Vietnam Futsal Team Wins Fair Play Award 2021; What Did Coach Dinh The Nam Say After Beating Thailand?

What did the U23 Vietnam coach say after winning against Thailand?

Coach Dinh The Nam said that the Vietnam U23 team "played with great spirit" in the match against Thailand U23 in the final round of the group stage.

Speaking after the 1-0 win over U23 Thailand, coach Dinh The Nam of the Vietnam U23 team expressed his joy and said that this was an extremely difficult match and his players were a bit lucky.

Mr. Dinh The Nam said: "In the victory, I want to talk about expertise, due to the epidemic as well as injuries, we played with very high spirit, plus a little luck. Thailand also played well in this match and created many opportunities."

Vietnam U23 players celebrate victory over Thailand U23. Photo: Hung Vu/VNA

Evaluating the players added on the match day, coach Dinh The Nam said: “I really appreciate the fighting spirit of the 6 new players who arrived here. The players traveled a long distance, both by plane and by car, so it is normal that their physical strength is not guaranteed. They have not practiced much so they are not really connected.”

For his part, Thailand U23 coach Salvador Garcia said: “We controlled the match and created many dangerous opportunities. The goal came from an unexpected situation. Anyway, we are in the semi-finals and are looking forward to that match.”

When asked "U23 Thailand had more chances but no clear chances", coach Garcia immediately refuted. He said: "We had many clear chances but the goalkeeperU23 Vietnamhad an excellent day of competition".

When asked to comment on the spirit of the Vietnamese players, coach Garcia simply said: "See you again in the final match"./.

Vlahovic scores on his Champions League debut

Juventus' new striker scored in the 1-1 draw against host Villarreal in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 in the early morning of February 23 (Hanoi time).

At Ceramica Stadium, Juventus took the initiative and created a surprise in the first minute of play.

Juventus took the lead through Dusan Vlahovic, but their passive play saw the Serie A side pressured by the home team, who paid the price with a second-half goal. The Turin club drew 1-1 away from home and are facing a number of risks in the return leg. Since 2018, the "Old Lady" has failed to win in all five first-leg matches of the Champions League round of 16 (2 draws, 3 losses).

Havertz and Pulisic score, Chelsea has a wide open door to the C1 quarter-finals

Chelsea won 2-0 against Lille in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 16, early morning of February 23. Havertz and Pulisic were the ones who scored for the home team.

Chelsea easily beat Lille to open the door to the quarter-finals of this season's Champions League.

Goals: Havertz (8'), Pulisic (63')

Line-up:

Chelsea: Mendy, Christensen, Silva, Rudiger, Azpilicueta, Kante, Alonso (Malang Sarr 80), Kovacic (Loftus-Cheek 51'), Ziyech, Havertz, Pulisic (Timo Werner 80')

Lille: Jardim, Celik, Fonte, Botman, Djalo (Gudmundsson 79'), Onana (Burak Yilmaz 65'), Andre, Sanches (Ben Arfa 81'), Bamba, David (Zhegrova 81'), Xeka

Vietnam Futsal Team Wins Fair Play Award 2021

Vietnam Futsal won the Fair Play Award 2021 after surpassing the nomination for Trong Hoang, thereby receiving this award for the second time.

With great efforts against strong opponents at the 2021 World Cup to excellently win tickets to the round of 16, along with fair play, coach Pham Minh Giang and his team also created many great emotions with Vietnamese and world fans.

Vietnam Futsal team won the Fair Play Award 2021.

This is the reason why the Vietnamese futsal team won the number 1 position with 431 points, 22 points more than the second position of defender Nguyen Trong Hoang with the act of auctioning the SEA Games 2019 gold medal to help poor children in Ho Chi Minh City during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Third prize went to midfielder Tran Minh Vuong. The HAGL midfielder wrote a letter of consolation and gave a gift to his female colleague Tran Thi Hanh (Phong Phu Ha Nam) who had to retire from football due to a serious illness.

Assistant coach Vu Hong Viet ranked fourth when providing first aid to an injured Indonesian player in the Vietnam - Indonesia match at the AFF Cup 2020; despite the Indonesian player's fierce play causing pain to many Vietnamese players.

Striker Hoang Dinh Tung won fifth place when he stopped the angry visiting players of Ho Chi Minh City from attacking the referee in the Thanh Hoa - Ho Chi Minh City match in round 9 of V-League 2021.