Vietnam Women's Volleyball Team Fails in VTV Cup Opening Match; Haaland Makes Premier League History

Vietnam Women's Volleyball Team Failed in the Opening Match of VTV Cup 2024

The Vietnamese women's volleyball team tried their best but still could not avoid a 0-3 defeat against Kuanysh (Kazakhstan) on the opening day of the VTV Ferroli Cup 2024 International Women's Volleyball Tournament, held at the Ninh Binh Provincial Sports Gymnasium.

After 3 intense sets, the Vietnam Women's Volleyball Team lost to Kuanysh Club with scores of 20-25, 13-25 and 23-25 ​​respectively.

In this match, with the encouragement of the home crowd, the Vietnamese girls entered the match with great determination, to create a chasing position against the opponent from Kazakhstan.

However, coach Nguyen Tuan Kiet's students ran out of steam in the final stages and lost 20-25 in set 1.

In set 2, Kuanysh played better to create a gap against the home team and won 25-13.

After losing 2 sets, the Vietnam Women's Volleyball Team tried harder and created difficulties for the opponent. They even caused a surprising series of impressive points to shorten the score to 23-24 at the end of the match. However, at the crucial moment, our girls made a mistake and lost with a score of 23-25.

Former Head Coach of Vietnam National Team Suddenly Becomes "Deputy General" of Women's Team

After nearly a week of training, the Vietnamese women's team has had its full complement of players when striker Huynh Nhu, coach Doan Thi Kim Chi, goalkeeper coach Nguyen Thi Kim Hong and a group of players from the Ho Chi Minh City women's football club arrived in Hanoi to gather for training.

In addition to welcoming the return of Huynh Nhu, in this training session, the Vietnam women's team also has a special character, Coach Hoang Van Phuc - former head coach of the Vietnam men's team. The 60-year-old veteran will accompany Coach Mai Duc Chung in the coaching staff of the Vietnam women's team in the upcoming plans.

Currently, Coach Hoang Van Phuc is working at the Hanoi Youth Football Training Center and holds the position of Technical Director of Hanoi Club. Coach Hoang Van Phuc is considered a quality addition in terms of expertise and experience to the coaching team of Coach Mai Duc Chung at the Vietnam Women's National Team.

In the past, in 2013, Coach Hoang Van Phuc was the head coach of the Vietnam National Team and Vietnam U23. After the failure with Vietnam U23 at the 27th SEA Games, Mr. Phuc resigned as head coach of the National Team and the National U23 team. After that, Coach Hoang Van Phuc moved to lead Quang Nam Club and won the V.League championship in 2017. This is considered a historic championship for Quang Nam football.

In 2020, Coach Hoang Van Phuc also briefly led Saigon FC but left after only one round due to disagreements with Chairman Vu Tien Thanh. In recent times, Coach Hoang Van Phuc has retired to the role of manager, in charge of professional training for the capital team. This is the first time in his coaching career that Coach Hoang Van Phuc has worked with women's football.

13-year-old female tennis player brings Vietnamese badminton to Asian final

Born in 2011, Nguyen Thi Thu Huyen represented Vietnam to advance to the historic final match of the Asian U17-U15 badminton tournament (China) when she defeated the host player 2-1 on the afternoon of August 24.

In the semi-final match of the 2024 Asian Youth Badminton Championship U17-U15 (August 20-25), Thu Huyen faced home player Liu Yutong.

Entering the match, the Vietnamese female tennis player had the advantage with a victory in set 1 (21-18). However, Thu Huyen let her opponent tie the score 1-1 in set 2 (17-21), but the 13-year-old tennis player still maintained her composure and did not let her opponent successfully reverse the score in the tense set 3, winning 21-19.

Winning 2-1, Thu Huyen entered the final match against No. 1 seed, Tanvi Patri (India), also 13 years old, taking place on August 25. Thereby, the young girl from Hai Duong helped Vietnam to participate in the final match of the Asian Youth Badminton Championship for the first time.

Previously, the 13-year-old player defeated Yu Jeong Jang (Korea, 2-1); Shaina Manimuthu (India, 2-1); Deng Ye Wen (China, 2-0); In which, the Korean player is older than Thu Huyen. In the tournament, the Vietnamese player was also ranked as the second seed of the tournament.

In addition, Thu Huyen also excelled in reaching the quarterfinals of women's doubles with Pham Thanh Hang but lost 1-2 to the Korean duo on August 23.

Man Utd lost painfully in extra time

In the second round of the Premier League, Brighton hosted Man Utd at home with the ambition of winning 3 points. After the opening whistle, Coach Fabian Hurzeler's students took the initiative to attack and made Man Utd a bit confused. As for the away team, they only appeared confused in the first 10 minutes and quickly regained control of the game.

In fact, it was Man Utd who had the first dangerous chance. Diogo Dalot crossed the ball very well but Amad Diallo's shot was not accurate enough. The Red Devils played better, defending solidly but lacking precision in attack. They did well in the midfield but passed the ball wrong near the penalty area.

Failing to score, Man Utd paid a heavy price. In the 32nd minute, Mitoma received the ball on the left wing and crossed dangerously. Danny Welbeck rushed in and finished close to the goal to open the score for Brighton. This goal helped the home team play better. Welbeck and Pedro's moves were more flexible.

On the other side of the front line, Man Utd struggled with approaches to Brighton's goal. Amad Diallo and especially Marcus Rashford played very poorly on the wing. They appeared harmless and rarely finished or created. The first half ended with the advantage for Brighton.

In the second half, Man Utd began to adjust their personnel when Zirkzee entered the field. Coach Erik ten Hag's students played well and had luck with them. In the 51st minute, James Milner entered the penalty area and skillfully finished off Onana. Unfortunately, Diogo Dalot promptly cleared the ball on the goal line.

In the 60th minute, receiving a pass from Marzaoui, Amad Diallo eliminated Hinshelwood before finishing the ball off the Brighton defender's leg and scoring. 12 minutes later, Man Utd were denied a goal in an unbelievable scenario. Bruno Fernandes crossed for Garnacho, the striker's shot hit Zirkzee and was disallowed because number 11 was offside.

Unfortunately, the Red Devils conceded a goal in the 5th minute of injury time. From Adringa's cross, Joao Pedro easily headed the ball to seal a 2-1 victory for Brighton.

Haaland makes Premier League history

Man City striker Erling Haaland has once again written his name into Premier League history with three goals against Ipswich.

Against newcomer Ipswich, Man City surprisingly let their opponents score early. However, Haaland's brilliance helped the defending champions successfully turn the tables to win 4-1 overall.

Haaland himself bagged a hat-trick with goals scored in the 12th, 16th and 88th minutes respectively. According to statistics from Squawka, Haaland has made his name in Premier League history as one of the foreign players with the most hat-tricks in the tournament.

The Norwegian striker has now scored 7 hat-tricks in the Premier League, behind only Thierry Henry (8) and Sergio Aguero (12). However, it is worth noting that Haaland only needed 68 matches to score 7 hat-tricks, while Henry needed 258 matches to score 8 hat-tricks and Aguero needed 275 matches.

This number is enough to show how terrible Haaland is, and Henry and Aguero's records will certainly be quickly surpassed by the 24-year-old "monster" in the near future, possibly this season.

After just the first two rounds of the 2024/25 Premier League, Haaland has already scored four goals - a great start. With such performance, it is not known whether Haaland can even break the record of scoring 36 goals after 35 appearances in the 2022/23 Premier League - his first season in a Man City shirt.