Vietnam 'stumbled' in the final of U16 Southeast Asia; Binh Dinh is about to buy Dang Van Lam

Vietnam lost the final of U16 Southeast Asia

With the cheers from 30,000 home fans, U16 Indonesia entered the match confidently and dominated coach Nguyen Quoc Tuan and his team.

The mobility of the midfield duo Figo and Zidan helped the home team control the midfield area, from there deploying high-speed attacks on the right wing based on the speed of Kaka and Nabil.

The U16 Vietnam defense played well, but still collapsed after a moment of lapse in concentration in the first half's extra time. In the 45+2 minute, Trung Nguyen and Duc Phat did not follow Rizky and let number 9 freely receive the ball from the right wing, before finishing into the far corner, leaving goalkeeper Dinh Hai rooted to the spot.

In the second half, U16 Vietnam pushed up their formation, but their declining physical strength prevented the red team from creating much pressure on the opposite side of the field.

U16 Vietnam suffered a regrettable defeat. Photo: VFF

On the other side of the battle line, the reasonable formation distance and physical advantage helped Indonesia not take much time to break the attacks of U16 Vietnam. Not stopping there, the home team also put a lot of pressure on the duo Dinh Thuong and Trung Nguyen with the speed of the right wingers.

Binh Dinh is about to buy Van Lam

"The rumor about the team buying Van Lam is true. We are negotiating with him and are in the final stages," Coach Duc Thang slowly shared this information after the team won 2-1 against Ho Chi Minh City Club in round 12 on the evening of August 12 at Thong Nhat Stadium.

Van Lam will return to Vietnam on August 13 to meet directly with Binh Dinh Club. In this meeting, the two sides will finalize the terms to sign a 2-year contract.

In addition to the information about the quality goalkeeper, Mr. Duc Thang was happy after the "heart-stopping" victory. Binh Dinh Club scored 2 goals in three minutes thanks to Lynch and Ho Tan Tai in the 89th and 90+1st minutes. Ho Chi Minh City Club opened the score in the 29th minute thanks to Atapharoy Bygrave.

Ho Tan Tai continued to score and brought 3 points for Binh Dinh Club. Photo:Quang Thinh.

"Football is about luck, I am an optimist, winning is fun and losing is sad. Van Thuan hit the post and there were a few offside situations. The team played well in the first half and the second half after I made a few changes," the former Vietnam national team player assessed the results.

Ho Chi Minh City FC sent Lee Nguyen onto the field in the last 25 minutes of the match but he could not help the home team score more goals. However, Binh Dinh players were still attracted to the former star of the US professional league. However, coach Duc Thang said that was not the problem.

"I did nothing when Lee Nguyen entered the field. I left the midfield. Ho Chi Minh City Club wanted to control the ball at that time because they were leading 1-0, while we tried to attack with the middle and the wings. Lee Nguyen only had 2 days but could not find a common voice with his teammates. They did not understand each other," said the coach of Binh Dinh Club.

3 points on the field of Ho Chi Minh City Club helped Binh Dinh have 17 points after the 12th round. Coach Duc Thang's chair was relieved of pressure. He said: "I don't care about rumors about my future, I focus on work. That is my motto in work".

Change of opening date of World Cup 2022

According to FIFA's announcement, the 2022 World Cup will begin with the opening match between host Qatar and Ecuador at 7 p.m. on November 20 (11 p.m. Hanoi time), after the opening ceremony at the 60,000-capacity Al Bayt Stadium. This is the only match that day.

Due to the hot summer in Qatar, the 2022 World Cup will be held in winter, from November to December 2022. Photo: AFP

According to the original plan, the 2022 World Cup kicked off on November 21 with two matches: Senegal - Netherlands and Qatar - Ecuador, in which Senegal - Netherlands was determined to be the opening match.

However, since the 2006 World Cup, the opening match has always been the match with the host team. Therefore, FIFA decided to adjust to put Qatar's match first. The time of the Senegal - Netherlands match was also moved down to 7pm instead of 1pm as originally planned, but kept the match schedule on November 21. The match schedule of England - Iran and USA - Wales that day remained unchanged.

The 2022 World Cup is a special tournament in history, being held in winter because summer in Qatar is too hot (ranging from 30 to 42 degrees Celsius).

With the new adjustment, the tournament is extended to 29 days, still with a competition density of four matches per day and the matches are not at the same time (except for the last match of the group stage to avoid negativity). This comes from the reason of having to shorten the organization time to minimize the impact of an unprecedented winter World Cup in history. On the other hand, because the stadiums are very close to each other (all within a 60 km radius) and the modern infrastructure, the host country ensures the above dense competition density.