Mr. Park made a surprising move before the match against Saudi Arabia; U23 Vietnam will introduce a new head coach
(Baonghean.vn) - Coach Park Hang-seo made a surprising move before the match against Saudi Arabia; Mbappe scored 4 goals on the day France won a ticket to the World Cup; U23 Vietnam will introduce a new head coach at the 2022 AFC U23 Championship... are notable sports news in the past 24 hours.
Mbappe scores 4 goals on the day France team wins ticket to World Cup
In the early morning of November 14 (Hanoi time), the French team defeated Kazakhstan 8-0 in the penultimate match of Group D of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in Europe.
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In the 6th minute, Mbappe scored a goal past goalkeeper Stas Pokatilov after a pass from Theo Hernandez. |
The match that decided the ticket to the World Cup finals of the French team went more smoothly than expected. Kylian Mbappe opened his own "show" with 3 goals after only 32 minutes of play. He completed the poker in the 87th minute. The remaining goals were scored by Karim Benzema (double), Adrien Rabiot and Antoine Griezmann. This result helped the "Gaulois Rooster" to definitely finish the qualifying round at the top of Group D without having to worry about the result of the final match with Finland.
Coach Park Hang-seo makes surprising move before match against Saudi Arabia
Only 2 days left until the match between Vietnam and Saudi Arabia in the 6th round of Group B.World Cup 2022 third qualifying roundwill take place.
Right before the match,Coach Park Hang-seomade a rather surprising decision to eliminate three players, Van Toan, Ho Thanh Minh and Nham Manh Dung, from the Vietnamese team. Goalkeeper Van Toan suffered a shoulder injury before the match with Japan and has not shown any signs of recovery.
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Ho Thanh Minh was eliminated from the Vietnam team. |
The Korean coach decided to let the player from Hai Phong Club leave the national team to completely cure his injury. Goalkeeper Van Toan was trusted by coach Park Hang-seo to use in the match in the 4th round against Oman. The remaining two players, Ho Thanh Minh and Nham Manh Dung, were called up by coach Park to join the Vietnamese national team after the 2022 U23 Asian qualifiers.
However, after a period of training, these two players did not meet the requirements and were eliminated.
Thus, out of the total of 9 U23 players promoted to the Vietnam national team, only defenders Bui Hoang Viet Anh, Nguyen Thanh Binh, midfielders Le Van Xuan, Ly Cong Hoang Anh, Le Van Do and striker Tran Van Dat remain.
According to the schedule, the "golden star warriors" will have a match with Saudi Arabia at 7:00 p.m. on November 16 at My Dinh Stadium.
Wales keep World Cup hopes alive with 5-1 win
Early morning of November 14 (Hanoi time), Gareth Bale and his teammates overwhelmed Belarus at home in the penultimate match of Group E of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in Europe.
Wales took advantage of the opportunity against the weakest opponent in Group E to maintain second place. In the final match, Gareth Bale and his teammates need to win at least a draw against Belgium to secure a ticket to the play-off round for the 2022 World Cup. The pressure on coach Robert Page and his team is somewhat reduced as Belgium no longer has a goal to strive for as they are already guaranteed to be group winners.
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Wales will meet Belgium in the early morning of November 17 (Hanoi time). |
Before the Cardiff fans could even settle into their seats, they were celebrating Aaron Ramsey's second-minute opener, with the Juventus midfielder arriving just in time to score the rebound after Ben Davies' long-range effort had failed.
The home team continued to put pressure on the Belarusian defense in the second half. In the 50th minute, Ramsey completed his double with an accurate penalty kick after the ball touched the opponent's center back's hand in the penalty area.
Wales took advantage of this to score two more goals thanks to Ben Davies (77') and Connor Roberts (89').
What the Belarusian visitors could only do was score an honorary goal in the 87th minute. From a distance of more than 20 meters, Artem Kontsevoy created a masterpiece with his right foot, leaving goalkeeper Danny Ward just standing there watching the ball go into the net.
U23 Vietnam will introduce new head coach at the 2022 AFC U23 Championship
Recently, Coach Park Hang-seo has reached an agreement with the VFF to extend his contract for another year until early 2023. However, according to the new contract, the Korean coach will only lead the U23 team until the end of the 31st SEA Games. That is, after the 31st SEA Games, Mr. Park will only be the head coach of the Vietnam National Team and the U23 team will have a new person to replace him. Because in 2022, the Vietnam National Team will have many tournaments, including the remaining matches in the 3rd qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup as well as the AFF Cup taking place at the end of next year.
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According to the new contract, the Korean coach will only lead the U23 team until the end of the 31st SEA Games. |
VFF agrees with Mr. Park's plan and currently, VFF has promoted the search for a new face to lead U23 Vietnam after SEA Games 31. Currently, Coach Park Hang-seo's representative company is screening and searching for a suitable face to introduce to VFF for negotiation. Most likely, there will be a coach from Korea to lead U23 Vietnam.
After the 31st SEA Games ends in May 2022, U23 Vietnam will welcome a new coach to prepare for the 2022 AFC U23 Championship. Recently, under the leadership of coach Park Hang-seo, U23 Vietnam passed the qualifying round with an all-win record, but in the final round, U23 Vietnam's opponents will be very strong.
Coach Park Hang-seo once led the U23 Vietnam team to participate in the 2018 and 2020 AFC U23 Championships. However, after the generation of Cong Phuong and Quang Hai, the Vietnamese youth teams have not had any outstanding faces or big stars worthy of succeeding their seniors in the past./.