AFF Council changes the format of AFF Suzuki Cup 2020; Heerenveen has not renewed with Van Hau
(Baonghean.vn) - According to the proposal of the VFF representative at the AFF Competition Committee meeting, the teams will be allowed to expand their preliminary registration from 50 to 70 players; The Capital team confirmed that they have not yet received any official proposal from SC Heerenveen in negotiating a contract extension with Doan Van Hau.
AFF Council changes the format of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2020
According to the proposal of the VFF representative at the AFF Competition Committee meeting, the teams will be allowed to expand their preliminary registration from 50 to 70 players, official registration will be expanded from 23 players to 30 players and competition registration will be expanded from 20 players to 23 players.
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Mr. Tran Quoc Tuan said: The AFF Council has evaluated the ideas and proposals of the Competition Committee, especially issues related to techniques and formats applied to centralized tournaments as well as the highest regional tournament, the AFF Suzuki Cup 2020. |
This proposal creates conditions for teams to prepare their forces and ensure the health of players after a long period of football being suspended due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic.
HAGL absent from U19 Vietnam's training list
This is surprising because in recent times, HAGL has emerged as the best youth training unit in Vietnam with the famous HAGL-JMG academy. Another equally surprising youth training unit, PVF, also has no players present.
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From now until the U19 Asian Cup, Mr. Troussier will divide the team into many short training sessions to call up new faces and then gradually purge them. |
In this training list, Mr. Philippe Troussier called 29 players. The most is Hanoi with 11 players called. The second in number is Viettel with 6 players. The remaining representatives come from Thanh Hoa (5 players), SHB.DN (4), Quang Ninh (2) and Nam Dinh (1).
Hanoi FC confirms Heerenveen does not want to renew contract with Van Hau
The Capital team confirmed that they have not yet received any official offer from SC Heerenveen in negotiating a contract extension with Doan Van Hau.
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Hau and Heerenveen's contract only has a few days left, we hope our partner will soon come up with a specific contract so that the two sides can officially work together," said Mr. Vo Le Trung - General Director of Hanoi T&T Sports Joint Stock Company. |
Van Hau's contract with Heerenveen will expire on June 30. It is known that during the past time, the two sides have had many contacts through information channels, but Heerenveen only discussed general issues about Van Hau's development without making an official contract offer to the defender from Thai Binh.
Which referee officiated Liverpool's historic Premier League match?
Referee Mike Dean has been assigned to officiate the Merseyside derby between Everton and Liverpool on June 22.
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The 2019/20 Premier League will officially restart on June 18 after a long pause due to the Covid-19 pandemic. |
This Merseyside derby can also be considered a historic match for Liverpool. And the referee assigned to control this match will be Mr. Mike Dean. This season, this 51-year-old "king in black" has only controlled one Liverpool match, and coincidentally it was the first leg of the Merseyside derby last December.
Guardiola admits Man City not ready to play again
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Coach Pep Guardiola admits Man City are not ready to return to competition |
Coach Pep Guardiola admitted that Man City are not ready to play again because they have not had enough time to prepare. "We are ready to play one match, but to play another match three days later, and then another match four days later, we are not ready. That is why you have to rotate," Pep confided.
Bremen 0-1 Bayern: Defeating Bremen with one less player, Bayern won the Bundesliga for the 8th consecutive season
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Lewandowski scored the only goal of the match. |