Syria U20 coach cautious before match against Vietnam; Revealed striker to replace Rimario at Dong A Thanh Hoa Club
Vietnam to meet Thailand early in 2024 Southeast Asian Futsal Championship; Syria U20 coach cautious before match against Vietnam; Revealed striker to replace Rimario at Dong A Thanh Hoa Club... are notable sports news in the past 24 hours.
Vietnam to meet Thailand early in 2024 Southeast Asian Futsal Championship
On the afternoon of September 27, the Southeast Asian Football Federation conducted the draw for the 2024 Southeast Asian Futsal Championship with the participation of 9 member federation teams.
Result,Vietnam futsal teamGroup A includes defending champions Thailand, Malaysia, Timor Leste and Brunei. Group B includes defending runners-up Indonesia, Australia, Myanmar and Cambodia.
The teams will compete in a round robin format to calculate rankings, selecting the top two teams in each group to advance to the semi-finals.
To prepare for the 2024 Southeast Asian Futsal Championship, which will take place from November 2 to November 10 in Thailand, the Vietnamese team is expected to gather again on October 10 in Ho Chi Minh City. Coach Diego Giustozzi and his team will have a training trip and play two friendly matches in Thailand before the tournament.
Syria U20 coach cautious before match against Vietnam
Coach Mohamad Akil showed respect for the Vietnamese team, saying the match at Lach Tray on the evening of September 29 will not be easy.
Having just won 10-1 against U20 Guam, U20 Syria of coach Mohamad Akil now has 9 points after 3 matches, achieving a goal difference of +14. Meanwhile, this sub-index of U20 Vietnam of coach Hua Hien Vinh is +8. That means U20 Vietnam must beat U20 Bangladesh with a difference of 6 goals or more to reclaim the top spot in the table.
With a big advantage in the race for the top spot in Group A, coach Akil of U20 Syria is still very cautious: "We will concentrate highly before the match against U20 Vietnam. We will let the players recover, then return to light training. We will think about ourselves before thinking about Vietnam. The whole team has prepared carefully for each match. Our team is well organized. We set high goals before the tournament and the whole team is gradually achieving that goal with favorable results."
U20 Vietnamface U20 Syria in the final match of Group A of the 2025 AFC U20 Championship qualifiers on September 29. This match is of great significance to Hua Hien Vinh and his team. A defeat will not guarantee the U20 Vietnam team a place in the next round, as one of the 5 teams with the best results. But before that, U20 Vietnam needs to focus on the match with U20 Bangladesh, taking place at 7 p.m. on September 27, at Lach Tray Stadium.
Revealed striker to replace Rimario at Dong A Thanh Hoa Club
Dong A Thanh Hoa's main striker Rimario Gordon suffered a serious injury in the match against Becamex Binh Duong in round 1 - V.League 1 and officially had to rest until the end of the 2024/2025 season. This forced the Thanh team to look for a new foreign player to replace him.
Before the deadline for replacing and adding foreign players ends (3:00 p.m. on September 27),East Asia Thanh Hoahas reached an agreement with Brazilian striker Lucas Ribamar to register for the 2024/2025 season. This information was confirmed by Mr. Cao Hoang Duc, General Director of Dong A Thanh Hoa Club on the afternoon of September 27.
It is known that Dong A Thanh Hoa Club and Lucas Ribamar have reached an agreement and will sign an official contract in the next few days. This Brazilian striker must also undergo a medical examination according to regulations before officially wearing Dong A Thanh Hoa's shirt. Most likely, Lucas Ribamar will not be able to participate in the match against Hai Phong in round 3 of V.League 1 on the afternoon of September 30.
Thus, Dong A Thanh Hoa has enough 5 foreign players, including 4 Brazilian players including center back Gustavo Santos, midfielder Luiz Antonio, strikers Yago Ramos, Lucas Ribamar and Korean defender Kim Won-sik. In the 2024/2025 season, Dong A Thanh Hoa will compete on 3 fronts including the V.League 1 National Championship, the National Cup and the Southeast Asian Club Championship - Shopee Cup, so it will need to have enough 5 foreign players.
Bich Tuyen helps Ninh Binh win tickets to the world volleyball tournament
Ninh Binh women's volleyball team defeated Kuanysh (Kazakhstan) with a score of 3-1 in the semi-finals of the 2024 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship on the evening of September 27 in Thailand.
The brilliance of captain Nguyen Thi Bich Tuyen helped Ninh Binh reach the final match of the tournament, when they defeated the representative from Kazakhstan in the semi-finals with the scores of 25-23, 27-25, 18-25 and 25-22.
Ninh Binh will compete for the championship with rival NEC Red Rockets (Japan) in the final match at 7pm on September 28. These are also the 2 teams that have won tickets to participate in the Women's Club World Cup in December in China.
This is the second year in a row,Vietnam volleyballhas a representative in the final of the Asian Women's Club Championship. In 2023, Vietnam's representative Sport Center 1 won the championship and won a ticket to the world tournament./.