Messi won the 6th Golden Ball of his career; Van Hau missed the chance to win Best Young Player
(Baonghean.vn) - Superstar Lionel Messi beat a series of other strong candidates to win the 2019 Golden Ball; young defender Doan Van Hau could not compete with Korean football prodigy Lee Kang-in in the vote for Asia's best young player. Those are the notable news in the past 24 hours.
U22 Vietnam vs U22 Singapore: Dominating the game
With almost no chance of advancing, the Singapore U22 players have no motivation when facing a strong team like Vietnam U22. Therefore, this is a match where it is very difficult for any surprises to happen.
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| The U22 Vietnam squad is unlikely to have many changes compared to the win against Indonesia. |
With what has been shown at SEA Games 30, no matter what formation U22 Vietnam uses, it still shows the ability to operate the game quite well. In the goalkeeper position, Bui Tien Dung, despite making a mistake in the victory over U22 Indonesia, is still trusted by coach Park Hang Seo.
U22 Myanmar 2-1 U22 Cambodia: Defeating 'Angkor warriors', Myanmar gets ticket to semi-finals
Aung Kuang Mann's 89th-minute goal gave U22 Myanmar a 2-1 victory over U22 Cambodia. This result helped U22 Myanmar secure a ticket to the semi-finals in Group A of the 30th SEA Games men's football.
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| U22 Myanmar (white shirt) won the ticket to the semi-finals |
With this victory, U22 Myanmar officially won the first ticket to the semi-finals in Group B with 10 points. The remaining ticket is divided equally between U22 Malaysia, the team that beat U22 East Timor 4-0 in this round, along with U22 Cambodia and U22 Philippines with 4 points each.
Van Hau missed the chance to win the title of Best Young Player in Asia
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| It was predictable that Van Hau could not compete for this title. |
The 2019 AFC Awards ceremony was held in Hong Kong on the evening of December 2. In the ceremony that ended not long ago, young defender of the Vietnam national team and Heerenveen club, Doan Van Hau, was surpassed by his Korean opponent, Lee Kang-in, in the category for Best Young Player of 2019.
Van Hau is the only Vietnamese player nominated by AFC.
Messi won the 6th Golden Ball of his career
As leaked information from the media, superstar Lionel Messi beat a series of other strong candidates to win the 2019 Golden Ball award. Meanwhile, Virgil van Dijk finished second, while Cristiano Ronaldo ranked third.
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| Messi won his 6th Ballon d'Or. |
Messi's victory in the 2019 Ballon d'Or was well deserved. In the 2018/19 season, the Argentine superstar played explosively, helping Barca successfully defend the La Liga title.
Bui Tien Dung happily walks with U22 Vietnam in the park
U22 Vietnam returned to the training ground to prepare for the match against U22 Singapore on December 3. Just like before, the starting players did light training, while the remaining teammates stretched on the training ground with the Korean strategist.
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| The starting players in the victory over Indonesia leisurely strolled in the park. |
This change in training atmosphere made the U22 Vietnam players feel quite comfortable, and the one who was considered to have the heaviest mentality, Bui Tien Dung, was also able to get rid of the gloom, even laughing a lot with his teammates...