Plane carrying new Premier League player missing; MU lost 6.25 million pounds for 1 goal

Home referee of the Vietnam vs Japan match

According to the assignment of the Asian Football Federation, referee Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed will officiate the match between Vietnam and Japan in the quarter-finals.

Referee Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohammed is from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Mr. Hassan Mohammed has had a FIFA license since 2010 and has become one of the top referees in Asia over the years.

Apart from Mr. Mohammed Abdulla Hassan, the three assistant referees for this match are all from the UAE. The video referees include Mr. Chris Beath (Australian - head of the committee), Mohamad Taqi (Singapore) and Valeri (Italy).

Mr. Mohammed Abdulla Hassan was assigned to "judge" the match between U20 Vietnam and U20 Hounduras in the group stage of the 2017 U20 World Cup (lost 0-2) and the match between U19 Vietnam and U19 Korea in the 2014 U19 Asian Cup (lost 0-6).

This "man in black" also refereed a match at the 2018 World Cup, which was the match between France and Peru in the group stage.

The 4 quarter-final matches of the 2019 Asian Cup have been determined.

The final two matches of the round of 16 concluded with four matches determined in the quarter-finals of the 2019 Asian Cup.

Son Heung-min tore his ear in South Korea's victory.

Although rated higher than Bahrain and creating an overwhelming game, Korea still encountered many difficulties against the opponent's defensive play with a large number of players.

Despite scoring first, South Korea then let Bahrain equalize and were dragged into 2 extra periods. Here, the team from the land of Kimchi broke through Bahrain's net for the second time and ended with a hard-fought 2-1 victory, thereby earning a ticket to the quarter-finals.

The last ticket to the round of 8 strongest teams in Asia belongs to Qatar after defeating Iraq with a score of 1-0. Thus, after the round of 16 ended, the 4 pairs of the quarter-finals have been determined including: Vietnam vs Japan, China vs Iran, UAE vs Australia and Korea vs Qatar.

The quarter-final matches will take place on January 24 and 25, at 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. Vietnam time. The Vietnam vs. Japan match is the first match of the 2019 Asian Cup quarter-finals, taking place at 8:00 p.m. on January 24.

Kevin-Prince Boateng makes Barca debut

Kevin-Prince Boateng joined Barcelona from Sassoulo on a loan deal until the end of May 2019 with an option to buy. Barca paid 1.5 million euros to borrow Kevin-Prince Boateng and the transfer fee in case of activating the option to buy at the end of the season was 8 million euros.

During the presentation ceremony, Boateng appeared in Barca's playing uniform. The striker will wear the number 19 shirt with the Catalan team.

Boateng was recruited by Barca with the aim of replacing Munir El Haddadi, taking on the role of backup for Luis Suarez. Therefore, it is likely that in Barca's upcoming Copa del Rey encounter with Sevilla, Coach Ernensto Valverde will put Boateng on the field as part of a rotation strategy.

Premier League rookie missing on flight to join team

The Premier League is in shock with the news that the plane carrying footballer Emiliano Sala has disappeared at sea. The Piper Malibu private plane carrying Sala from Nantes (Western France) to Cardiff (Wales) disappeared from radar screens at 3:30 am on January 22, Vietnam time.

The plane’s last known position was near the Casquets lighthouse on the Channel Islands. A large-scale search has been launched, but rescuers say hope is “extremely slim”.

In Wales, fans went to Cardiff FC headquarters to pray for Sala. The 28-year-old Argentine player had just become the most expensive new player in Cardiff's history. The team spent 15 million pounds to buy Sala from Nantes. The plane above carried Sala to Cardiff to join the team. On his personal Twitter page, Sala's last post was a photo with his teammates at Nantes with the caption: "The last goodbye".

MU chooses Van der Sar as Football Director

The Independent, MU considers choosing Van der Sar as the club's Football Director.

According to the above source, the person the Red Devils leadership "likes" the most in this position is Paul Mitchell - Leipzig's head of recruitment. However, the MU big bosses understand that it will be difficult to pull Mitchell away from the Bundesliga representative.

Therefore, the once famous goalkeeper, who played for 6 years at Old Trafford, Van der Sar, who is currently the Football Director of Ajax, emerged as the favorite candidate.

