Van Toan and Tien Linh miss Vietnam vs Australia match; HAGL falls into 'death group' at AFC 2022

Van Toan and Tien Linh miss the Vietnam vs Australia match

The Vietnamese team will not have the services of Nguyen Van Toan and Nguyen Tien Linh in the away trip to Australia in the third qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia. These two players are in medical quarantine after contracting COVID-19 and did not have time to get visas.

Van Toan and Tien Linh tested positive for COVID-19 while they were resting at home afterAFF Cup 2020. The Vietnamese team's striker duo are expected to complete quarantine on January 20 and January 23 respectively, while the entire team will leave for Australia on January 21.

Van Toan and Tien Linh did not have time to complete quarantine to complete procedures to go to Australia.

In addition to the two cases mentioned above, the Vietnamese team also has a COVID-19 case, Nguyen Hoang Duc. However, this midfielder completed quarantine earlier and was able to join the team to complete visa procedures yesterday, January 17.

The Vietnam team is currently training with 28 players.Coach Park Hang-seosummoned Tran Phi Son and Ngan Van Dai to have more options when Van Toan, Tien Linh and Hoang Duc contracted COVID-19.

Before leaving for Australia, the Korean coach will reduce the list to 23 players. In addition to Van Toan, Tien Linh must stay, Que Ngoc Hai will also definitely not be able to participate in the match on January 27 due to suspension.

HAGL falls into the "death" group at AFC Champions League

The draw ceremony for the 2022 AFC Champions League group stage took place on the afternoon of January 17, and Vietnam's HAGL Club fell into a difficult group in this year's tournament.

The 2022 AFC Champions League group stage will feature a total of 40 teams. The teams will be divided into groups based on the East and West regions, with each region having 5 groups of 4 teams. Vietnam will be represented in the East group.

According to the draw results, HAGL Club is in Group H with the presence of famous opponents such as: Yokohama F. Marinos (Japan), Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (Korea) and the winner of the play-off match No. 1. This is an extremely difficult group for HAGL, because the above opponents are all top teams in the continent. If they want to enter the next round, Mr. Duc's team must be ranked in one of the top 2 positions or be among the top 3 teams with the best results.

HAGL fell into a difficult group at the AFC Champions League.

In the history of AFC Champion League, no representative from Vietnam has ever passed the group stage. HAGL is receiving a lot of expectations to make a miracle in this participation.

After 17 years, HAGL has returned to the continental arena. Coach Kiatisak and his team are determined to leave their mark on this playground when they have already finalized the list of 4 foreign players to participate in the tournament, including 3 Brazilian players (Washington Brandao, Jefferson Baiano and Mauricio Barbosa) and Kim Dong-su (Korea).

Lewandowski won The Best award for the second consecutive year

The Polish striker beat Messi and Salah to continue winning the FIFA Player of the Year award.

Due to the epidemic situation, The Best 2021 awards gala continues to be held online at FIFA headquarters in Zurich (Switzerland).

Lewandowski won the 2021 FIFA The Best award.

The most notable award of the gala night was given to Robert Lewandowski, the best male player of the year. The Polish striker beat out two strong candidates, Lionel Messi and Mohamed Salah, to win the honor for the second consecutive time. Since the Best award was launched in 2016, Lewandowski and Cristiano Ronaldo have won FIFA's most prestigious award twice.

Man United ready to spend 50 million euros for Barca's central defender

According to El Nacional, Man United are ready to make an offer of up to 50 million euros for Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo to strengthen their defense.

Barca are currently looking to keep hold of many key players in January. In addition to Ousmane Dembele, Blaugrana also have to worry about Ronald Araujo. The Uruguayan has only 6 months left on his contract and has not yet agreed to extend it.

Ronald Aoo.

Araujo has been impressive since the start of the 2021/22 season and has attracted the attention of many European giants. Previously, Liverpool and Chelsea were said to have kept an eye on the centre-back. Now, there is a new candidate: Manchester United.

The Red Devils have made a €30 million offer for the Barcelona defender, but Joan Laporta has flatly rejected it. Now, according to El Nacional, United are said to be ready to raise the offer to €50 million.