Van Quyet: 'Coach Park calling me was not a mistake'; Martial and Cavani missed MU's life-or-death match

World Cup 2022 qualifying draw results: England team in trouble

Last night and early this morning (December 8), the European region held the draw ceremony.2022 World Cup qualifiers. 55 European teams are divided into 10 groups, with 5 groups of 5 teams and 5 groups of 6 teams.

The 10 group winners will qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The 10 group runners-up and the two teams with the best results in the Nations League will play a play-off.

In the play-off round, 12 teams will be divided into 3 groups A, B and C, each group will have 4 teams drawn to play in the semi-finals and final. The 3 winning teams in the 3 groups will qualify for the 2022 World Cup.

Results of the draw for the 10 groups of the 2022 World Cup qualifying round in Europe. Photo: UEFA

The draw results show that strong teams such as Portugal, Germany, France, and Spain are in an easy group. Meanwhile, Italy and Switzerland will compete for the only ticket in Group C. Similarly, in Group G, there is a battle between the Netherlands and Turkey. In Group F, England will face a very difficult opponent, Poland.

In group E, the world's number 1 team Belgium is still the strongest, but the "red devils" must be wary of Wales and the Czech Republic.

The 2022 World Cup European qualifiers will begin on March 24, 2021, and end on March 29, 2022.

The 2022 World Cup will take place in Qatar from November 21 to December 18, 2022.

Martial and Cavani miss MU's life-or-death match

Coach Solskjaerconfirmed, both Anthony Martial and Edinson Cavani will not travel with their teammates to Germany to attend the match against RB Leipzig in the final round of the Champions League group stage.

The striker duo both suffered muscle injuries during the away trip to West Ham and need a few more days to recover.

Lacking quality options in attack, the Norwegian coach will likely rotate the squad, playing with two strikers up front, Rashford and Greenwood.

Cavani and Martial cannot travel to Germany.

RB Leipzig rematch,MUwill welcome the return of two names, David De Gea and Luke Shaw. Shaw's appearance is extremely important, as Solskjaer plans to apply a 3-center-back formation to play defensive counter-attacks.

The Red Devils are currently leading Group H, with 9 points, along with PSG and RB Leipzig. They only need a draw with the German team to qualify.

MU just had a comeback to defeat West Ham 3-1, also the 3rd time in the last 4 matches in the Premier LeagueMU won when they conceded first.

Solskjaer hopes that the team's high morale will help them achieve their goal of getting points in Germany.

AFF Cup 2020 postponed to December 2021

In a meeting held on the afternoon of December 7, the AFF Competition Committee proposed postponing the AFF Suzuki Cup 2020 to December 2021 instead of April as previously scheduled.

Vietnam team

WithAFFSuzuki Cup 2020, the Competition Committee has proposed to postpone the organization time to December 2021, expected from December 5, 2021 to January 1, 2022, that is, after the end of SEA Games 31. "This is an opinion supported by all members attending the meeting, because it will create more initiative in the competition schedule for countries in the region as well as have good preparation for the qualifying matches.World Cup 2022, scheduled to take place in April and June 2021," said Mr. Tuan.

The postponement of the tournament comes from the complicated Covid-19 situation in the world. Previously, AFF decided to hold this tournament in April 2021 after the plan to hold it in late November 2020 failed due to Covid-19.

Van Quyet: "Coach Park calling me was not a mistake"

Nguyen Van Quyet declared that he will do everything he can to show everyone that Coach Park calling him up was not a mistake.

After nearly 2 years,Coach Park Hang-seojust summoned Nguyen Van Quyet back to the Vietnam National Team. However, in his return, Van Quyet's influence has also decreased significantly compared to the time when he was still the leader of the team.Vietnam teamon the journey to lift the AFF Cup 2018 championship trophy.

Van Quyet wants to prove that Coach Park's trust in him is not wrong.

Specifically, Van Quyet is no longer the captain of the Vietnamese team. He himself is no longer wearing the familiar number 10 shirt, as it belongs to striker Nguyen Cong Phuong. But Van Quyet is not discouraged. He recently shared: “I joined the national team this time with a mindset not too different from the previous times. But clearly the effort needs to be increased many times so that Coach Park can see that calling me was not a mistake.

I am also quite familiar with the coach's football philosophy and I will try to make my playing style suitable to that philosophy. It is not known yet whether I will be a starter or not, but I will not let myself be lost in the difficult journey of the Vietnam National Team in 2021. I will try my best. Definitely."

Doan Van Hau was honored to be selected to attend the 10th National Patriotic Emulation Congress.

Doan Van Hau was honored to be selected as a member of the delegation of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to attend the 10th National Patriotic Emulation Congress.

Player Doan Van Hau.

As planned, on December 9 and 10, 2020, the 10th National Patriotic Emulation Congress will take place at the National Convention Center, Hanoi with 2,300 delegates attending. In preparation for this event, on December 2, 2020, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien signed a decision to establish a delegation of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to attend the 10th National Patriotic Emulation Congress.

The delegation has 16 members and very special has 2 athletes participating, that isDoan Van Hau(Football), Bui Thi Thu Thao (Long Jump). This is truly an honor for two athletes who have made many contributions to the country's sports in recent times.

Ngoc Hai, Van Toan and Hung Dung top each group of the Vietnam National Team.

With theVietnam National Teamwill be divided into 3 groups for internal training and competition, the 3 executive committee members including Que Ngoc Hai, Nguyen Van Toan and Do Hung Dung will become team captains in each group.

According to Coach Park Hang-seo, this training session will have 36 players, so the team will be divided into 3 groups to make it easier to test the players and screen the squad. With the current 36 players, Coach Park Hang-seo will distribute and divide them equally to ensure that each group has equal strength.

Que Ngoc Hai and his teammates are very excited to return to training with the national team after a new year. Photo: Duc Cuong

“The team needs to make some tactical changes and this training camp has 12 new players, including some players who have been called up by previous head coaches, but under my leadership this is the first time for them.

Every position on the field has new players and I want the new players to actively compete with other players to have a better quality team," said coach Park Hang-seo.

Also because of the reason of creating a new playing style and having more personnel options, from the first day of training until now, the Vietnam National Team has always kept information and personnel arrangements confidential. This is also necessary in the 4.0 era, information spread on social networks, so the tactics and personnel arrangements of the Vietnam National Team are easily "watched" and dissected by other teams.

Thanh Hien