Mr. Park promoted the player who is the "nemesis" of Cong Phuong to the national team; Special clause in Messi's contract

Mr. Park promoted the player who used to be Cong Phuong's "nemesis" to the Vietnam National Team.

Coach Park Hang-seodecided to promote young midfielder Tran Van Cong, who was once considered the "nemesis" of Cong Phuong, currently on the U22 team, to the Vietnam national team.

In addition to preparing the players physically, Coach Park Hang-seo also calculated solutions for the defense system of the Vietnam National Team. In the context that Van Hau cannot return to play, Dinh Trong, Tien Dung and Thanh Chung are still recovering from injuries, he has promoted 2 "young stars" of U22 Vietnam to join the training with the Vietnam National Team, Nguyen Thanh Binh and Tran Van Cong.

Potential young midfielder of U22 Vietnam - Tran Van Cong (37) was promoted to train with the Vietnam National Team - Photo: Duc Cuong

While Thanh Binh is familiar with the national team environment as he has regularly participated in recent training sessions, Tran Van Cong is a new experiment. Van Cong has the advantage of physique (1m80), good fighting ability, and can play in both the defensive midfielder and central defender positions. If he performs well in training sessions with the Vietnam national team, the 22-year-old midfielder of HL Ha Tinh has a chance to participate in the Vietnam national team's journey in the third qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup.

Tran Van Cong is a product of the Hanoi training center. He played for Hanoi B in the Second Division, promoted to the First Division and then transferred to HL Ha Tinh to play in the V.League. The midfielder from Nghe An is a familiar face in the youth teams from U19, U20, U21 and U22.

Since 2020, Van Cong has been regularly called up by coach Park Hang-seo to the Vietnam U22 team to prepare for the SEA Games and the Asian U23 qualifiers. He is also known as the "nemesis" of Cong Phuong and Van Toan in the V.League.

Revealing special clauses in the contract between Messi and PSG

French newspaper L'Equipe revealed thatLionel Messiwill receive at least 110 million Euros in 3 years at PSG. This is the salary that the Parc des Princes team pays to the Argentine superstar and does not include bonuses.

This season, Lionel Messi's salary is 30 million Euros, the same as the shirt number he is wearing. However, Lionel Messi will receive an additional 10 million Euros/season for the next 2 years, if he continues to contribute to PSG.

L'Equipe revealed the "loyalty fee" clause in Lionel Messi's contract with PSG. Photo: Daily Mail

This 10 million Euro is a “loyalty fee” for Lionel Messi, of which 1 million Euro will be paid in virtual currency issued by PSG. Notably, the owner of this virtual currency has the right to vote to solve most of the team’s problems.

Bayern Munich beat Bochum by 7 goals, leading Bundesliga

Bayern Munich won a "destructive" victory over Bochum with a score of 7-0 at home at Allianz Stadium, and the "gray tigers" took the top spot in the Bundesliga after 5 rounds.

In this match, Bayern Munich seemed to have secured victory in the first half, because before entering the half-time break, the "Gray Tigers" were leading their opponents with a score of 4-0.

Under pressure from the home team, Bochum could only hold out for the first 15 minutes of the match and in the 17th minute Bayern also got the opening goal thanks to Leroy Sane from a free kick. 10 minutes later, Sane made a cross from the left wing for Kimmich to turn and finish in the penalty area, helping Bayern Munich increase the score to 2-0.

Kimmich scored a "double" in this match with two goals in the 27th and 65th minutes. Photo: EPA.

Bayern continued to score in the 32nd minute, this time winger Serge Gnabry sprinted into the penalty area and then took a cross-angle shot to score, helping Bayern increase the score to 3-0. Unable to find an equalizer, Bochum also conceded another goal from an own goal by centre-back Lambropoulos in the 43rd minute, helping Bayern close the first half with a 4-0 lead.

In the second half, Bayern Munich scored three more goals, with striker Lewandowski contributing to the fifth goal of the "gray tigers" with an easy close-range tap-in in the 61st minute. Joshua Kimmich scored a "double" in this match, when midfielder Goretzka headed the ball in, allowing Kimmich to easily finish in front of the goalkeeper in the 65th minute.

Bayern's seventh goal was scored by Choupo-Moting. After a series of shots were blocked by goalkeeper Riemann, the former PSG striker finally put the ball in the net in the 79th minute.

With a 7-0 win over Bochum, Bayern Munich temporarily took the top spot with 13 points after 5 rounds, followed by Wolfsburg with 12 points but having played 1 less match. In round 5 of the Bundesliga, Wolfsburg will host Eintracht Frankfurt at Volkswagen Stadium.

Man City was held to a draw, what did Pep Guardiola say to his students?

Man City failed to extend their winning streak after a 0-0 draw with Southampton last night. This result, according to coach Pep Guardiola, was “not as expected”.

In the match of round 5 of the Premier League at 9:00 pm on Saturday, Man City entered the match with great excitement after the 6-3 thrashing of Leipzig in the middle of the week in the Champions League. But Southampton brought them countless difficulties. By playing aggressively, constantly moving to block Man City's passing moves, Southampton reaped the rewards.

Man City have dropped points twice in just five rounds.

The home side didn't even manage a shot on target in 90 minutes. It wasn't until the first minute of stoppage time that Man City had their first shot on target. And that was when they found the net. After Phil Foden's accurate header, goalkeeper Alex McCarthy saved it but Sterling swooped in to score the rebound.

Unfortunately, VAR determined that Sterling was offside before scoring. The score remained 0-0 and Man City accepted the first loss of points after 4 consecutive wins. Obviously, when his students held the ball up to 64%, shot 16 times but only 1 on target and did not score any goals, coach Pep Guardiola had reason to be disappointed.

On Sky Sports, Pep said, implying that the players he trusted had let him down: “After returning from the Champions League, we set very high demands for this match. I never pick a team that I don’t believe can’t win. I always pick a team that gives me confidence that the players can play well.”

However, Pep also sympathized with his players. He said that his squad had many flaws, so they did not show their best performance against Southampton: "Ake played very well in the last match. And today, he continued to be trusted in the context of my central defenders being injured (Stones and Laporte), Rodri and Zinchenko were also injured. We did not have the best options in the defense line."

SHB Da Nang says goodbye to SEA Games 30 champion, welcomes new recruit from Than.QN

SHB Da Nang did not renew the contract with defender Do Thanh Thinh, who won the 30th SEA Games with U22 Vietnam.

Do Thanh Thinh is the next name confirmed to say goodbye to SHB.DN after the 2021 season. The defender from Quang Nam has been with the Hoa Xuan team for 5 years. He was a key member of the U22 Vietnam team that won the 30th SEA Games Gold Medal in the Philippines. The new destination of this former U23 Vietnam player will most likely be Binh Dinh.

Do Thanh Thinh leaves SHB.DN to join Binh Dinh - Photo: Minh Tuan

In the opposite direction, SHB.DN welcomed new player Trinh Hoa Hung from Than.QN. The player from Nam Dinh can play well in the position of full-back and midfielder. He had a long time working with coach Phan Thanh Hung at Than.QN so he will not have difficulty integrating into the new team.