.
Palmaflor won 3-2 on aggregate. However, two Blooming players received red cards in the 90+21 and 90+28 minutes respectively. These situations led to a brawl, causing the match to be interrupted again.
Blooming sarcastically said they ended up playing a game that lasted three innings. They also criticized the referees for putting the players' health at risk.
