Viettel Club lost painfully to the reigning Asian champion; 'Destroying' Wales, Denmark entered the quarter-finals of Euro 2020

The Northern stadium cluster was selected to play in phase 2 of V.League 2021

In the planned plan, VPF proposed phase 2.V.League 2021The competition is concentrated in the Northern stadium cluster. This is considered the most suitable venue compared to the Central, Central Highlands or South.

V.League will only truly return when the epidemic in Vietnam is under control. To avoid being passive, VPF has planned to organize the rest of the season in the coming time. Accordingly, VPF proposed to compete centrally at the Northern stadium cluster including 9 stadiums: Thanh Hoa, Cam Pha, Lach Tray, Thien Truong, Hang Day, Viet Tri, VFF Youth Football Training Center, PVF and Thanh Tri. When choosing this stadium cluster, VPF probably put forward 3 basic criteria that need to be met, including: epidemic safety, short travel and cost savings.

Thanh Hoa Stadium is one of 9 stadiums hosting the competition - Photo: PHAN TUNG

Because in the South, Ho Chi Minh City, Long An and Binh Duong are currently the "hot spots" of the Covid-19 epidemic, they cannot be chosen as centralized competition venues. In the West, besides Can Tho Stadium, other stadiums do not meet the requirements for organization. Recently, HAGL has expressed goodwill to host a group with 2 satellite stadiums, Kon Tum and Quy Nhon (Binh Dinh). The group that HAGL implied to organize here is the championship group.

In terms of stadiums, the above stadiums are assessed to be capable of hosting 3 matches per round.

In terms of finance, choosing the northern stadium cluster to host matches could help many teams save money.

VPF's choice of the northern stadium cluster is considered reasonable if the competition has to be centralized and the competent authorities allow it when the Covid-19 epidemic is effectively controlled.

Own goal in injury time, Viettel lost painfully to the reigning Asian champion

Viettel Club had a commendable but regrettable match against the reigning AFC Champions League champions.

Participating in the AFC Champions League for the first time, Viettel faced a very difficult challenge when they had to face the defending champion Ulsan Hyundai. The representative of Vietnamese football did not have the strongest force when Que Ngoc Hai, Trong Hoang and foreign player Bruno Matos could not play.

Ulsan Hyundai quickly established an attacking position right after the opening whistle. The Korean team put the ball into Viettel's net in the sixth minute, but the V-League representative escaped defeat because their opponent was penalized for offside.

Viettel (red shirt) played not badly in the opening match of AFC Champions League.

The same situation happened in the second half, when the representative of Vietnamese football still showed commendable efforts. However, unfortunately for Viettel, goalkeeper Tran Nguyen Manh had to go into the net to pick the ball out in an unfortunate situation in the extra minutes of the second half.

The pressure from the opponent in the corner situation caused young defender Nguyen Thanh Binh to accidentally score an own goal. In an effort to stop the opponent player, the new player of the Vietnamese team made a very light touch with his foot, causing Viettel to concede a goal.

Lost 0-1 butViettel Clubdeserves praise for their first appearance in the highest level of Asian football.

'Destroying' Wales, Denmark enters Euro 2020 quarter-finals

Denmark is the first team to reach the quarter-finals.Euro 2020after beating Wales 4-0.

The first match of the Euro 2020 Round of 16 is the confrontation between Wales and Denmark, these are two teams that are considered to be on par with each other when both finished the group stage in second place. In addition, both teams have famous players such as Gareth Bale, Ramsey on the Welsh side, or Hoejbjerg and Braithwaite on the Danish side.

In the first half, the Danish team chose a tight defensive style of play, but Denmark was the team that surprisingly scored the first goal. From the shot from the center forward Kasper Dolberg, the ball went into the far corner of the goal to help Denmark take a 1-0 lead in the 27th minute.

Braithwaite sealed a 4-0 victory for Denmark in the final minute of stoppage time. Photo: AP.

In the second half, Denmark quickly doubled the gap in the 48th minute.

In the 88th minute, Denmark put an end to all of Wales' efforts with a goal to raise the score to 3-0.

In the extra minutes, striker Braithwaite skillfully handled the ball to eliminate the opposing defender before finishing the ball into the far corner to shake the Welsh net. In this goal, although the linesman raised the offside flag, the VAR team recognized the goal, so Denmark continued their Euro 2020 journey by defeating Wales with a final score of 4-0.

As the first team to qualify for the quarter-finals, Denmark’s opponent in the Euro 2020 quarter-finals will be determined after the confrontation between the Netherlands and the Czech Republic. The match between the Netherlands and the Czech Republic will take place at 11pm on June 27.

Hard-fought win over Austria, Italy struggles to advance

Winning 2-1, Italy were the ones to go through but all praise must be given to Austria in a match in which they were no slouch.

Despite being rated much higher, the Italian team encountered numerous difficulties in the match against Austria in the round of 16 of EURO 2020.

Kalajdzic is the first player to score against Italy at EURO 2020.

A difficult match with some worrying situations for the Italian team was finally relieved by Federico Chiesa and Matteo Pessina with goals in the first period of extra time to help them qualify for the next round.

Meanwhile, Kalajdzic became the first player to score against Italy at this year's EURO, but that goal could not help Austria get a good result.

Austria can leave EURO with their heads held high because they had a commendable performance and many times caused the Italian players to fall into a state of confusion.

Thanh Hien