Vietnam falls out of Asia's top 15; China is angry when Tien Linh leaves La Liga star in the dust
(Baonghean.vn) - Losing 5 consecutive matches, Vietnam team falls out of Asia's top 15; China is angry when Tien Linh leaves La Liga star... in the dust; Messi scores a double, PSG rises to lead Group A in Champions League... are notable sports news in the past 24 hours.
China is angry when Tien Linh makes La Liga star… eat smoke
Tien Linh won 73.38% of the votes while La Liga star Wu Lei only received 1.81% of the votes for the Best Player of October in the Asian World Cup qualifiers. The Chinese media was furious about this.
Nguyen Tien Linhwon the Best Player of October award in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in Asia voted by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) with an overwhelming 73.38% of the votes. The striker of the Vietnamese national team far surpassed the second place, Firas Al Buraikin of Saudi Arabia, with 8.2% of the votes.
Third place is Iran striker Sardar Azmoun with 8.08%. Despite high hopes, La Liga star Wu Lei (Vu Loi) only received 1.81% of the votes. Chinese media and fans expressed dissatisfaction with the above result. There is a notable number, Wu Lei has 10 goals in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, ranking second in the scoring list.
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Tien Linh |
"Wu Lei only received 1.81% of the votes. Many fans felt that the striker's personal achievements were dragged down by the national team. Otherwise, why did this striker receive such a low number of votes. Wu Lei played well in the two matches of the Chinese team in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers held in October, especially when he scored a double in the match against Vietnam. Obviously, China could only rely on Wu Lei's excellence to win against Vietnam," Sohu analyzed.
After four matches, the Chinese team has only three points thanks to the victory over Vietnam. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia has consolidated its position at the top of Group B with 12 points, three points ahead of second-placed Australia.
Losing 5 matches in a row, Vietnam team falls out of Asia's top 15
5 consecutive losses inWorld Cup 2022 Qualifierscausing Vietnam to fall out of Asia's top 15 for the first time in 2 years.
On October 21, the World Football Federation (FIFA) officially announced the October rankings, but the ranking of the Vietnamese team at this time has been determined according to calculations by the statistics site Footy Rankings.
Accordingly, coach Park Hang-seo and his team were deducted 21.17 points after two losses to China and Oman, thereby dropping their ranking from 95 to 98 in the world. Before these two losses, the Vietnamese team suffered three other defeats against Australia, Saudi Arabia (third qualifying round) and UAE (second qualifying round).
Five consecutive defeats also put us out of the top 15 strongest teams in Asia for the first time in two years. Under the leadership of Coach Park, the Vietnam National Team has always been in the top 15 since October 2019, and is currently ranked 17th in the continent.
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Vietnam national football team continuously receives defeats against the continent's top teams |
Despite falling in the world and Asia rankings, as the only representative of Southeast Asia in the final qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup, the Vietnam team still maintains the No. 1 position in the region. Following them are Thailand (117th in the world), the Philippines (127), Myanmar (145), Malaysia (155), Singapore (160), Indonesia (165), Cambodia (170), Laos (185), Brunei (189) and Timor Leste (194).
In November, Vietnam national football team has 2 important matches at home My Dinh, against Japan and Saudi Arabia. If we cannot get any points, we will most likely fall out of the world top 100 for the first time in 2 years.
Messi scores twice, PSG takes lead in Group A in Champions League
The perfect combination of the duo Mbappe - Messi helped PSG defeat RB Leipzig 3-2 in the third match of the Champions League group stage.
The French representative took an early lead in the 9th minute after a lightning counter-attack and a shot from Kylian Mbappe. However, in the 28th minute, André Silva equalized 1-1 for RB Leipzig.
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The duo Mbappe - Messi coordinated extremely well to help PSG get 3 full points against RB Leipzig. Photo: PSG |
In the second half, RB Leipzig unexpectedly took a 2-1 lead in the 57th minute in a proactive attacking situation and the player who scored was Mukiele. In the 67th minute, PSG equalized 2-2 after a mistake by RB Leipzig's defense. Kylian Mbappe won the ball, accelerated before passing it to Lionel Messi to score. In the 73rd minute, PSG was awarded a penalty after Simakan fouled Mbappe. On the 11m mark, Messi skillfully executed a panelka to put PSG ahead 3-2.
In the third minute of injury time, PSG was awarded another penalty after VAR determined that Hakimi was fouled by an RB Leipzig defender, but unfortunately Mbappe's shot went high into the sky.
In the end, PSG defeated RB Leipzig 3-2 and regained the top spot in Group A from Man City, who had just had a devastating 5-1 victory over Brugge in the match that took place a few hours earlier. Coach Mauricio Pochettino's students currently have 7 points after 3 matches and are almost certain to advance to the next round.
Coach Li Tie makes a surprising decision about the personnel of the Chinese national team
Coach Li Tie decided not to call up new players to the squad to prepare for the two matches in the third qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia in November.
The Chinese national team disappointed when they only won 1 victory after 4 matches played in the 3rd qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia. The victory of the Chinese national team was beforeVietnam National Teamin a match where coach Li Tie's team did not play better than the opponent.
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Coach Li Tie is under great pressure due to the poor performance of the Chinese national team (Photo: Getty). |
After nearly 2 months of training and competing outside of China, coach Li Tie and his team have returned home and started training to prepare for 2 matches in November. According to Sohu, althoughChina National TeamAlthough the team has not played well, coach Li Tie decided not to call up new players to participate in the upcoming matches. The reason is that the coach born in 1977 is satisfied with the current personnel.
In addition to coach Li Tie not calling up new players to the squad, Chinese football fans are quite regretful that naturalized player Fernando has not been called up to the national team. This player is said to be in his home country of Brazil for medical treatment.
After 4 matches, the Chinese team has 3 points, ranking 5th in Group B. According to the schedule of the 3rd qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup in Asia, the Chinese team will meet Oman on November 11 and face Australia on November 16./.