Coach Park Hang-seo receives special assignment in the Korean national team; Mount shines on the day MU enters the Europa League final
On May 8, KFA officially appointed Mr. Park Hang-seo as Head of the Korean National Team Support Board; Mount scored a double to help MU sink Bilbao 4-1...
Coach Park Hang-seo receives special assignment in the Korean team
South Korea is getting closer to a ticket to the biggest football festival on the planet next summer. In fact, the Kimchi team is leading Group B of the 3rd qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup in Asia with 16 points, so if they don't lose to Iraq in the match on June 5, they will officially advance.
With a ticket to the finals already within reach, the KFA continues to aim to bring the Korean national team to the World Cup quarterfinals for the first time in 24 years.
To realize this goal, on May 8, KFA officially appointed Mr. Park Hang-seo (former head coach of the Vietnam national team) as Head of the Korean national team support committee.
“The full support from the national team support committee is aimed at bringing Korea to the quarterfinals of the 2026 World Cup,” a KFA official said.
Korean media commented that the KFA's appointment of Coach Park Hang-seo as Head of the National Team Support Board has special significance, because he once served as assistant to Coach Guus Hiddink in the achievement of bringing the home team to the semi-finals of the 2002 World Cup.
The brightest person in the victory of Vietnam women's futsal talks about the opponent Philippines
Thanh Ngan is the striker who contributed to 3 goals of the Vietnamese women's futsal team. This young player expressed her determination before the match with the Philippines team.
After an impressive opening performance with a double goal to help the Vietnamese women's futsal team overcome Hong Kong (China), player number 6 - Thanh Ngan - showed great determination before the second match at the 2025 Asian Women's Futsal Championship.
"I have prepared myself mentally and psychologically as much as possible, and am currently 100% focused on tomorrow's match. My goal and the whole team's goal is to win all 3 points against the Philippines" - Thanh Ngan shared.
Talking about the next opponent, Thanh Ngan said: "I have faced the Philippines team in the Southeast Asian tournament. They have quality players and a methodical playing style. This will definitely be a much more difficult match than the match against Hong Kong (China)."
Mount shines on the day MU reaches Europa League final
On the morning of May 9, Mount scored a double to help MU defeat Bilbao 4-1 in the second leg of the semi-finals, thereby winning a ticket to the final with a total score of 7-1.
The visitors dominated the opening 30 minutes and almost took the lead when Alex Berenguer missed a great chance from close range. The Basque side's attacking efforts were finally rewarded in the 31st minute when Mikel Jauregizar unleashed an unstoppable long-range effort to open the scoring.
In the final minutes, Athletic Bilbao completely collapsed. In the 84th minute, Rasmus Hojlund increased the score to 3-1, then Mount completed his double with a shot from the middle of the field into an empty net after a serious mistake by goalkeeper Julen Agirrezabala in the 90+2 minute.
The 4-1 result not only helped the "Red Devils" extend their unbeaten streak in European competition this season but also set up an exciting all-English final against Tottenham Hotspur.
The much-anticipated match between the "Red Devils" and "Roosters" will take place at 2am on May 22 at San Mames Stadium (Bilbao). The winning team will have their first European title after many years of waiting, along with a ticket to the League Phase, UEFA Champions League 2025/26.
Binh Duong usurps HAGL and the sad paradox
Exactly 10 years ago, when bringing the generation of Cong Phuong, Xuan Truong, Tuan Anh... to play in V-League and receiving unsatisfactory results, Mr. Duc put out the fire with a famous saying“HAGL plays in V-League for fun" with the meaning of dedication, regardless of title.
Not only did HAGL not win any titles, but the mountain town team also had to constantly escape relegation.
After a decade, although the home team has changed, most of the generation of Cong Phuong, Xuan Truong, Tuan Anh have left, but in the end, HAGL still plays for fun, without any titles and continues to... compete for relegation.
Besides HAGL, the team from Thu Dau Mot, Binh Duong, does not play for fun, is very thirsty for titles... but the results are no different from their former rivals in V-League.
In the last 4 seasons, the team that won 4 V-League championships has never finished in the top half of the rankings and is often in the group struggling to stay in the league.
Every season, the Southeast football team recruits vigorously, bringing to Go Dau stadium billion-dollar contracts for stars and potential players such as Que Ngoc Hai, Ho Tan Tai, and Duc Chinh.
They are very willing to spend money on the transfer market, but the results are as seen, not to mention the dozens of coaches coming and going over the past few seasons, so it can be said that Binh Duong Club plays in the V-League for fun, higher than HAGL, for that reason.