Goalkeeper who participated in Europa League is about to play for Vietnam national team?; Russia has no hope of participating in World Cup 2022

Goalkeeper who participated in Europa League is about to play for Vietnam national team

According to many sources, up to 90% of goalkeepersFilip Nguyenwill return to Vietnam to play for Topeland Binh Dinh Club in the second phase of V-League 2022.

This means that the opportunity for the goalkeeper with mixed Vietnamese and Czech blood to join the Vietnam national team is very high.

Filip Nguyen joining Binh Dinh Club will make it easier to call him up to the national team to participate in tournaments not included in the FIFA Days framework.

It is expected that the "goalkeeper" born in 1992 will return to Vietnam at the end of May. If nothing changes, he will have more than 1 month to prepare for the second phase of V-League 2022.

Goalkeeper Filip Nguyen is likely to join Binh Dinh Club.

Filip Nguyen is currently on the payroll of Slovan Liberec Club and his contract with this team is only until June 2022.

Last season, the 29-year-old goalkeeper played in the Europa League group stage and had some impressive performances.

Currently, the goalkeeper from Hai Phong is valued at 650,000 euros (about 16.6 billion VND) by Transfermarkt, surpassing the most expensive players of the Vietnamese team.

Vietnam women's team continues to receive huge gifts after World Cup ticket

Vietnam women's teamwas awarded 1 billion VND from the Military Industry - Telecommunications Group for his excellent achievement in winning a ticket to the World Cup.

On March 8, at the meeting between National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and the Vietnam Women's Football Team held in Hanoi, the Military Industry - Telecommunications Group (Viettel) presented a gift worth 1 billion VND to the team.

Viettel Group representative donated 1 billion VND to the Vietnamese women's team. Photo: VT

The gift shows appreciation for the outstanding efforts of the female players at the AFC Women's Asian Cup to qualify for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time. This is also an encouragement for the team to continue to unite and develop further in upcoming domestic and international tournaments.

Besides Viettel, two other businesses present at the meeting of the National Assembly Chairman also donated 2 billion VND to the women's team. Thus, up to this point, coach Mai Duc Chung and his team have received a total of about 31 billion VND, the highest number in history.

Bayern into Champions League quarter-finals after 7-1 win

In the early morning of March 9 (Hanoi time), Bayern crushed Salzburg at home to enter the quarter-finals of the European Cup with a total score of 8-2 after 2 matches.

Bayern were just waiting for the starting whistle to attack. Robert Lewandowski's cleverness helped him score 2 goals, both from the 11m mark in the 12th and 21st minutes. Maximilian Wober became the sinner of Salzburg with 2 inexperienced tackles on the home team's striker.

After conceding two goals, Salzburg continued to attack. The Austrian football representative quickly collapsed after a sharp counter-attack from Manuel Neuer's position in the 23rd minute. Lewandowski received the ball from Thomas Muller and hit the post. However, he still managed to run down to score the rebound into the empty net to raise the score to 3-0 for the Bundesliga defending champion.

The white defense was helpless against Kingsley Coman's fast attacks on the left wing. In the 31st minute, the French player opened the ball to the opposite wing for Serge Gnabry to decisively shoot past goalkeeper Philipp Kohn, thereby entering the break with a 4-goal advantage.

Bayern Munich (red shirt) completely dominated Salzburg.

The break did not dampen Bayern's excitement. The Allianz Stadium team continued to cause nightmares for the Salzburg defense by raising the score to 5-0 in the 54th minute. After a pass from Leroy Sane, Muller turned and shot without giving the goalkeeper a chance to block.

When Bayern slowed down, Salzburg had a chance to get the ball across the halfway line. In the 70th minute, the away team had their first significant chance. The player born in 2003, Maurits Kjaergaard, took advantage to shoot past Neuer, shortening the score to 1-5. This is also what the Austrian representative did at the Allianz Stadium.

After scoring a hat-trick, Lewandowski also assisted Sane to score. The Polish striker has contributed to 15 goals (12 goals, 3 assists) after 8 appearances in the Champions League this season, a record no other player can reach. The Polish striker leads the scoring list in both the Champions League and Bundesliga (28 goals).

Russia has no hope of participating in the 2022 World Cup

FIFA and UEFA decided to remove the Russian team from the play-off round for a ticket to the World Cup in Qatar.

FIFA announced that Poland will go straight to the play-off final of Group B for a ticket to the 2022 World Cup. The opponent of the "White Eagles" will be the winner of the match between Sweden and the Czech Republic on March 24.

Initially, the match between Poland and Russia was also scheduled to take place on March 24. However, FIFA and UEFA decided to disqualify the Russian teams from all international competitions.

"Following the decision of 28 February 2022 adopted by the UEFA Executive Committee to suspend the Russian national teams until further notice, the FIFA Bureau has decided that Poland will go straight to the finals of Path B on 29 March," FIFA said in a statement.

For the first time since 2014, Russia will not be at the World Cup.

Accordingly, the Russian team has no chance to participate in the World Cup in Qatar later this year. On March 4, the Russian Football Union (RFU) said that they have filed a lawsuit to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the penalties from FIFA and UEFA.

At the 2018 World Cup, the Russian team played quite impressively. The "Bears" reached the quarter-finals for the first time in 48 years and only lost 3-4 to Croatia on penalties.

In addition, FIFA also announced the postponement of the match between Scotland and Ukraine in Group A to June. This decision was based on the request of the Ukrainian Football Federation players.

The remaining match of Group A, Wales vs Austria, will still take place as scheduled on March 24.

Thanh Hien