Why did Thailand cancel practice?; 'Professional' fan detained for lighting flares

Why did Thailand cancel the training?
According to the plan, Thailand will practice right after arriving in Hanoi on the afternoon of November 16. Before that, this team rented a private training ground from Viettel. The reason why coach Nishino did not want to practice on the ground arranged by the Vietnam Football Federation was because he was worried about being secretly filmed, revealing the team's tactics before the big match with the Vietnam national team. The Japanese coach became cautious after the incident of being secretly filmed during the recent away match in Malaysia.

However, Thailand decided to cancel the training session on the afternoon of November 16. According to Thai media, the reason was that coach Nishino wanted to give the players time to rest after the flight to Hanoi.

Furthermore, the distance from the hotel where Thailand is stationed to the training ground is about 40 km, taking at least 1 hour to travel, so coach Nishino did not want the players to be more tired, so he decided to cancel this first training session. According to the plan, Thailand will have a training session on the evening of November 17.

Thailand arrived in Hanoi on the afternoon of November 16. Photo: Duc Cuong

Fans detained for lighting flares

Before the match between Vietnam and UAE, security forces discovered a fan lighting flares. It is worth mentioning that this fan is a member of the Vietnam Golden Star (VGS) Supporters Club, which has been highly appreciated for its professionalism in recent times.

The person who set off the flares and was discovered was Nguyen Trong Du, born in 1989 in Me Linh (Hanoi). Du is a member of VGS and was issued membership card number 00580. After being discovered, Du told the authorities that he bought 2 flares from a stranger and set them off in the My Dinh stadium.

Travel at the police station.

Germany and the Netherlands both won tickets to Euro 2020

Germany only need to win all 3 points at home to secure a place in the finals, while the Netherlands must have at least 1 point in Northern Ireland to qualify. The two giants of European football have both completed their goal of securing tickets with one match left to play.

At home, Germany had 34 shots against Belarus. After 40 minutes without finding the back of the net, the home team opened the scoring thanks to defender Mathias Ginter's finish after a cross from Serge Gnabry.

Germany led 3-0 after just 10 minutes of the second half, thanks to one-touch finishes from Leon Goretzka and Toni Kroos. After Stasevich missed Belarus' only chance to score from the penalty spot in the 75th minute, Kroos completed his double in the 83rd minute to seal a 4-0 win.

With the win, Germany has 18 points and leads Group C.

At home in Belfast, Northern Ireland had to beat the Netherlands to keep their qualifying chances alive. The home side failed to get a shot on target, but had the best chance of the game in the 32nd minute. But from the penalty spot, Captain Steven Davis shot the ball high into the air.