Why was V.League 2021 paused at round 10?; Korean star accused of homosexual assault
(Baonghean.vn) - Having to balance time and divide the competition schedule, VPF decided to stop V.League after round 10 to give way to other tournaments; Victims who were sexually assaulted by soccer star Ki Sung-yueng at elementary school said they have evidence... are notable sports news in the past 24 hours.
V.League paused after round 10
Recently, VPF has issued the V.League 2021 schedule. Accordingly, this year's season is expected to return starting from March 13 with matches from round 3. Due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic,The schedule will be packed., within 1 month and 5 days will compete until the end of round 10.
Therefore, after April 18, V.League 2021 will be temporarily suspended. The reason for the suspension of the season is because at that time Viettel Club has to go to Thailand to participate in the group stage of AFC Champions League 2021.
This is the first time Viettel has participated in a continental level competition and after competing in the AFC Champions League 2021, the defending V.League champions will return home in early May to quarantine for at least 14 days as prescribed.
Thus, the highest tournament of Vietnamese football will be played until the end of round 10, then will be suspended until the end of July. And the period from late April to early May will take place the National Cup 2021 front.
Last year, during the V.League break from March to May, Vietnamese football marked its return with the National Cup. This year, the Covid-19 pandemic is complicated and the outbreak began before the Lunar New Year, so the National Cup can only take place in April.
Despite facing many difficulties, it can be seen that VPF has responded quite promptly to the developments of the Covid-19 epidemic to come up with a reasonable schedule for professional tournaments compared to the situation.
Korean star accused of homosexual assault
Sharing on Chosun, the lawyer of the company representing the victims said: "The truth is that Ki Sung-yueng committed sexual violence. We have complete and clear evidence. To protect Ki Sung-yueng's minimum personal rights, we will only send the evidence to him or the club. If he continues to be immoral, we will expose everything."
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Sung-yueng played for many years in the Premier League and La Liga. Photo: Sky Sports. |
Ki Sung-yueng's case began on February 24. At that time, lawyer Park said that between January and June 2000, the former captain of the Korean national team and his teammates (then in sixth grade) forced two fifth-grade students (A and B) at an elementary school in Jeollanam-do to have oral sex at the soccer club.
Sung-yueng, 32, joined Seoul FC last July after more than 10 years playing abroad. He has 110 caps for the Korean national team and scored 10 goals. He has participated in three World Cups with the Korean team and was captain at the tournament in Russia in 2018. Sung-yueng won a bronze medal with the Korean U23 team at the 2012 London Olympics. His wife is famous Korean actress Han Hye-jin.
What did HAGL say about the rumor that Van Toan is going to play in Europe?
“Up to now, I don’t know anything and haven’t received any information,” HAGL’s head of delegation Nguyen Tan Anh told BongdaPlus. Yesterday, some news sites and social networks reported that Austria Wien was eyeing striker Nguyen Van Toan, even with the intention of buying him outright. To further support this information, the news sites also quoted the opinion of Austria Wien’s representative: “Austria Wien Club has always paid great attention to Southeast Asian players. A few years ago, we contacted a few Vietnamese clubs about 2-3 players, but we were not successful.
Currently, the Board of Directors of Austria Wien wants to continue recruiting Southeast Asian players, with the highest target being Vietnamese players. We currently have a few names on the list from scouts.
We are impressed with player Nguyen Van Toan of HAGL Club, however, the biggest obstacle is that he has a youth training contract with the parent club until he is 28 years old. We have contacted this club in the past, but because of the above obstacle, everything stopped. We want to sign a long-term contract with the players rather than loan. That is the biggest obstacle."
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Van Toan is determined to help HAGL fulfill its ambition of reaching the top of V.League 2021. |
Austria Wien was a club that approached defender Doan Van Hau in the past. But they were also unsuccessful in bringing this player to Austria. Finally, Heerenveen was the team that borrowed Van Hau in 2019. Regarding Van Toan, this player did not deny wanting to go abroad. But at the present stage, he has also repeatedly expressed his intention to stay at HAGL to reap success, especially after Kiatisak Senamuang returned as the club's head coach.
Regarding HAGL's plans before the V.League returns on March 13, Head of Delegation Nguyen Tan Anh said: "HAGL will have a friendly match with the People's Public Security this coming Wednesday (March 3). The whole team is also in high spirits waiting for the V.League to return."