Japan U17 has a bright chance to enter the quarterfinals; Hanoi Club liquidates the second foreign player

Ronaldo scores the only goal, Portugal narrowly beats Iceland

Portugal entered the match with Iceland in very good form. Therefore, experts assessed that Ronaldo and his teammates will likely continue to have an impressive victory.

However, things did not go smoothly for the Portuguese players. Iceland had home advantage and played a strict defensive style of play. That meant that despite their efforts, coach Roberto Martinez and his team did not have many chances to score. Ronaldo, the most expected player on the Portuguese side, also had a difficult match when he did not have many chances to score.

It was only when Iceland suffered a numerical disadvantage when Willumsson was sent off in the 80th minute that Portugal got what they wanted, the opening goal. In the 89th minute, Ronaldo scored the opening goal against Iceland with a precise tap-in from close range. Goncalo Inacio had earlier headed the ball in for CR7.

Ronaldo's goal was enough for Portugal to secure a narrow victory over Iceland. The result helped the Seleccao gain 12 points after 4 wins, firmly consolidating their position at the top of Group J of the EURO 2024 qualifiers.

N'Golo Kante's salary surprises when joining Al-Ittihad

The transfer of midfielder N'Golo Kante from Chelsea to Al-Ittihad has completed the final procedures.

Accordingly, the French midfielder will sign a 4-year contract with the Saudi Arabian team, with a modest salary of 25 million euros/year.

Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano revealed: "The documents are almost completed between N'Golo Kante and Al-Ittihad. The most important part of the medical examination has been met by Kante. His salary will be around 86 million pounds for 2 seasons. We confirm, Kante has ended his adventure at Chelsea".

"A four-year contract has been signed with a total salary of 100 million euros paid over four years. The deal also includes additional image rights or commercial deals.

Negotiations began on June 6 and the final agreement has been finalised and is set to be announced. This also marks the end of an era for Kante at Chelsea," added expert Romano.

"Beautifully defeating" Vietnam, U17 Japan has a bright chance to enter the quarterfinals

Facing a highly rated opponent, the red team played defensively but still had to concede an early goal in the second minute of the match.

At the 21st minute, almostU17 Vietnamhad to accept the second goal when Quoc Khanh returned the ball quite strongly in a situation where goalkeeper Bao Ngoc rushed out quite quickly, fortunately there was no own goal for the red team.

At the beginning of the second half, U17 Vietnam made 3 substitutions. Huynh Trieu, Thien Phu and Quoc Trung entered the field to replace Van Nam, Le Phat and Van Thanh.

By the 60th minute, U17 Vietnam had to accept the second goal. Shibata broke through and passed Tuan Khai on the right wing, then crossed the ball just in time for Mochizuki to score on the first touch, defeating Bao Ngoc.

6 minutes later, the third goal continued to come to Japan. In a quick attack, Nakajima passed the ball conveniently for number 10 Sato to get down and receive the ball, penetrate the penalty area and skillfully make a dangerous shot to the far corner, raising the score to 3-0.

At the end of the match, Japan U17 continued to attack strongly and scored the final goal, 4-0, in the 75th minute, scored by Mochizuki.

With this win, Japan has a bright chance of entering the quarter-finals while U17 Vietnam faces the risk of having to stop early in the group stage.

Hanoi Club liquidates second foreign player

Hanoi Club announced the early termination of the contract after 6 months of working with the Brazilian player. The striker born in 1992 did not score any goals but 2 assists during his time playing for Hanoi Club.

That is also the reason why Henrique had to leave after a short time. His contribution under Coach Bandovic was too low compared to expectations. He did not have the opportunity to celebrate a goal in V.League 2023.

Henrique will not be on the team's trip to Nha Trang on August 19 in round 12 on June 25. Hanoi FC has prepared a replacement and will announce it soon. They hope the new player will integrate and stay with the team longer.

Before parting ways with Henrique, Hanoi FC also sold foreign player Lucas Vinicius. Lucas will move to Da Nang FC, the team currently at the bottom of the V.League table with 4 points and facing the risk of relegation.

Thus, Hanoi Club has replaced 2 foreign players for various reasons. They currently have 19 points and are 3 points behind the top team Thanh Hoa. This is also Hanoi's way of refreshing the attack to be able to defend their title when the second phase only has 5 matches.

Chelsea announce new recruit worth 60 million euros

On the afternoon of June 20 (Hanoi time), Chelsea announced the successful recruitment of Christopher Nkunku from RB Leipzig before the 2023/24 season.

The 25-year-old signed a six-year contract, lasting until June 2029. According to The Athletic, the deal cost the Stamford Bridge team €60 million, the same as Nkunku's release clause with RB Leipzig.

Nkunku said: “I am delighted to be joining Chelsea. A huge effort has been made to bring me to the club and I am looking forward to meeting the manager and my new team-mates and showing the Chelsea fans what I can do on the pitch. I am hungry to play in the Premier League, one of the strongest leagues in the world."

Nkunku is currently valued at the highest price in the Bundesliga by Transfermarkt (80 million euros). The player born in 1997 possesses good physical strength, speed and technique, which allows him to play as a striker, winger and attacking midfielder.