Vietnam team has arrived in UAE, Que Ngoc Hai released extremely cool photos; Defeating MU, Villarreal won Europa League

Dang Van Lam sat on the bench in the first match after nearly half a year.

Goalkeeper Dang Van Lamhad his first official match after moving to Cerezo Osaka. However, Lam "Tay" did not get to play but sat on the bench in the away match at Kashima Antlers in round 16 of J-League.

Veteran goalkeeper Kim Jin Hyeon is still guarding Cerezo Osaka's goal. Midfielder Ryotaro Araki scored the only goal in the 72nd minute to help Kashima Antlers take all 3 points at home.

After this defeat, Cerezo Osaka fell to 10th place in the J-League standings with 22 points after 17 matches. Meanwhile, Kashima Antlers are in 6th place with 27 points after 16 matches.

Van Lam was only given a reserve position in his first appearance in the J-League. Photo: Cerezo Osaka

For Dang Van Lam personally, this is the first time this goalkeeper has participated in an official match in nearly half a year. Dang Van Lam's most recent match took place on December 11, 2020, when he started in the 3-3 draw between Muangthong and Prachuap in the Thai League.

According to the original plan, Dang Van Lam will go from Japan to the UAE to join the Vietnam national team on May 27 when Cerezo Osaka agrees to let him join the team early. However, due to a goalkeeper having health problems, the J-League team currently only has 2 goalkeepers for the next 2 matches, including goalkeeper Dang Van Lam.

Therefore, Cerezo Osaka was forced to keep Dang Van Lam and there was no flight from Osaka to UAE until June 1, so it was not until June 2 that goalkeeper Dang Van Lam could join the Vietnam national team to participate.World Cup 2022 qualifiers.

Vietnam team has arrived in UAE, Que Ngoc Hai released "extremely cool" photos

Late on the evening of May 26, the Vietnamese team arrived in the UAE to prepare for the 2nd qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup.

Before that, teacher and studentCoach Park Hang-seoboarded a private jet of Bamboo Airways, taking off from Noi Bai airport at 4:10 p.m. After a flight of about 6 hours, the whole team landed safely at Dubai airport.

Here, Coach Park Hang-seo and the players were tested for Covid-19 before being taken by the organizing team to the hotel where they were stationed. After receiving negative results, the whole team will start training.

Que Ngoc Hai and the members of the Vietnamese team have safely arrived in the UAE to prepare for the 2nd qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup. Photo: FBNV

Due to arriving early, in the first few days, Coach Park and his team will stay at a 5-star hotel prepared by the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) advance team. From June 3, the team will move to a hotel arranged by the AFC.

As soon as he arrived in Dubai, the captainQue Ngoc Haiposted a photo on his personal page with his teammates in full Covid-19 protective gear. “We’re here,” Hai “Que” wrote on his personal Facebook page.

Defeating MU on penalties, Villarreal wins Europa League

Villarreal stepped onto the Europa League podium for the first time after a thrilling 11-10 win over MU on penalties (1-1 draw in 120 official minutes).

Villarreal wins thrilling penalty shootout to win Europa League for first time

Line-up:

MU: De Gea; Wan-Bissaka (Mata 120'), Lindelof, Bailly (Tuanzebe 115'), Shaw; McTominay (Telles 120'); Rashford, Fernandes, Pogba (James 115'); Cavani, Greenwood (Fred 100').

Villarreal: Rulli, Foyth (Gaspar 88'), Albiol, Torres, Pedraza (Moreno 88'); Trigueros (Gomez 77'), Capoue, Parejo, Pino (Alcacer 77'); Moreno, Bacca (Coquelin 60').

Goals: Cavani 55' - Moreno 29'

Inter Milan terminates contract with coach Conte

The rumours came true when coach Antonio Conte left Inter Milan just days after lifting the Serie A trophy with the Giuseppe Meazza team.

The Italian coach left Inter after helping the "Nerazzurri" end their 10-year title drought. Photo: Getty

The Italian coach will become a free coach. Inter's homepage confirmed this information in the early morning of May 27 (Hanoi time). According to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, Inter Milan and coach Conte reached an agreement to terminate the contract for 7 million euros and it will take effect immediately.

The reason why Conte left Inter right after winning Serie A was because the Nerazzurri board had to sell some key players to balance the income and expenditure in order to avoid being affected by the financial fair play law. Inter needed 80 million euros, which meant they might have to sell two young players, Lautaro Martinez, Alessandro Bastoni or both.

Thailand, Indonesia "jointly" fail before 2022 World Cup qualifiers

Thailand and Indonesia had a bad "warm-up" when they lost in friendly matches in the UAE before the 2022 World Cup qualifiers began.

To prepare for the remaining matches of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, the opponents in Group G togetherVietnam National TeamMalaysia, Thailand and Indonesia have traveled to the UAE quite early. All three Southeast Asian teams have shown careful preparation when organizing friendly matches in the UAE.

Indonesia lost to Afghanistan in a friendly match in the UAE.

On the evening of May 25, Thailand and Indonesia played friendly matches with Oman and Afghanistan respectively. In the match against Oman, Thailand coach Akira Nishino fielded a strong squad with many key players. However, Thailand was unable to score an equalizer and had to accept defeat with a score of 0-1.

Indonesia also suffered defeat in the match against Afghanistan. This was the first time in more than 18 months that Indonesia had an international match and also the debut of the Korean strategist. In the end, Indonesia lost to Afghanistan with a score of 2-3.