Thailand team held to a draw in a friendly match; U22 Vietnam will play U21 Nam Dinh
(Baonghean.vn) - Coach Akira Nishino's students could not beat the Thai League All Stars team despite taking the lead twice in the friendly match on the afternoon of November 14; Coach Park Hang-seo's team had a match with the Nam Dinh U21 team before the end of the November training session.
While wearing the captain's armband, Manuel Tom Bihr quickly put the Thai team ahead with the opening goal in the 21st minute. In the 45th minute, Tardelli Barros scored the equalizer for the Thai League All Stars team.
The attacking efforts helped the "War Elephants" score a goal to increase the score to 2-1 in the 65th minute thanks to Phanuphong Phonsa, but they could not preserve the victory when their opponent equalized 2-2 in the 86th minute.
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The Thai team in the friendly match on the afternoon of November 14 mainly consisted of the U23 team that participated in the 2020 AFC U23 Championship. Photo: Siam Sports. |
This is the second winless match for the Thai team in 2020. Speaking at the post-match press conference, head coach Akira Nishino expressed his dissatisfaction. "Today's match had many young players who do not have much experience, but they still made me satisfied. I will give more opportunities to new players in the national team in the future. Anyone who shows ability and determination deserves to be tested," he said.
U22 Vietnam plays friendly match with U21 Nam Dinh
16:00 November 15,Vietnam U22 teamhad a practice match with U21 Nam Dinh at the VFF Youth Football Training Center, before ending 2 weeks of training in the 3rd gathering of the year of coach Park Hang-seo and his team.
The main opponents of U22 Vietnam in this match are U21 players that Nam Dinh football team prepared for the 2020 National U21 qualifying round starting on November 22. Previously, U21 Pho Hien also played a friendly match with U22 Vietnam on November 7 and lost 0-2.
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U22 Vietnam is about to finish the 3rd training session of 2020. Photo: The Anh. |
In the last training session on November 14, Coach Park and his colleagues mainly let his players do light exercises. Some players with serious injuries such as Dang Van Toi (Hanoi Club) and Ly Cong Hoang Anh (Hong Linh Ha Tinh) will be spectators in the friendly match on November 15.
Barca suffers heavy losses due to Messi's rebellion
"The pandemic has meant that clubs are getting less money from sponsors," Ajram told EFE. "The €30m fee is more a reaction to Rakuten's Messi rebellion. I even doubt whether their contract would still be at €30m."
He also emphasized: "Rakuten started sponsoring Barca's shirts when they had Messi, Suarez and Neymar. They benefited greatly from the commercial side at that time, and now Barca has parted ways with Suarez, Neymar and maybe even Messi.
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Messi almost left Barca at the end of this season. Photo: Getty |
When sponsoring Barca's image worldwide, Messi's image is used. No brand dares to extend the contract for another 3-4 years when it is not clear whether Messi will stay or not."
In the same interview, Messi strongly criticized former President Joseph Bartomeu. El Pulga called Mr. Bartomeu a liar for agreeing to let Messi leave but then backtracking. At the end of October, two months after Messi's rebellion, Mr. Bartomeu resigned as Barca president.
He confirmed that he and his family faced many death threats after the conflict with Messi broke out. After resigning, Mr. Bartomeu deleted all social media accounts.
This season, Messi is still playing well for Barca. He scored 6 goals and had 4 assists for the Camp Nou team.