Thanh Hoa accepts to 'pay tuition' for Fabio Lopez's lesson; Uzbekistan to host 2022 AFC U23 Championship

Thanh Hoa agrees to "pay tuition" for a lesson named after Fabio Lopez

Losing the lawsuit and having to pay a large sum of money to his former employer, Mr. Fabio Lopez is a bitter lesson for Thanh Hoa football people. However, instead of appealing to prove his right, Thanh Hoa Football Federation, the unit that took the lead in resolving the case, decided to pay compensation to end the case peacefully.

Not long ago, answering the press, Mr. De, the leader of Thanh Hoa Club during the period when coach Fabio Lopez worked, affirmed that firing this coach was correct.

As known, Thanh Hoa Club was sued by Coach Lopez for compensation for unilaterally terminating the contract before the deadline. After studying the documents, FIFA requested Thanh Hoa Club to pay 187,000 USD to Mr. Lopez within 45 days.

China withdraws, Uzbekistan to host 2022 AFC U23 Championship

Recently, after China withdrew, AFC approved the decision to choose Uzbekistan as the host of the 2022 AFC U23 Championship.

After the 2020 AFC U23 Championship ended in Thailand, China was chosen to host the 2022 AFC U23 Championship.

China has informed the AFC that it cannot host the 2022 AFC U23 Championship. This is an unavoidable situation caused by the pandemic, so the AFC had to accept it and quickly find another host country.

Among many countries applying to host, AFC has decided to choose Uzbekistan as the host of the 2022 AFC U23 Championship. This is also the first time a Central Asian country has won the right to host the U23 tournament.

Liverpool confirm Henderson's outage

Liverpool have confirmed that captain Jordan Henderson will undergo surgery on a groin injury and will be sidelined for at least five weeks.

"Liverpool have confirmed Jordan Henderson will undergo surgery on the injury sustained in last week's Merseyside derby against Everton. The captain, who was taken off after half an hour at Anfield, suffered a groin injury and will not be able to continue.

Henderson was deployed as a central defender by coach Juergen Klopp in the 0-2 defeat to Everton at Anfield in the Premier League on February 20.

Thus, the difficulties become even more complicated for Liverpool when they lose another important pillar. Henderson will be absent from Liverpool's matches in the Premier League 2020/21, respectively against Sheffield Utd, Chelsea and Fulham.

MU is one of the two most highly rated teams after the Europa League round of 16 draw.

Tonight in Nyon (Switzerland), the draw for the 1/8 round of the Europa League 2020/21 took place. Notably, despite having to face formidable opponents AC Milan, Man United is still considered by bookmakers to be one of the two strongest candidates for the championship.

Man United is still considered by bookmakers to be one of the two strongest candidates for the championship.

Specifically, the odds for MU to win the Europa League are now 7/2 (bet 2 win 7). This is also the rate for Tottenham, who after overcoming Wolfsberger will face Dinamo Zagreb in the next round. Ranked next in the list of top candidates for the 2020/21 Europa League title is another representative of the Premier League, Arsenal (bet 1 win 7).