U23 Vietnam sets world record; Man City receives series of good news
(Baonghean.vn) - Coach Park Hang-seo determined to win King's Cup; Rashford is about to receive a huge contract from MU; Ronaldo is unlikely to attend the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals; Zidane personally called and Pogba immediately agreed to join Real Madrid are today's interesting sports news.
U23 Vietnam sets world record
The 4-0 victory of U23 Vietnam over U23 Thailand is the biggest victory of a Vietnamese national team in the confrontation with Thai national teams. In addition, it also set an unbelievable record for Vietnamese football. Accordingly, in 90 minutes of the match, it attracted more than 1 million live views on Youtube channel. This is a world record for views at the same time.
Obviously, the level of interest that Vietnamese football fans have for the national teams is always very large, especially in official tournaments. Remember at the recent Asian Cup 2019 and AFF Cup 2018, the matches of the Vietnamese team broadcast on the Youtube channel VFF Channel all attracted the number of live viewers at the same time of no less than 200,000 people.
Coach Park Hang-seo determined to win King's Cup
The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has accepted an invitation to participate in Thailand's King's Cup 2019 taking place in June. Coach Park Hang-seo considers this an important stepping stone towards the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, so he will bring his strongest squad to the land of the golden pagoda.
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Coach Park Hang-seo. |
According to the revelation, Mr. Park will choose experienced and good-performing players, combined with some promising young stars such as Hoang Duc and Viet Hung. The Vietnam national team promises to have a strong and deep squad to win the King'S Cup. Moreover, the Korean strategist also wants the "Golden Dragons" to surpass the Thais at the national team level after having surpassed them twice at the U23 level.
Rashford is about to receive a huge contract reward from MU
A few days ago, MU announced the appointment of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as the official captain of the club with a 3-year contract. Immediately after that, the Red Devils quickly started to keep the pillars, including Rashford.
According to British media, Man United has been actively negotiating with Rashford's representatives, hoping that the 21-year-old striker will sign a new 5-year contract with the team, with a salary increase of more than 3 times, reaching 150,000 pounds/week (Rashford is currently receiving a salary of 45,000 pounds/week).
Currently, Rashford is still tied to MU until the summer of 2020. Although the Red Devils still have the option to activate the 1-year extension clause, until 2021, they want to keep Rashford long-term to avoid the attention of many big clubs in Europe.
Ronaldo unlikely to attend first leg of Champions League quarter-finals
Juventus leaders confirmed that Ronaldo has "a small injury in his right thigh". After undergoing a test on March 28, Ronaldo will begin a recovery program and is expected to be out for about 10 days to 2 weeks. This means that the Portuguese player will not be able to play in Juventus' 3 Serie A matches against Empoli, Cagliari and Milan.
In an interview before the match against Empoli in Serie A this weekend, coach Max Allegri admitted that Ronaldo will continue to be tested again next Monday to determine the progress of the injury. However, the Italian strategist also left open the possibility of recovering in time to participate in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Ajax in the early morning of April 11.
"On Monday, Ronaldo will have some tests and we will look at the specifics, but it is clear that he is at risk of missing the match against Ajax," coach Allegri shared.
"Ronaldo knows clearly that if he is not in the best health, he will be out of the match. I will not risk the whole season for one match," the Italian strategist added.
Man City receives good news
Before the away match against Fulham in round 32 of the Premier League, coach Pep Guardiola received a series of good news from Man City's hospital room.
The Spanish tactician revealed Kevin De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Benjamin Mendy and Vincent Kompany are all available for Saturday's Premier League clash with Fulham at Craven Cottage.
The name that has not recovered to play in this match is Fabian Delph, who suffered a relapse of his injury in the victory over Swansea in the FA Cup quarter-finals on March 17. The English star has only played 2 matches since January 2019. However, Delph's absence does not affect Man City's strength too much, because they still have enough personnel in the defense, especially the return of defender Mendy.
Zidane personally called and Pogba immediately nodded to Real Madrid
Okdiario broke the news that midfielder Paul Pogba told Zinedine Zidane that he is ready to follow in the footsteps of the French football legend and join Real Madrid.
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Pogba is said to have immediately agreed to join Real Madrid, after hearing Zidane's plan. |
The above source confirmed that Zinedine Zidane called and spoke directly with Paul Pogba, letting his compatriot midfielder know clearly about his plans for the Manchester United mainstay.
More specifically, Zidane emphasized to Pogba that he is the priority contract that this coach wants and plans to build a new Real Madrid around the French midfielder.
After listening, Pogba was said to have immediately agreed, ready to join the "bald guy's" team.
But MU has no plans to lose Pogba and even 150 million euros, the Red Devils are not interested.