Viettel FC stops at AFC Champions League 2021; Messi has a bright chance to win the Golden Ball 2021

Viettel FC stops at AFC Champions League 2021

On the evening of July 5, Viettel FC had a second leg match against BG Pathum United (Thailand) in Group F - AFC Champions League 2021. Despite leading in the first half, Viettel FC still lost to BG Pathum United with a score of 1-3.

In the first minutes of the first half, BG Pathum United pushed up their formation. In the following minutes, Viettel FC organized attacks towards BG Pathum United's goal, but could not overcome the well-organized defense of the Thai team. In the 22nd minute, receiving a pass from his teammate, Pedro broke free and fired a direct shot to score a goal for Viettel FC.

In the second half, BG Pathum United continuously made substitutions to strengthen their attack. In the 56th minute, Chaowat headed the ball to equalize 1-1 for BG Pathum United. In the 62nd minute, Tunez shot diagonally, defeating goalkeeper Nguyen Manh, raising the score to 2-1 for BG Pathum United. And just 2 minutes later, from a direct free kick, Diogo headed the ball to raise the score to 3-1 for BG Pathum United.

The ball fight between Viettel FC players (red shirts) and BG Pathum United.

In the 71st minute, Bruno suddenly launched a dangerous long-range shot, but the BG Pathum United goalkeeper made an excellent save. Just 1 minute later, Viettel FC's net shook for the fourth time, but this time, the referee raised the flag for offside. The match ended with a score of 3-1 in favor of the Thai champion.

With this result, the teamViettel FConly 3 points after 4 matches, 6 points behind BG Pathum United, 9 points behind the leading team Ulsan Hyundai, officially eliminated from AFC Champions League before 2 rounds.

According to the schedule, Viettel FC will have two more return matches against Ulsan Hyundai (July 8) and Kaya FC (July 11).

Hakimi becomes the most expensive defender in PSG history

Archaf Hakimi became the new player of the team at the Parc des Princes with a fee of 71 million euros.

According to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, Hakimi and his agent are in Paris to sign a contract with PSG. Inter Milan will receive a transfer fee of 60 million euros and 11 million euros in add-ons.

Hakimi on the flight to PSG to sign a contract with PSG. Photo: Fabrizio Romano.

Hakimi became the most expensive defender in PSG history. Previously, this record belonged to David Luiz's transfer from Chelsea for 49.5 million euros in the 2014/15 season. Hakimi is also PSG's third most expensive contract, after Neymar (222 million euros) and Kylian Mbappe (145 million euros).

Messi is on track to win the 2021 Ballon d'Or

Lionel Messiemerged as the most promising candidate for the Golden Ball award this year.

A series of newspapers such as Goal, Sport (Spain), Sportbible and Givemesport all assessed that Lionel Messi has a great chance of winning the Golden Ball (G) award in 2021.

Messi has a great chance of winning the Golden Ball. Photo: Reuters.

This season, Messi won the La Liga Golden Boot, finished second in the European Golden Shoe race and won the Copa del Rey with Barcelona. More importantly, "El Pulga" is playing brilliantly with the Argentina team in the Copa America.

If he can lead Argentina to the 2021 Copa America championship, Messi has a great chance to win the Golden Ball. Messi is currently leading the tournament's scoring and assisting list with 4 goals and 4 assists. In 5 appearances, Messi has been voted the best player of the match 4 times.

The 3rd qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup will be played on a home and away basis.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) have officially determined the matches atWorld Cup 3rd Qualifiers Asiawill play on a home and away basis. Thus, there will be no centralized World Cup qualifiers in a country that has caused a stir in public opinion recently.

Vietnam team will visit Saudi Arabia on September 2.

In addition, AFC and FIFA also require countries with teams participating in the third qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup to choose a neutral stadium as a backup, in addition to the official home stadium that has been registered in advance. In case the official home stadium does not meet the organization conditions or there is an emergency, a backup stadium in a neutral country will be used. According to AFC regulations, in addition to meeting the requirements on facilities, the host country must have VAR equipment to serve the organization of the match.

AboutVietnam team, we will definitely choose My Dinh as our official home stadium. However, the question is which country will the VFF choose as a backup stadium? If we consider many aspects, both geographically and in terms of disease control, it seems that Thailand is a good choice for the Vietnamese team.