Why is it difficult for Mai Duc Chung to lead the women's team in the World Cup? The Chinese team captain was accused of match-fixing.

Why is it difficult for Mai Duc Chung to become the head coach of the Vietnamese women's team at the 2023 World Cup?

FIFA regulations require that the head coach must have a Pro license to lead the team to participate in the 2023 Women's World Cup finals.

Although very "good at it", coach Mai Duc Chung may not be able to continue leading the women's team to participate.World Cup 2023for not meeting FIFA's conditions.

From now until July 2023 is very short, so it is impossible for Coach Mai Duc Chung to attend courses to get this additional degree. This information makes football fans disappointed because Coach Mai Duc Chung is very "lucky" with Vietnamese women's football.

Coach Mai Duc Chung.

After winning the 2023 World Cup with his players, Coach Mai Duc Chung wants someone else to replace him to lead the women's football team. He can take on the role of advisor if trusted by the VFF. On the contrary, the VFF leadership wants the 71-year-old strategist to continue his duties at the 2023 World Cup.

The contract between coach Mai Duc Chung and VFF is valid until the end of 2022. Therefore, in the immediate future, Mr. Chung will continue to lead the women's football team at the 31st SEA Games. The goal of the Vietnamese team in this tournament is to successfully defend the gold medal.

However, FIFA regulations may force VFF to change its plans and quickly search for a qualified coach. Currently, there are only 12 Vietnamese coaches with a Pro license, of which Ms. Phan Thi Anh Dao is the first female coach with a FIFA Pro license. Another option is to choose a foreign coach to lead the Vietnamese women's team.

In case VFF still wantsCoach Mai Duc ChungAccompanying the Vietnam women's team, the 71-year-old coach can stay in the role of Technical Director/advisor at the 2023 World Cup.

Chinese team captain accused of selling match against Vietnam

Chinese media said that Chinese fans demanded that the CFA investigate match-fixing by captain Wu Xi and defender Wang Shenchao.

After the humiliating defeat to the Vietnamese team on February 1, Chinese fans have not yet calmed down as they continue to demand that the Chinese Football Association (CFA) investigate match-fixing by the players.

According to Sohu, fans of the “billion-people country” team want the CFA to open an investigation into captain Wu Xi and defender Wang Shenchao. The newspaper wrote: “The overall performance of the team in the match against Vietnam was not good, but there were two players who showed particularly excessive weakness. Therefore, the fans want to investigate them.

China (white shirt) lost to Vietnam in the final qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup.

The first one is Wu Xi, he has signs of dodging the ball. The second one is defender Wang Shenchao, he is the one who lost the ball in the team's goals. And whether he intentionally lost or not, the Chinese team should immediately correct it." The author analyzed that CFA does not hesitate to spend money to bring in naturalized players.

However, up to this point, the Chinese team's performance has not improved at all and they even lost to Vietnam - the team that is at the bottom of the group in the final qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup. "It is true that our level is not too strong and cannot be compared to Japan or Saudi Arabia. But with the naturalized players that the team possesses, we must at least be stronger than the Vietnamese team. Right now, the CFA needs to urgently answer the question: are the Chinese players playing without effort and intentionally losing to the Vietnamese team?", Sohu commented.

The Sohu writer also reiterated journalist Li Xuan’s comments on the Football News website and said that this was a “very strange” match. “Journalist Li Xuan implied that some Chinese players played football with a fake attitude, and did not rule out that some people wanted to make money from the match with the Vietnamese team.

According to information, CFA has launched an investigation after these reflections. If true, the consequences they will have to bear will be extremely serious and the path back to the team will officially be closed," the author commented.

Match schedule of U23 Southeast Asia 2022

At the 2022 Southeast Asian U23 tournament, coach Dinh The Nam and his team will be in Group C with U23 Singapore and U23 Thailand. According to the schedule of the 2022 Southeast Asian U23 tournament, U23 Vietnam will have the first match off on February 16, then meet U23 Singapore on February 19 and meet U23 Thailand on February 22.

The captain ofU23 Vietnamsharing about the preparation for the competition in Cambodia: “I think U23 Vietnam, like many other teams, has a very thorough preparation process. U23 Vietnam has more than a month of concentration and training together.”

Graphics: FPT

According to the format of the U23 Southeast Asian tournament, the teams will compete in a round robin to calculate the ranking points in each group, selecting the 3 first-place teams and 1 second-place team with the best results to compete in the semi-finals. The two winning teams in the semi-finals will compete for the championship, the two losing teams in the semi-finals will meet in the bronze medal match.

Teams are allowed to register a maximum of 28 players for the tournament but are only allowed to register 23 players for each match. Vietnam U23 will wear white in the match against Singapore U23 on February 19 and all red in the match against Thailand U23 on February 22.

MU close to contract with Tielemans

British media reported that the possibility of MU owning Youri Tielemans in this summer's transfer window is very high.

Tielemans has a contract with Leicester until June 2023 and there has been no progress on a contract extension.

Tielemans on his way to MU.

Leicester's crisis, with the possibility of not being able to qualify for the European Cup next season, has made the Belgian midfielder think even more about leaving.

Recently, coach Brendan Rodgers admitted that the interest of MU and some other big clubs in Tielemans is normal. Leicester also soon determined that they were forced to sell this 24-year-old player.

MU is finalizing the fees with Leicester, as well as negotiating with Peter Smeets - Tielemans' representative about the details of the contract terms.