Special features of the second leg of V.League 2022; Vietnam and Thailand enter the semi-finals of the Southeast Asian U18 Women's Championship

What's special about the second leg schedule of V.League 2022?

The return leg of the Night Wolf V.League 2022 will have a 2-week break so that the Vietnam National Team can gather to prepare for the AFF Cup 2022.

V.League 2022 has a total of 26 rounds, played in the form of first and second legs at home and away. The first leg with 13 rounds will end on August 20. Yesterday, the Organizing Committee issued the schedule for the second leg. Accordingly, the second leg will start with round 14 (from August 26-28) with the following matches: SLNA vs Hanoi FC (Vinh Stadium), Nam Dinh vs SHB.DN (Thien Truong Stadium), Saigon vs Ha Tinh (Thong Nhat Stadium), Hai Phong vs Ho Chi Minh City Club (Lach Tray Stadium), Binh Dinh vs Binh Duong (Quy Nhon Stadium), Viettel vs Thanh Hoa (Hang Day Stadium).

Notably, the second leg of V.League 2022 will be paused for 2 weeks for the national team to concentrate.

Southeast Asian U18 Women's Championship: Vietnam and Thailand enter semi-finals

On the evening of July 28, Thailand met Indonesia in the second match of the fourth round of Group A of the 2022 Southeast Asian U18 Women's Championship. With superior expertise, Thailand's U18 Women's Team defeated the home team with a score of 3-0.

Vietnam U18 women.

After the fourth round, Vietnam U18 women's team and Thailand U18 women's team both have 9 points after 3 matches. Meanwhile, Indonesia U18 women's team only has 6 points and has played all 4 matches of the group stage (the 2 teams in the same group, Cambodia and Singapore, have lost all 3 matches).

With 3 points more than Indonesia's U18 women, Vietnam's U18 women and Thailand's U18 women have shared the top 2 positions in Group A, thereby ensuring that they will win 2 tickets from this group to the semi-finals.

Chelsea target 3 targets after Barca 'robbed' Kounde

Chelsea have now moved on to three other targets after Jules Kounde was set to sign for Barcelona. The Sevilla defender who looked set to join the Blues has been surprisingly let go.

Kounde has long been on Thomas Tuchel's wish list, with the Blues even agreeing a £55m deal with Sevilla. However, Barca stepped in and snatched the French centre-back.

Sport exclusively reported that Barca had agreed to pay Sevilla £51 million upfront. This was less than Chelsea's offer, but the important thing was that Kounde wanted to join the Catalan club. He quickly agreed to a four-year contract with Barca.

Italian newspaper: Liverpool agrees to sell Firmino to Juventus

According to Corriere dello Sport, Liverpool have agreed to sell striker Roberto Firmino to Juventus. This is a player that manager Juergen Klopp wants to keep at Anfield.

Forward Roberto Firmino.

Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has claimed that Klopp wants the Brazil international to stay on Merseyside. However, according to Corriere dello Sport, Liverpool have ignored the German's wishes.

The Italian paper believes a £19m fee has been agreed between the Reds and Juventus, with Firmino now on his way to Turin.

Juventus had hoped to sign Timo Werner from Chelsea, and had also tried to sign Man United striker Anthony Martial. However, after struggling in their pursuit of the pair, Juventus appear to have reached an agreement to sign Firmino.

Ronaldo has received an offer from a club, begging MU to set a transfer price

British media reported that superstar Cristiano Ronaldo told Man United's board of directors that he had an offer from a team and begged the Red Devils to give him the desired transfer price so that the deal could be completed.

The source also stressed that Man United refused and said they would not let Ronaldo go. The Red Devils also did not agree with the suggestion that they should only let Ronaldo leave on a free transfer because of what was described as the 37-year-old's "loyalty" to the club.

Khoi Nguyen