Coach Park Hang-seo received a special gift before the big match; Ronaldo set a sad milestone

Before the big match with Malaysia, Coach Park received a special gift.

As the team is focusing on preparing for the second leg of the final, VFF Vice President in charge of communications Cao Van Chong received the gift of the bronze portrait of the captain of the Vietnam national team from the representative of author Nguyen Van Hoa, Mr. Phan Viet Hung - Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Nhi Dong newspaper.

Mr. Nguyen Van Hoa - a former student of Kharkov 2 Construction School (Russia) made the painting many months ago in Russia, right after the end of the heroic matches of U23 Vietnam in Changzhou under the leadership of the Korean captain.

Mr. Nguyen Van Hoa's wish is that this bronze portrait will be given to Mr. Park, to show the admiration and gratitude of a Vietnamese football fan for what this coach has done for Vietnamese football.

The portrait of the captain of the Vietnam national football team was brought back to Vietnam by author Nguyen Van Hoa on the day of the first leg of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2018 final (December 11) and he hopes that the painting will be given to coach Park Hang-seo before the second leg of the final.

“Thank you, dear Vietnamese players! Please give us endless joy!” – author Nguyen Van Hoa sent a message.

Chanathip Songkrasin's impressive performance in J.League 1 last season made Consadole Club prepare to spend a huge amount of money to own the Thai player.

Witnessing the impressive performance of "Thai Messi", the Japanese team is ready to put a huge amount of money on the negotiating table to recruit this midfielder. According toFox Sports Asia,6.1 million USDis the amount Consadole Club is willing to spend to activate the clause to buy Chanathip from Muangthong United.

Chanathip is set to become the most expensive player in Southeast Asian history.

If the deal goes through, the Thai midfielder will go down in history as the Southeast Asian player with the highest transfer value. The record is currently held by Filipino goalkeeper Neil Etheridge, whose contract release clause with Cardiff City is around3.9 million USD.

Coach who caused trouble with Coach Park was fired

Mr. Antonie Hey was appointed as the coach of Myanmar national team and Myanmar U23 team in May 2018. In the group stage of AFF Cup 2018, Myanmar won against Laos and Cambodia. However, they then drew with Vietnam and lost to Malaysia. With that result, Myanmar ranked 3rd in Group A and could not get a ticket to the Semi-finals.

Vietnamese conical hats and buffalo horns are among the best costumes of AFF Cup 2018

The image of Vietnamese fans dressed up in conical hats, buffalo horns or pith helmets to cheer for the national team in the first leg of the AFF Cup 2018 final has impressed international reporters.

The first leg of the 2018 AFF Cup final ended in a 2-2 draw between Vietnam and Malaysia. In addition to the tense and dramatic moments on the field, the enthusiastic cheering of nearly 90,000 home and away fans at Bukit Jalil Stadium also attracted the attention of the media.

Fox Sports Asia reporters were impressed with the way fans dressed up when coming to the stadium to cheer for their team.

Among them, a middle-aged Vietnamese fan amused foreign reporters when he dressed up as a buffalo horn. The buffalo is a familiar animal in the Vietnamese villages and homeland. A young Vietnamese man in a conical hat.

Another Vietnamese fan attracted attention when he dressed up in a conical hat with a football decorated with national flags on top.

Europa League: Milan eliminated, Arsenal won hard, Chelsea was held to a draw

Early this morning, the final round of matches in the Europa League group stage took place. Before this round, AC Milan was still second in Group F with 10 points, only needing to draw with direct opponent Olympiakos, then the red and black striped team would have a ticket to the round of 32.

Europa League results

Sevilla 3-0 FK Krasnodar
MOL Vidi 2-2 Chelsea
Rapid Vienna 1-0 Rangers
Celtic 1-2 RB Salzburg
Arsenal 1-0 FK Qarabag
Olympiakos 3-1 AC Milan
Akhisarspor 0-0 Standard Liege
Dynamo Kiev 0-1 FK Jablonec
Rennes 2-0 FC Astana
PAOK Salonika 1-3 BATE Borisov

But Gattuso and his students could not do what they wanted. The turning point came in the 60th minute when Cisse opened the scoring, putting Olympiakos ahead 1-0. In the 70th minute, the Rossoneri's chance to turn the game around became distant when Zapata scored an own goal. However, just 2 minutes later, Zapata himself made up for his mistake, reducing the score to 1-2. But Fortounis sealed the score 3-1 with a successful penalty kick in the 81st minute, thereby helping Olympiakos surpass Milan in the rankings and win a ticket to the next round.

Chelsea were held to a draw.

In Group E, Arsenal had already qualified from the previous round so they did not field their strongest lineup against Qarabag. It was only after a mistake by the opponent's defender that Arsenal scored in the 16th minute thanks to Lacazette. That was also the only goal of the match because in the remaining time, Arsenal's strikers were unlucky in front of the away team's goal. In any case, the minimal victory was enough to help Unai Emery's team firmly stay at the top of Group E.

In Group L, Giroud's goal helped Chelsea escape defeat in their away match against Vidi FC. However, this result did not change the situation of the group. With a 2-2 draw, Chelsea still firmly held the top spot with 16 points, maintaining their unbeaten streak, while Vidi FC was eliminated.

List of teams entering the round of 16

Bayer Levekusen, Zurich, RB Salzburg, Celtic, Zenit St Petersburg, Slavia Prague, Dinamo Zagreb, Fenerbahce, Arsenal, Sporting, Real Betis, Olympiakos, Villarreal, Rapid Vienna, Frankfurt, Lazio, Genk, Malmo, Sevilla, Krasnodar, Dynamo Kiev, Rennes, Chelsea, BATE Borisov

Ronaldo sets unwanted milestone

In Serie A, Cristiano Ronaldo is in good form with Juventus' rise. However, in the Champions League arena, Ronaldo's performance has not been really impressive. In 5/6 matches in the Champions League group stage, Ronaldo could not score.

This is a sad statistic for a striker like Ronaldo. Since his failure to score in the 2008-09 Champions League campaign with MU, Ronaldo's scoring efficiency in the continental arena has never been as low as it is now.

Because of this, Ronaldo was eliminated from the best squad of the Champions League group stage voted by Goal.

MU in trouble before away trip to Liverpool

In a tight score situation, 16 points behind the leading rival Liverpool, Mourinho and MU are even more embarrassed because 9 players are currently injured, before the away match at Anfield in round 17 of the Premier League, at 11pm on Sunday, December 16.

Before entering the final match of the Champions League group stage, against Valencia and losing 1-2, MU had 7 "injured soldiers", now added Marcos Rojo had to leave the field right after the first half. And another name is Scott McTominay, Mourinho was also forced to remove from the registration list due to an injury during training.

Among the injured players, Victor Lindelof (thigh) and Alexis Sanchez (hamstring) are definitely not able to travel with MU to visit Liverpool. Five other names are doubtful: Luke Shaw seems to have suffered a more serious injury after MU's 4-1 win over Fulham, Chris Smalling is forced to rest, while Matteo Darmian and Anthony Martial are also out of the match.

Diogo Dalot, named Man of the Match against Fulham, was also injured and did not take part in training ahead of the Valencia game.

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