Thailand coach apologizes to coach Park Hang-seo; Why were Trong Hoang and Hung Dung called to play in the SEA Games?

Thanh Hien• November 21, 2019 06:43

(Baonghean.vn) - Why were Trong Hoang and Hung Dung called to play in the SEA Games?; U22 Malaysia suffered a big loss before the 30th SEA Games; How high is Mourinho's salary at Tottenham; Thai coach apologizes to coach Park Hang-seo are notable sports news today.

Why were Trong Hoang and Hung Dung called to play in the SEA Games?

Coach Park Hang-seo has called up two additional national players to the list of 20 U22 Vietnam players participating in men's football at the 2019 SEA Games.

Trọng Hoàng (phải) góp mặt trong mọi trận đấu của đội tuyển Việt Nam trong năm 2019. Ảnh: AFC.
Trong Hoang (right) appeared in every match of the Vietnamese team in 2019. Photo: AFC.
"I called up the necessary players for the weakest positions. These players not only have to be able to play in two different positions but also have to be national team players and have the ability to recover physically to meet the competition density," coach Park Hang-seo once shared during a training session of U22 Vietnam.

Since the AFF Cup 2018, Hoang and Dung have been present in all fronts of the national team. In the 5 matches of the Vietnam team at the Asian Cup 2019 in the UAE, Dung and Hoang were both irreplaceable names in the starting lineup.

U22 Malaysia suffers big loss before SEA Games 30

U22 Malaysia - one of the candidates for the SEA Games 30 championship will not be able to have its brightest star Safawi Rasid at the tournament taking place in the Philippines.

Safawi Rasid sẽ không thể tham dự SEA Games 30 vì quá tải.
Safawi Rasid will not be able to attend SEA Games 30 due to overload.
U22 Malaysia has just received bad news before the 30th SEA Games when the most important pillar of the team, midfielder Safawi Rasid, will not be able to participate in the regional sports festival. The reason given is that this player is overloaded after plowing too many fronts during the past time for both Johor Club and the Malaysian national teams.

U22 Vietnam's main opponents finalize the list for the SEA Games

The main opponents of U22 Vietnam in the group stage of SEA Games 30 are Thailand, Indonesia, and Singapore, all of whom have finalized their rosters to participate in the tournament in the Philippines.

Thailand U22 has no players over 22 years old. The defending champions' squad is still formidable with national players such as Ekanit Panya, Suphanat Mueanta, Supachai Jaided and Supachok Sarachat.

U22 Thái Lan chốt danh sách dự SEA Games. (Ảnh: FAT).
U22 Thailand finalized the list for the SEA Games. (Photo: FAT).
U22 Indonesia will participate in the SEA Games with a relatively young force, with the core being the players who won the 2019 Southeast Asian U22 Championship earlier this year. U22 Singapore brings to the 30th SEA Games a squad consisting of many players who are only 20, 21 years old, even including players born in 2000. The two remaining opponents in Group B of the 30th SEA Games men's football, Laos and Brunei, have yet to finalize the list of 20 players who will participate in the tournament.

How high is Mourinho's salary at Tottenham?

The London team had to accept paying the "Special One" an extremely high salary for a 4-year contract.

On November 20, Tottenham's home page officially announced the appointment of Jose Mourinho as head coach. This information appeared just half a day after Spurs fired coach Mauricio Pochettino.

Mourinho trở lại sau gần 1 năm rời xa băng ghế chỉ đạo. Ảnh: Getty.
Mourinho returns after nearly a year away from the coaching bench. Photo: Getty.
According to Metro, Mourinho will receive an income of 15 million pounds per year at Tottenham Stadium. This is the same salary as what the Portuguese coach received when working at Manchester United, almost double the salary of his predecessor Pochettino (8.5 million pounds).

With 15 million pounds in his account after each season, Mourinho becomes the second highest-paid coach in the world, only behind his arch-rival Pep Guardiola (20 million pounds per year).

Thai coach apologizes to coach Park Hang-seo

After the match between Vietnam and Thailand at My Dinh Stadium ended in a 0-0 draw, an assistant coach of the Thai team provoked coach Park Hang-seo.

HLV Akira Nishino trả lời báo chí sau khi trở về Thái Lan.
Coach Akira Nishino answered the press after returning to Thailand.
After returning to Thailand, Coach Akira Nishino continued to publicly apologize to Coach Park Hang Seo. When asked about the incident at My Dinh, he said: “Personally, I have known Mr. Park for a long time, when we were in Japan. When we met, we greeted each other and hugged each other like old friends. We also shook hands before and after the match. I apologized to him on the field.”

“Regarding the incident between my assistant and Mr. Park, I have not received specific information yet. I only know that Mr. Park is very upset, so I will clarify whether anyone has behaved inappropriately or not.”

Thanh Hien