Vietnam national football team has 2 more Covid-19 cases; Barca enters Europa League quarterfinals

Vietnam National Team has 2 more Covid-19 cases

After Hong Duy, goalkeeper Van Hoang and rookie Dao Van Nam are the latest cases of Covid-19 infection in the Vietnam national team during this training session.

Goalkeeper Van Hoang.

Van Hoang was called up by coach Park Hang Seo to replace Tan Truong who was re-infected with Covid-19 before the team meeting. However, after 2 days of training, SLNA's number 1 goalkeeper was found to have Covid-19. Van Hoang had to be quarantined in a private room at the hotel and did not attend the training session on the afternoon of March 17 of the Vietnam National Team.

In addition to Van Hoang, the newly-recruited rookie Dao Van Nam is also being quarantined for Covid-19 treatment. Even the central defender of HL Ha Tinh has not been able to have his debut training session with the Vietnam National Team.

Result Long An 0-0 Pho Hien: Home team lucky draw!

Playing at home, Long An were completely outclassed by their opponents and only luck saved their goal from the attacks of the visiting team Pho Hien. Although they shared the points, it seemed that coach Ngo Quang Sang and his team were both satisfied.

The ball fight between Long An (red shirt) and Pho Hien players.

After this match, the First Division will take a break until April 1 to continue the matches of round 3, but after this round the tournament will take a break until June 25 to return to compete in the matches of round 4. During this break, the First Division teams will compete in the 2022 National Cup, starting from April 5 in the preliminary round.

Portugal national team calls up squad for 2022 World Cup play-off

Portugal have announced their 25-man squad for the play-off round to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar later this year.

Cristiano Ronaldo.

There were no surprises as Seleccao's brightest stars including Joao Cancelo, Ruben Neves, Bruno Fernandes, Joao Moutinho, Bernardo Silva, Diogo Jota, Joao Felix and Cristiano Ronaldo were all present.

This is almost the strongest force that coach Fernando Santos can summon for the Portuguese team before the series of do-or-die matches that will decide the fate of the home team. In the 2022 World Cup play-off round in Europe, Portugal is in group C with opponents Türkiye, Italy and North Macedonia.

Galatasaray 1-2 Barca (1-2 aggregate): Impressive comeback

Despite letting their opponents take the lead in the Galatasaray vs Barca match, the Catalan team still had an impressive comeback to win a ticket to the Europa League quarter-finals.

Aubameyang and Pedri each scored 1 goal to help Barca have an impressive comeback.

The final result of the Galatasaray vs Barca match was 2-1 in favor of the away team. Winning 2-1 on aggregate after 2 matches, Barca won the right to enter the Europa League quarter-finals.

Khoi Nguyen