Qatari referee officiates Myanmar-Vietnam match; PSG spends “mountain of money” to welcome MU “rock”
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Qatari referee to officiate Myanmar - Vietnam match
Qatari daily Alkass reported that two Qatari referees, Khamis Al-Marri and Taleb Al-Marri, have been assigned to officiate the match between Myanmar and Vietnam at Thuwanna Stadium, in the fourth round of Group A, AFF Cup 2018.
Of these two referees, Mr. Khamis Al-Marri will be the main referee. Mr. Khamis Al-Marri, 34 years old, is known as the famous “king in black” at tournaments organized by AFC (AFC Champions League, AFC Cup). In addition, he also officiated matches at the Asian Cup and the 2018 World Cup qualifiers in Asia.
Referee Khamis Al-Marri once officiated the quarter-final match between U19 Vietnam and U19 Bahrain at the 2016 AFC U19 Championship. In this match, Hoang Anh Tuan's students made history by winning 1-0 to enter the semi-finals, thereby winning a ticket to Korea to participate in the U20 World Cup.
The match between Myanmar and Vietnam will take place at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow, November 20. Coincidentally, in this tournament 2 years ago, Vietnam also faced Myanmar on the same day, time and at Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon (Myanmar).
PSG spends "mountain of money" to welcome MU's "rock"
PSG are keen to sign Manchester United centre-back Eric Bailly and are ready to pay £30m for the 24-year-old.
Eric Bailly's future is really a big question mark at Old Trafford right now. Many sources confirm that this central defender is fed up with his current life and has informed his agent about finding a new destination, leaving MU in January 2019.
Eric Bailly's talent has been proven over the past two seasons and he is attracting interest from a number of big clubs. According to an exclusive source from the Daily Mail, PSG have secretly contacted Eric Bailly's representatives to negotiate a contract. The possibility of this deal happening is very high as Thomas Tuchel wants to add more personnel to the defense.
If they agree to sell Bailly for £30m, MU will accept a loss of £4.2m when Bailly arrived at Old Trafford 2 years ago for £34.2m.
MU is ready to spend 80 million pounds to have Kalidou Koulibaly
The Mirror newspaper reported that MU made a big offer last weekend, ready to spend 80 million pounds (90.3 million euros) to bring star Kalidou Koulibaly from Napoli in the winter transfer window - January 2019.
Napoli refused to sell Senegal midfielder for 90.3 million euros to MU. Serie A club announced that they will not let Koulibaly leave for less than 100 million euros. |
However, Napoli refused harshly, with a message that they would not sell the Senegal star for less than 100 million euros!Kalidou Koulibaly is currently a mainstay in the defence of coach Ancelotti's squad at Napoli.
In addition to MU, other big clubs such as Real Madrid, Barca and Bayern Munich are also interested in signing Kalidou Koulibaly. The center-back's current contract with Napoli runs until 2023.
4 big guys line up to "rescue" Alexis Sanchez
Sanchez suddenly became popular (Photo: Getty). |
According to Don Balon, Juventus, PSG, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid are the clubs ready to roll out the red carpet to invite MU striker Alexis Sanchez to play. The 29-year-old player could not adapt to life at Old Trafford and openly intended to find a new destination.
Real Madrid choose Luka Modric's successor
According to Sport, Real Madrid has officially joined the race to sign midfielder De Jong with Barca and Man City. The Spanish Royal team considers De Jong an ideal, long-term replacement for midfielder Luka Modric, who is getting old and intends to leave after having had enough of titles.
Netherlands holds Germany to a draw, surpasses France to win ticket to finals
Despite being 2 goals behind (9th minute, Timo Werner; 19th minute, Leroy Sane), the Netherlands still fought bravely. In the 85th minute, Promes scored a goal to reduce the score for the away team. 5 minutes later, Van Dijk scored an important goal to equalize 2-2 for the home team. The 2-2 draw was enough for the Netherlands to surpass the French to take the top spot in Group 1 of the Nations League A, which means they will be able to participate in the finals next summer, gathering the 4 best teams in the 4 groups in the A division.
Czech Republic relegated Slovakia
The Czech Republic closed out the group stage with a comfortable 1-0 win over their neighbours Slovakia. The three points earned were not enough to overtake Ukraine as number one, but they did see Slovakia relegated to Group C.
Despite having more possession (at times up to 70%), after half an hour of stalemate, the Czech Republic finally opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Starting from a classy pass that tore apart the Slovakian defense by Jakub Jankto, midfielder currently playing for AS Roma Patrik Schick skillfully got down and chipped the ball over goalkeeper Martin Dúbravka, bringing home a valuable goal for the home team.
In another match also in group B,Denmark let visitors Republic of Ireland hold them to a 0-0 draw at home.This result has no effect on the ranking of Group 4. In fact, as soon as the third round of matches ended, Denmark was sure to keep the number 1 position while the Republic of Ireland's hope of staying in the league was also gone.