Viettel lost heavily to the Korean team; Dutch referee officiated the Euro 2020 final
(Baonghean.vn) - Bui Tien Dung and Que Ngoc Hai were absent, Viettel lost heavily to the Korean team; Dutch referee officiated the Euro 2020 final; SEA Games 31 was agreed to be postponed to next year... are notable sports news in the past 24 hours.
Bui Tien Dung and Que Ngoc Hai were absent, Viettel lost heavily to the Korean team.
With the team missing many key players,Viettel Clubsuffered their fourth defeat in the AFC Champions League.
Viettel no longer has a chance to continue even though they still have 2 matches left to play in the AFC Champions League group stage. The match with the reigning Asian champions Ulsan Hyundai is therefore just a formality for coach Jurgen Gede and his team.
The Vietnamese representative took the field with a team lacking many key players. Foreign player Caique, goalkeeper Tran Nguyen Manh, 4 national team players Nguyen Hoang Duc,Bui Tien Dung, Que Ngoc Hai and Nguyen Trong Hoang are both not on the starting list.
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| Viettel suffered their fourth defeat in the AFC Champions League. |
With much better strength and form, Ulsan Hyundai easily dominated the match. Viettel had a hard-fought first half and did not concede a goal, but when the opponent increased the speed in the second half, coach Jurgen Gede's students were quickly defeated.
Within just the first 10 minutes of the second half, Ulsan Hyundai scored two goals in a row. Valeri Qazaishvili broke through three Viettel players as if there was no one there to open the score before Lukas Hinterseer doubled the gap with a header.
The Korean team played leisurely for the rest of the match but still scored another goal in the final minutes, with Oh Se-hun scoring. Viettel had a few counterattacks, but the V-League representative could not score an honorary goal and lost 0-3 in the end.
Dutch referee to officiate Euro 2020 final
Referee Bjorn Kuipers was appointed to officiate the match between England and Italy at Wembley Stadium in the early morning of July 12 (Hanoi time).
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| Referee Kuipers has experience of officiating in the Europa League and Champions League finals. Photo: Reuters. |
The announcement was made on the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) website five days before the match. Before Euro 2020, Mr. Kuipers had refereed at Euro 2012, World Cup 2014, Euro 2016 and World Cup 2018.
Supporting the Dutch "King in Black" in this match are two compatriots Sander van Roekel and Erwin Zeinstra, along with the fourth referee Carlos Del Cerro Grande from Spain.
V-League's long return
Due to the complicated situation of the Covid-19 epidemic, on July 8, VPF informed V-League and First Division clubs to temporarily suspend the plan to continue organizing the 2021 national professional football tournaments instead of returning at the end of the month as planned.
This is not the first timeV.Leagueor the First Division had to be suspended due to the epidemic this season, because before that, VPF was forced to announce the postponement of many rounds and agreed to suspend after round 12 ended in May.
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| V-League 2021 continues to be postponed indefinitely. |
The change of plan is unavoidable, and with the complicated developments of the epidemic, the exact return date of the 2021 season is almost impossible to determine, although VPF had previously agreed on a plan to play centrally in the North with 14 clubs in the V-League.
However, the decision to temporarily suspend professional tournaments at this time also received consensus from football teams as the safety of players, clubs and fans must be put first.
Agree to postpone SEA Games 31 to next year
The COVID-19 epidemic continues to develop complicatedly not only in Vietnam but also in other Southeast Asian countries.
Faced with the above situation, the SEA Games Council has agreed to host Vietnam's proposal to postpone the 31st SEA Games from this year to 2022.
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| The SEA Games Council has agreed to postpone the 31st SEA Games to 2022, but is waiting for Vietnam to review and give a specific date. Photo: ST |
In 2022, there will be major sporting events such as the Beijing Winter Olympics (February), the Asian Indoor Games and Asian Martial Arts Games (March) in Thailand, the British Commonwealth Games (July 28 to August 8) in Birmingham with Singapore and Malaysia participating, and the Asian Games (Asiad) in September in Hangzhou, China.
For the rest, Vietnam will review a suitable time that is not related to the above congresses and then present it to the SEA Games Council so that this organization can express its opinion and make the final decision.