Juventus duo Giuseppe Marotta and Fabio Paratici are also candidates for the position of MU Director of Football, but both do not want to work in England.

MU plans to appoint a Football Director (which will be the first time in the club's history, once this officially happens), after a failed transfer shopping spree in the summer of 2018, leading to a conflict between Vice President - CEO Ed Woodward and Mourinho.

MU lost 6.25 million pounds for 1 goal of Alexis Sanchez

Alexis Sanchez has moved from Arsenal to MU exactly 1 year. In total, the Red Devils have paid 25 million pounds for the Chilean star in the past 365 days, and this striker has only scored 4 goals for the Red Devils. On average, the Old Trafford team lost 6.25 million pounds for 1 goal of Alexis Sanchez.

Ronaldo received a penalty19 million euros and nearly 2 years of suspended sentence

Cristiano Ronaldo and his beautiful girlfriend returned to Madrid on January 22 to... appear in court. The superstar appeared extremely cool, looking no different from agent 007, to resolve the tax evasion scandal while playing for Real Madrid, according to the summons of the Spanish court.

As a result of the trial, the 33-year-old striker accepted a 23-month suspended prison sentence and a huge fine of 16.5 million pounds (17 million euros).

Ronaldo was accused of evading more than £12 million in tax between 2011 and 2014, on image rights through a third-party company in a low-tax country.

Arsenal lose Hector Bellerin for the rest of the season

The Guardian revealed that Hector Bellerin has suffered a serious knee injury and Arsenal will not have the service of the Spanish defender for the rest of this season. Previously, Hector Bellerin was unexpectedly injured in Arsenal's 2-0 win over Chelsea without colliding with anyone.

Tottenham lost Dele Alli

Tottenham are in a serious personnel crisis in attack. After Son Heung Min returned to play in the 2019 Asian Cup, Harry Kane got injured, now it's Dele Alli's turn to have problems. Tottenham said Alli has a hamstring injury and is likely to be out until March. Currently, there is information that Tottenham is contacting Andy Carroll to improve the force in attack.

Monaco were kicked out of the National Cup by the Second Division.

After a humiliating 1-5 defeat to Strasbourg in Ligue 1 on January 19, Monaco hoped to have a victory in the 1/8 round of the French Cup to welcome the famous new player Fabregas. Only having to face the Ligue 2 leader Metz, the team from the Principality is full of confidence to have all 3 points.

After a goalless first half, Monaco were forced to concede a surprise goal. Gauthier Hein opened the scoring for Metz in the 32nd minute with a beautiful shot from 20 meters from Subasic's goal.

Results of matches at the same time in the 1/8 round of the French National Cup

Andrezieux 1-2Lyon la Duchere

Nancy 1-2Guingamp

Toulouse 4-4 Reims (penalty: 4-3)

Villefranche2-0 Les Herbiers

Sete 0-1Lille

But Monaco were quick to respond just seven minutes later. Captain Radamel Falcao equalised in the 39th minute with a superb finish. The teams went into the break with the score 1-1.

In the second half, the away team continued to have a goal from Marvin Gakpa with a shot from 30 meters in the 62nd minute. In the 74th minute, Gauthier Hein once again shone when he eliminated Monaco's defense before creating conditions for Ibrahima Niane to seal the score 3-1.

Australian Open: Nadal easily enters semi-finals, Tsitsipas continues "fairy tale"

After overthrowing Roger Federer and causing an earthquake at the tournament, the 20-year-old Greek tennis player continued to defeat Bautista Agut 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 to win a ticket to the semi-finals.

With this victory, Tsitsipas will continue to face a very big barrier in Rafael Nadal. The Spaniard easily defeated Frances Tiafoe with a score of 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. This victory helped Nadal reach the semi-finals of the Grand Slam tournament for the 30th time in his career.

In the women's singles, American Danielle Collins (World No. 35) continued to create surprises when defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenar with a score of 2-6, 7-5, 6-1, to appear in the semi-finals of a Grand Slam for the first time. Collins' next opponent will be Czech veteran Petra Kvitova, who eliminated the host country's last hope Ashleigh Barty.