VFF invites Thailand to play friendly match with Vietnam team; Yamal deserves to be named best player of EURO 2024
Yamal deserves to be named the best player of EURO; VFF invites Thailand to play a friendly match against Vietnam; The first player officially says goodbye to Man Utd... are notable sports news in the past 24 hours.
Yamal deserves the title of best player of EURO
Lamine Yamal became the second player after Lionel Messi to have outstanding statistics in the last two World Cups and EUROs.
According to Opta, Yamal has created more than 15 chances, had more than 15 shots and completed more than 15 dribbles at EURO 2024. These are impressive statistics for a player at a major national team tournament.
The closest person to possess this special set of statistics is Messi, when the Argentine superstar did it at the 2022 World Cup. Statistics also show that in the two most recent World Cups or EUROs, only Messi and Yamal had the above 15+ index (in terms of creating opportunities, shooting and dribbling).
WhoScored experts believe that Yamal has had a huge impact on the Spanish national team's playing style. If "La Roja" wins EURO this year, Yamal deserves to be compared to Messi when he helped Argentina win the 2022 World Cup.
Yamal has become a phenomenon in world football recently, becoming the youngest player to score at a EURO. At just 16 years and 362 days old, this striker created a beautiful masterpiece against France, helping Spain come back to win 2-1, advancing to the final of EURO 2024.
Yamal broke Johan Vonlanthen's record, when the Swiss striker scored against France at EURO 2004 at the age of 18 years and 141 days.
The first player to officially say goodbye to Man Utd
According to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, Man Utd agreed to sell Donny van de Beek to the La Liga team last week. However, the deal is only close to completion after Girona reached all personal agreements with Van de Beek today.
To get the former Ajax midfielder, Girona only had to pay Man Utd 500,000 euros. According to the agreement, Man Utd can earn an additional 4 to 5 million euros in variable fees, depending on Van de Beek's performance. The total variable fees in the contract can be up to 15 million euros. In addition, Man Utd will also receive a percentage of the contract value when Girona sells Van de Beek in the future.
Van de Beek will sign a contract with Girona until June 2028. The Catalan club and Man Utd will soon officially announce this deal.
While preparing to push Van de Beek away, Man Utd are in the process of recruiting two other Dutch players, striker Joshua Zirkzee from Bologna and defender Matthijs de Ligt from Bayern Munich.
As for Joshua Zirkzee, Man Utd have finalized all agreements and will pay Bologna 40 million euros to release the contract for this striker.
VFF invites Thailand to play friendly match with Vietnam team
The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has sent an invitation to play a friendly match with the Thai team this September. VFF General Secretary Duong Nghiep Khoi said that the two sides have not reached a final agreement to organize the match.
"VFF has not yet reached an agreement. When everything is completed, we will soon make an official announcement," said Mr. Duong Nghiep Khoi.
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According to Ball Thai, the Thai team will play away against the Vietnamese team. After that, the Thai team will return to their home stadium to play a friendly match against Panama. If they do not meet Panama, Thailand will face another team from Europe.
Both Vietnam and Thailand were eliminated from the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, so they have free time to compete during the FIFA Days at the end of the year. If the plan goes well, coach Kim Sang-sik and his team will have quality opponents to compete against.
In addition to the match with Thailand, the Vietnamese team will play a friendly tournament at home in October. The guests are the Indian and Lebanese teams.
On the FIFA rankings, Vietnam is ranked 116th, India is ranked 124th, and Lebanon is 117th.
Officially established Vietnam Sports Delegation for 2024 Olympics with 39 members
On the afternoon of July 10, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism officially issued a decision to establish the Vietnamese Sports Delegation to participate in the 2024 Olympics.
Accordingly, we will participate in this Olympics in France with 39 members. Director of the Department of Sports and Physical Training - Mr. Dang Ha Viet is the Head of the Vietnamese Sports Delegation at the 2024 Paris Olympics (France). In addition, the Vietnamese Sports Delegation has 2 Deputy Heads of Delegation: Head of High Performance Sports Department 1 (Department of Sports and Physical Training) - Mr. Hoang Quoc Vinh and Head of High Performance Sports Department 2 (Department of Sports and Physical Training) - Mr. Ngo Ich Quan.
The Vietnamese sports delegation attended the Olympics in France with a streamlined team, focusing on the main human resources to serve the competing athletes. We participated in the following sports: shooting, cycling, boxing, archery, swimming, weightlifting, badminton, canoeing, rowing, judo, and athletics. According to the regulations of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the number of coaches participating in the Vietnamese sports delegation will correspond to the number of athletes that each country has to participate in the Olympics. We have 16 athletes participating in the 2024 Paris (France) Olympics.
Among the professional coaches, Vietnam's sports delegation includes 4 foreign experts including Mr. Park Chung-gun (shooting), Mr. Pak Chaesoon (archery), Mr. Hariawan (badminton), and Mr. Donnelly Joseph Ignatius (rowing).
On July 17 in Hanoi, the Vietnamese Sports Delegation will hold a departure ceremony to attend the 2024 Paris Olympics (France) and will leave for France on July 23./.
