Van Lam: Vietnam will defeat Thailand; Without Messi, Barca still wins Joan Gamper Cup

Van Lam believes Vietnam will defeat Thailand in World Cup qualifiers

Early this morning, Muangthong United welcomed Nakhon Ratchasima at home in round 22 of the Thai League. Like the previous matches, goalkeeper Van Lam continued to play excellently and ensured solidity in the goal, contributing greatly to Muangthong United's 2-0 victory.

Goalkeeper Dang Van Lam

On September 5, goalkeeper Van Lam will join the Vietnamese team as a guest at Thailand's Thammasat Stadium in the opening match of Group G of the 2nd qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia. In front of the Thai media, Van Lam did not hide his ambition to win with his team.

"Our group (Group G) is a very difficult group. Because the teams often meet each other in regional tournaments like the AFF Cup, they know each other quite well. In the first match, Vietnam will be a guest in Thailand, we will try our best to achieve the best result."

Coach Tae Hoon reveals the unbelievable reason why HAGL drew points with Nam Dinh

Coach Lee Tae Hoon revealed the surprising reason why HAGL had to share points with Nam Dinh in the final seconds of the match.

In round 19 of V-League 2019, with Ha Long's goal in the 90+4 minute, Nam Dinh regained 1 point against HAGL right at Thien Truong home field. Losing the victory in the last minutes of extra time made HAGL head coach Lee Tae Hoon feel regretful.

He said: “This score is a bit regrettable when we conceded a goal in the last minutes. That is football, we have to accept it. Our players made mistakes in the last minutes but will improve in the future.”

HAGL regrettably shared points with Nam Dinh.

In addition, Nam Dinh players played very well and fought with great spirit."

Coach Lee Tae Hoon affirmed that HAGL players need to improve their finishing skills. He said: “Finishing is a problem for us. After this match, I will improve my players’ finishing ability.”

Without Messi, Barca still won the Joan Gamper Cup

After the Asian tour, Barca returned to Spain to play against Arsenal for the Joan Gamper Trophy. Although Messi returned to training with his teammates after the Copa America, coach Valverde still did not use the Argentine superstar from the start.

On the contrary, Barca took the field with many young players and new recruits such as Neto, De Jong, Griezmann.

Suarez scored the decisive goal to help Barca win the match. (Photo: Getty).

Despite many attacks but failing to score, Barca paid the price in the 36th minute when Aubameyang turned and unleashed a powerful left-footed shot past Neto, opening the scoring for Arsenal.

In the second half, coach Valverde sent key players such as Busquets, Suarez, Roberto and goalkeeper ter Stegen onto the field.

However, the home team Camp Nou's equalizer came in an unimaginable scenario in the 69th minute. The following minutes, the match was quite exciting when Arsenal also had scoring opportunities of their own.

In the 90th minute, Roberto passed accurately for Suarez to score, raising the score to 2-1, bringing the Trofeo Joan Gamper title for the 10th consecutive time to Barca./.

Mandzukic signs 3-year, £120,000/week contract at Old Trafford

British and Italian press simultaneously reported that Mandzukic reached all personal agreements with MU. The Croatian striker is ready to come to Old Trafford for a challenge.

More specifically, Mandzukic will sign a 3-year contract, receiving a salary of 120,000 pounds/week, a 35% increase on his current salary, and the fee MU will pay Juventus is 15 million pounds.

According to the Mail, the two clubs agreed on the above fee and it could be included in the swap transfer of Lukaku with Dybala.

Mandzukic is said to have reached a 3-year agreement with MU.

The 2019 English football summer transfer market is only a few days away from closing and none other than MU is the busiest.

TTottenham lost in final friendly before new season

A week before entering the new Premier League season, Tottenham had their final friendly match within the framework of the ICC against Inter Milan. This was the only match that Tottenham played at home in the 2019 Summer friendly series.

In front of nearly 60,000 home fans, Tottenham started the match with great enthusiasm. In the 3rd minute, Inter's net was shaken. Lamela dribbled the ball at high speed and then passed it to Lucas Moura. The Brazilian player dribbled the ball and then fired a decisive shot, defeating goalkeeper Handanovic.

Tottenham "hugs regret" against Inter in the last friendly match of Summer 2019. (Photo: Getty).

Inter still managed to equalize the score in the 36th minute. After a combination that stunned Tottenham's defense, Sensi had an accurate shot, equalizing the score 1-1.
In the second half, both teams made many changes in personnel and that caused the quality of the match at Tottenham's stadium to decrease significantly compared to the first half.

That forced the match into a penalty shootout. The match ended 4-3 in the shootout for Inter.

Next week, Tottenham will have their first match of the 2019-20 Premier League season against Aston Villa while Inter will have three more weeks to prepare before entering the new season in Serie A./.