Doan Van Hau finishes quarantine; Lyon kicks out Man City
(Baonghean.vn) - Doan Van Hau will end his quarantine as required today and then return home to Thai Binh before joining Hanoi; Thanks to a brace from substitute striker Dembele, Lyon defeated Man City 3-1 in the Champions League quarter-finals on the evening of August 15.
Doan Van Hau is out of quarantine
On August 1, Doan Van Hau and more than 100 people boarded a flight from France to Vietnam. The flight landed at Van Don airport and Van Hau was quarantined for 14 days as required. In recent days, Van Hau's health has been quite good, he is in a good mood and is quite eager to meet his relatives and friends.
In Quang Ninh, Van Hau stayed at Van Long Hotel and on August 16, this player will end his quarantine period. On August 15, Van Hau's family and many friends came to Quang Ninh to wait for the day to meet the player who just played for SC Heerenveen. Recently, Coach Park Hang-seo announced the list of players to gather for the national team, including Van Hau.
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| Doan Van Hau returns home. |
However, shortly after that, FIFA announced the postponement of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers to next year, so Van Hau will not be called up to the national team this time. Meanwhile, although the U22 Vietnam team will gather on August 16, Van Hau will not be present on this occasion.
Van Hau is still in the generation of players born in 1999 - 2001, eligible to participate in the 2022 U23 Asian Qualifiers and the 2021 SEA Games next year. However, with his class confirmed at the national team level and having gone to Europe to train and compete regularly in the reserve tournament, Mr. Park does not necessarily have to call Van Hau at all costs. Instead, Hau himself can return to Hanoi FC to train with players of national team level such as Quang Hai, Hung Dung, Van Kien or Van Quyet...
Lyon beat Man City
The last quarter-final of the Champions League this season was very similar to what Bayern Munich and Barca showed the day before. One side tried to control the ball (Barca, Man City) with a team of great players who have played together for many years. The other side switched from defense to attack very quickly (Bayern, Lyon) thanks to fast strikers.
The drama of the match came to a head in the final 15 minutes, when the score was 1-1. In the 75th minute, Lyon's star star - Memphis Depay was replaced by Moussa Dembele. Four minutes after entering the field, the French striker took full advantage of Aymeric Laporte's bad pass. He charged forward, broke the offside trap, and nutmegged goalkeeper Ederson in a one-on-one.
The match was now just over 10 minutes old, and Man City players immediately surrounded the referee to report Dembele's foul. Before shooting past Ederson, the Lyon substitute striker collided with Laporte, causing the centre-back to fall. Dembele's position when receiving the ball was also on the offside line. However, using VAR technology, the referee team confirmed the goal was valid after more than a minute of discussion.
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| When Dembele made it 2-1, Laporte was still kneeling on the pitch, raising his hand to report the Lyon striker's foul. However, the referee awarded the goal to the French team. Photo: UEFA. |
After Dembele's goal, Man City had a golden opportunity to equalize. Raheem Sterling comfortably tapped the ball close to the 5m50 line, when the goal was empty, but the English striker fumbled and sent the ball over the bar. Immediately after the goal kick by goalkeeper Anthony Lopes, Man City's defense was hit in the face. In a three-on-three situation, Houssem Aouar shot hard from the left wing, forcing Ederson to push the ball out. Dembele was there at the right time to tap the ball close to the goal, sealing a 3-1 victory for Lyon.
The strangest Champions League since 1991
Man City's 1-3 defeat to Lyon on the evening of August 15 confirmed the identity of the four teams entering the Champions League semi-finals. PSG, Lyon (France) and Bayern, Leipzig (Germany) became the four strongest teams, while Spain, Italy and England had no representatives.
The last and only time this has happened before was in the 1990-91 season - when the competition was still called the European Cup. Bayern, Red Star Belgrade (Yugoslavia), Spartak Moscow (USSR) and Marseille (France) reached the semi-finals that year. Red Star won the title after defeating Marseille on penalties.
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| Lyon caused another surprise in the 2019 - 2020 Champions League. Photo: Reuters |
The last time La Liga and the Premier League were absent from the Champions League semi-finals was 24 years ago. In the 1995-1996 season, Ajax (Netherlands), Panathinaikos (Greece), Juventus (Italy) and Nantes (France) reached the semi-finals. Juventus won the title after defeating Ajax in a penalty shootout.
The four teams eliminated in the quarterfinals this season were Atletico Madrid, Barca (Spain), Atalanta (Italy) and Man City (England). In the semi-finals, PSG met Leipzig, while Bayern faced Lyon. They created two unlikely France-Germany ties. For the first time since the 2012-13 season, only two countries were represented in the semi-finals. At that time, Dortmund and Bayern represented Germany, while Real and Barca led Spain. The all-German final ended in a 1-0 victory for Bayern, with Arjen Robben scoring in the 89th minute.