Huynh Nhu scores first goal of the new season; Chelsea and Arsenal draw dramatically
(Baonghean.vn) - Striker Huynh Nhu scored his first goal for Lank FC in the new season of the Portuguese National Championship; MU legend Bobby Charlton passed away, these are the outstanding sports news of the past 24 hours.
Huynh Nhu scored the first goal of the new season.
Striker Huynh Nhu scored her first goal for Lank FC in the new season of the Portuguese National Championship. Unfortunately, Huynh Nhu and her teammates still suffered defeat.
Lank FC is currently at the bottom of the 2023/24 Portuguese Women's Football Championship. After the first 4 rounds, Lank FC has not had a single point as they have gone through one defeat after another. In round 5, Lank FC is expected to lose early. The reason is that Lank FC's opponent is Braga, one of the 3 strongest women's clubs in Portugal.
So, despite playing at home, Lank FC soon fell behind to Braga in the 24th minute. Surprisingly, at the end of the first half, Ribeiro equalized for Lank FC. In the 66th minute, Huynh Nhu's team once again fell behind with a goal by Rute. Lank FC persistently took advantage of the opportunity. And in the 84th minute, this team once again leveled the score.
It is worth mentioning that the scorer for Lank FC was Huynh Nhu. This is also the first goal of the Vietnamese female captain for the club in the 2023/24 season. Unfortunately, Lank FC could not end this bad streak after Huynh Nhu's goal. Because in the 3rd and 9th minutes of extra time, Duarte and Rute helped Braga win 4-2 against Lank FC.
This result left Lank FC at the bottom of the Portuguese Women's Championship standings, while Braga rose to the top.
Chinese newspaper unexpectedly praises Vietnam National Team
At FIFA Days in October 2023, the Chinese team won 2-0 against Vietnam and lost 1-2 to Uzbekistan.
These results did not satisfy experts and millions of fans. Even after defeating Vietnam 2-0, the Chinese team was still criticized for its lack of identity in play.
Recently, Chinese media unexpectedly published an article praising the playing ability and personnel of the Vietnamese national team: "Although China won 2-0 against the Vietnamese national team, in reality, the most basic passing and receiving techniques of Vietnamese players are much better than those of Chinese players.
They even organized 44 consecutive passes, while the Chinese team pressed ineffectively. It was very difficult for the players to make 3-4 consecutive passes.
It is worth mentioning that among the 28 Vietnamese national team players going to China this time, there are 12 names born after 2000, of which, there are 5 players who are members of the U20 team, the youngest was born in May 2004.
Meanwhile, 7 of the 11 players on the field for the Chinese national team against Vietnam were over 30 years old. Although coach Jankovic put young players like Wu Shaocong and Fang Hao on the field, the scarcity of young talent is the reality of Chinese football.
In the second qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup, the Chinese national team is in Group C with South Korea, Thailand and Singapore. In this group, South Korea is too strong and is sure to be the top team, the competition for second place and the ticket to the next round will belong to the remaining 3 teams.
"Singapore's strength and level cannot pose a significant threat. In such a situation, the result of the match between China and Thailand will directly affect the chance of advancing.
To some extent, the big match between China and Thailand on November 16 will decide the fate of Chinese football in the next cycle," Sohu wrote.
MU legend Bobby Charlton passes away
Former football star Sir Bobby Charlton has just passed away at his home after a long battle with illness, at the age of 86.
In his later years, Sir Bobby Charlton suffered from dementia and was no longer a regular fixture in the Old Trafford stands watching Manchester United play.
Sir Bobby's family confirmed that the former 1966 World Cup winner "passed away peacefully" on Saturday morning (October 21, UK time), surrounded by his loved ones.
Sir Bobby Charlton is considered one of the greatest football players in the UK.
He and his teammates lifted the 1966 World Cup and went on to win the Golden Ball later that year.
Throughout his career with the Red Devils, Sir Bobby scored 249 goals in 758 matches, helping MU win the first European Cup in 1968.
Although playing as a midfielder, Sir Bobby also scored 49 goals in 106 matches for England.
He spent almost his entire playing career at United and was renowned for his accurate passes and powerful long-range shots.
Chelsea and Arsenal draw dramatically in the Premier League
The match between Chelsea and Arsenal had a very promising start when both teams pushed the game up from the first minutes. Arsenal, as usual, was the more dominant team thanks to the controlling style of play built by Mikel Arteta.
However, before they could dominate the game, the Gunners were immediately doused with cold water. From a situation that took place in the penalty area, the ball hit defender Saliba's hand and Chelsea were awarded a penalty. Cole Palmer did not miss the opportunity to open the scoring when he defeated goalkeeper David Raya.
With the psychological advantage, Chelsea took advantage of Arsenal's pressure to advance to find the equalizer and had quality counterattacks. Unfortunately, there were no more opportunities to score and the first half ended with a score of 1-0 in favor of Chelsea.
Entering the second half, when Arsenal's pressing system had just been established, they immediately conceded a second goal. Mykhaylo Mudryk from the left wing intentionally crossed the ball into the penalty area but the ball unexpectedly rolled into the goal, causing goalkeeper David Raya to lose control of the situation, 2-0 for Chelsea.
Trailing by 2 goals, Arsenal had nothing to lose and played with all their might by pushing their formation high. Despite receiving counter-attacks from the home team, the Gunners unexpectedly received a gift from the sky, Declan Rice took advantage of goalkeeper David Sanchez's mistake to reduce the score to 1-2.
Having got what they needed, Arsenal made some tactical changes and one of them paid off. The substitute Leandro Trossard scored the equalizer after a perfect free kick. The match ended with the two teams sharing the points with a score of 2-2.
Ronaldo scores from a free kick
The match between Al Nassr vs Damac ended with a successful comeback by the home team thanks to two super free kicks from Anderson Talisca and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Al Nassr had a very deadlocked match when hosting weak opponent Damac at home. Al Nassr's attacking situations were often broken up by the opponent from the midfield area. Not only that, the lack of defense also made the home team pay the price in the second minute of injury time of the first half. From a very quick counter-attack, Nicolae Stanciu had a favorable pass to Georges-Kevin N'Koudou for this player to finish into Al Nassr's net to open the score of the match.
In the second half, the game did not improve much for Al Nassr. However, the class of the stars helped the home team have an impressive comeback in just 4 minutes, all from technical free kicks.
In the 52nd minute of the match, Al Nassr was awarded a free kick and the unusual thing was that Ronaldo was not the player who took it as usual. The Portuguese superstar stood with Talisca in front of the ball but the player who took it was the 29-year-old Brazilian midfielder and he succeeded with a cunning curling shot into the left corner of the goal.
4 minutes after the equalizer, Al Nassr continued to have a free kick. This time Ronaldo was the one to take it and he also completed the task with a super goal to put the ball into the top corner of the goal from a distance of more than 30m, thereby sealing a 2-1 victory for Al Nassr. With 3 points from this match, the home team has 22 points, rising to 4th place on the rankings with a gap of 4 points behind the leading team Al Hilal.