'Thailand will lose to Vietnam if they send U23 to AFF Cup'; La Liga players need to be tested for Covid-19 three times

"Thailand has no chance against Vietnam if it sends U23 to attend AFF Cup"

Sports442.com asserts that if Thailand only sends the U23 team to participate in the AFF Cup, it will likely have to give the cup to Vietnam.

“FAT has not yet decided whether to send the national team or the U23 team to the AFF Cup 2020. However, if it is the U23 team, it means that Thailand has given up its ambition to regain the No. 1 position in Southeast Asia from Vietnam,” Sports442 wrote.

Thailand will certainly not be able to send its strongest squad to the AFF Cup 2020. This information was recently confirmed by FAT President Samyot Poompanmuang. The reason is because the AFF Cup 2020 coincides with the time when the Thai League is playing, clubs have the right not to release players because this is a tournament that is not part of the FIFA system.

Currently, FAT is considering using a squad with many players from the U23 age group. If this becomes a reality, the Vietnam national team is considered to have a great advantage in successfully defending the Southeast Asian championship it won 2 years ago.

Coach Park Hang-seo pens Xuan Truong's book

The book titled: “2,000 football vocabulary words” was introduced this afternoon by Mr. Le Huy Khoa - who often collaborates with coach Park Hang-seo as a language assistant. It is known that Mr. Le Huy Khoa and Lee Young Sub, another former assistant, participated in editing this book. Notably, midfielder Luong Xuan Truong also participated in proofreading.

Xuan Truong expressed that if he had not become a football player, he would have become an interpreter.

With his in-depth understanding of the football industry, Xuan Truong helps the terms translated by Mr. Le Huy Khoa and Lee Young Sub become easier to understand and more accurate.

This book was written by Coach Park Hang Seo in the introduction. It is known that the book will be released next May.

Shocked by Vietnam National Team's match schedule before FIFA's strange proposal

Mr. Victor Montagliani - FIFA Vice President in charge of North, Central America and the Caribbean region proposed: "International matches can be postponed until March 2021. The current goal is to help the National Championships end and take place on schedule."

If the 2022 World Cup qualifiers are moved to 2021, coach Park Hang-seo will face an extremely tight match schedule.

If this proposal of Mr. Montagliani becomes a reality, Vietnam will only have one tournament left in 2020. That is the AFF Cup taking place from late November to mid-December. But when entering 2021, with a series of urgent fronts at the U23 and national team levels, Mr. Park Hang-seo's team will have a busy year.

20 Premier League clubs commit to completing the season

Due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Premier League as well as tournaments in Europe have been postponed indefinitely and have not been able to finish the 2019/20 season.

Some clubs have backed ending the season on June 30 due to the complexity of players’ contracts expiring. The 20 Premier League clubs have met to make a final decision on completing the current season. However, a date for the league to return has not yet been decided.

La Liga players must be tested for Covid-19 three times before they can continue playing

La Liga announced that any player who wants to continue playing this season must pass three tests to determine whether they are positive for Covid-19 or not.

The final SARS-CoV-2 test will be just before the match day so that La Liga can check which negative cases are incorrect.

As of now, there is no official date for La Liga to return. However, regardless of the time, players will have to go through a 15-day preparation period before resuming competition. And during that time, they will have to undergo three mandatory blood tests.

Khoi Nguyen