Coach Park is among the best coaches in Asia; Vietnam team schedule in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers

Coach Park is among the best coaches in Asia.

FOX Sports Asia chose coach Park Hang-seo in the list of the best strategists in Asian football recently.

This shows how highly the Korean coach is regarded in the region. Since coming to Vietnam, Coach Park Hang-seo has helped Vietnam's national teams raise their level with a series of achievements in the continent and region, such as runner-up of the 2018 U23 Asian Cup, top 4 of the 2018 ASIAD, top 8 of the 2019 Asian Cup, champion of the 2018 AFF Cup or most recently, winning the gold medal at the 30th SEA Games in the Philippines.

The above achievements are enough to help Coach Park become one of the most successful and iconic strategists of Asian football in recent years.

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In addition, teams in Southeast Asia also contributed 3 coaches, namely Kiatisak - a legend of HAGL and Thai football; Rajagobal - former head coach of the Malaysian national team and U23 team; or Mr. Radojko Avramovic - former head coach of the Singapore and Myanmar national team and U23 team.

Coach Park is not the first member of the Vietnamese national team to be honored by FOX Sports Asia recently. Previously, Doan Van Hau, Nguyen Van Quyet and Dang Van Lam were also in the top of the best defenders, midfielders and goalkeepers in Asia by this prestigious newspaper.

Revealing 20 names in the "sights" of Coach Park Hang Seo

Currently, coach Park Hang Seo always shows maximum initiative to increase and supplement the strength of the Vietnamese team.

It is reported that, in addition to the old players, Coach Park Hang Seo has "chosen" nearly 20 more players, including both new players and those who have been called up to supplement the Vietnam team in the upcoming training sessions.

Looking at the list that Coach Park Hang Seo has in his sights, there are quite a few players from Viettel, SLNA, Ho Chi Minh City Club or Saigon Club, because they are all teams with the best form in the V-League at this time.

Up to now, coach Park Hang Seo and his colleagues have selected nearly 20 names to be monitored for call-up to the Vietnam national team.

These are just the names that Mr. Park is keeping an eye on, and their performance needs to be monitored in the coming time, not the final list of the Korean strategist.

But with the determination to increase competitiveness and strength for the home team, it is clear that the nearly 20 names that Mr. Park has been following after 4 rounds of the V-League are certainly not the last. Therefore, the race to the Vietnam national team is still fierce in the upcoming sprint time.

Kroos scored a super goal,Real Madrid easily beat Eibar

Before entering the match with Eibar, Real Madrid was under great pressure, when Barca widened the gap to 5 points in the race for the 2019/2020 La Liga championship. If they do not want to lose to their arch-rivals, Los Blancos must win against Eibar in the late match.

With home advantage and a squad of quality players, the "White Vultures" easily controlled the game, pressuring Eibar. In the 4th minute, Benzema dribbled skillfully in Eibar's penalty area, causing the visiting team's defender to struggle to keep up and awkwardly clear the ball to Kroos' feet. The German midfielder quickly placed the ball into the top corner of Eibar's goal, beating goalkeeper Dmitrovic, opening the score. This was a very beautiful goal by the player born in 1990.

Kroos scored a beautiful goal (Photo: Reuters).

In the 37th minute, Marcelo put his name on the scoreboard after finishing decisively from a messy ball in Eibar's penalty area to raise the score to 3-0. This was also the final score of the first half.

However, thanks to goalkeeper Courtois' mistake in the 60th minute, Eibar still managed to narrow the score to 1-3 thanks to Pedro Bigas. After this goal, Eibar's fighting spirit was very high, the away team played with great determination, they created a number of scoring opportunities, but failed to take advantage of them.

In the end, Real Madrid won 3-1 against Eibar to have 59 points after 28 rounds, 2 points behind Barca. Meanwhile, with 27 points, they still stand at 16th place on the rankings, only 2 points above the relegation group./.

UAE 'raises white flag' early despite not meeting Vietnam team again

When talking about the current situation of the UAE team, Vice President of the UAE Football Federation Yousuf Al Sahlawi said: "The 2022 Qatar World Cup has "locked the door" for the UAE team".

According to the new schedule for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, the UAE is the final opponent of the Vietnamese team (VN) in Group G with a match against VN on November 17. Before that, the UAE also met opponents Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia.

UAE Football Federation Vice President Yousuf is pessimistic about the national team because of the chaotic situation in the position of UAE team captain. When the two latest names that UAE is aiming for are coach Olaroiu, Romanian and coach Rasovic, Serbian. The press and public opinion of the UAE are urging the country's Football Federation to immediately find a coach for the UAE team to make a comeback to win a ticket to the final qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup. However, special negotiations with famous coaches will be very difficult because almost all of those coaches will not accept to sit in the captain's chair in a very short time and immediately reap success by making a comeback to win Group G.

UAE in the 0-1 loss to Vietnam in the first leg of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, Group G. Photo: NGOC DUNG

Currently, the top position in Group G is held by Coach Park Hang-seo's team (11 points), followed by Malaysia (9 points), Thailand (8 points) and then UAE (6 points). It is too difficult for a comeback even though UAE still has the advantage over their opponents with four matches compared to three for the teams above.

Mr. Yousuf certainly understands better than anyone that the team is too old and that the goal-scoring only depends on 29-year-old veteran Ali Mabkhout, so no coach, even with a magic wand, will find it difficult to help the UAE turn the tide to win Group G.

Vietnam team schedule in 2022 World Cup qualifiers

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced the expected schedule for the next matches of the second qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia, which is also the qualifying round of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. Accordingly, coach Park Hang-seo and his team will visit Malaysia on October 13, before hosting Indonesia at My Dinh Stadium on November 12. The final match of the Vietnamese team in this tournament will take place at the home stadium of the UAE team on November 17.

Vietnam is very close to the opportunity to host the AFF Cup 2020, opening up a favorable opportunity for Mr. Park and his team to defend the championship. Photo: NGOC DUNG