Real Madrid vs Liverpool in Champions League quarter-finals; Cong Phuong doesn't want to recall sad memories against Ha Tinh
(Baonghean.vn) - The 2018 Champions League final is re-enacted, as Real Madrid faces Liverpool in the quarterfinals this season; HAGL Club striker said that he and his teammates will do their best to win against Hong Linh Ha Tinh in round 4 of V.League 2021... are notable sports news in the past 24 hours.
Two of the last three finals will be replayed in the quarter-finals this season, with Bayern and PSG in 2020 and Real and Liverpool in 2018. Porto and Chelsea will create a Jose Mourinho-branded match. Meanwhile, Man City will have to find a way to overcome Erling Haaland and his teammates, to keep their ambitions of reaching the semi-finals for the first time under Pep Guardiola. Most notable is the reunion betweenReal and Liverpool.
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| Champions League 2020-2021 quarter-final matches. The team to score first plays the first leg at home. Screenshot |
Last year's finalists - Bayern and PSG - will also meet again in the quarter-finals. Last year in Lisbon, Portugal, Kingsley Coman headed home a goal to give Bayern a 1-0 win and their sixth title.
The winner of this tie will face either Man City or Dortmund in the first semi-final. Man City met Dortmund twice in the 2012-13 group stage, with Dortmund winning 1-0 at home and drawing 1-1 at the Etihad. Dortmund reached the final that year and lost 1-0 to Bayern.
The other quarter-final tie is between two teams Mourinho has managed, Porto and Chelsea. The first legs of the quarter-finals are on 6/4/7, with the return legs taking place a week later. The first legs of the semi-finals are on 27/4/28, with the return legs also taking place a week later.
Cong Phuong does not want to recall sad memories against Ha Tinh Club
"The loss to Ha Tinh Club in the 2020 season was when I played for Ho Chi Minh City Club, so I don't want to mention this. In the upcoming match, HAGL's goal is to win 3 points. We have to try hard in each match, maintaining our form until the end of the season,"Nguyen Cong Phuongshare.
HAGL Club has arrived in Ha Tinh to prepare for the match against the home team in the framework of round 4 of phase 1 of V.League 2021. Cong Phuong and his teammates are showing positive performances, while coach Pham Minh Duc's team has lost all matches since the beginning of the season.
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| Cong Phuong was substituted in the second half of Ho Chi Minh City FC's 0-1 loss to Ha Tinh in the 2020 season. Photo: Viet Hung. |
"The fact that Ha Tinh Club lost 3 matches is not necessarily an advantage for HAGL. A team like that will play with high spirit to find victory in the upcoming matches. They will definitely play with 200% of their strength, so this will not be an easy match for us," Phuong shared.
For his part, Coach Pham Minh Duc will have the strongest force to reclaim the debt with HAGL. In the two previous confrontations with the mountain town team in the 2020 season, Mr. Duc and his students lost both matches with the scores of 0-1 and 0-3 at Pleiku Stadium.The match between Ha Tinh Club and HAGL will take place at 6pm on March 20. "We will have the return of Kelly Kester. With him, I give the defense the target of not losing. We will block HAGL's attacking players. I also let my students practice how to prevent Cong Phuong, Tuan Anh, Xuan Truong from approaching the penalty area, only then can we hope for good results," Mr. Duc affirmed.
Lee Nguyen scored in the 90+9 minute to help Ho Chi Minh City FC win the derby match.
The second half of the match between Ho Chi Minh City FC and Saigon FC had 5 minutes of extra time. However, the tense situations caused the match to last until the 90+9 minute. At the very last moment, Van Ngo of Saigon FC fouled a Ho Chi Minh City FC player in the penalty area.
The referee firmly pointed to the 11m mark for the home team and Lee Nguyen took the responsibility to take it. Outside the sidelines, coach Polking did not dare to look at the field. Lee Nguyen's decisive shot helped Ho Chi Minh City FC score the only goal to defeat Saigon FC in the derby.
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| Lee Nguyen scored the opening goal in V.League 2021. Photo: Quang Thinh. |
The penalty goal was a worthy reward for Lee Nguyen. This was also the first time the midfielder wearing the number 24 shirt for Ho Chi Minh City FC "opened fire". In this match, Lee Nguyen continued to operate widely. At many times, he retreated to the middle of the field to replace Do Van Thuan and Ngo Hoang Thinh in distributing the ball.
