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  Việt Nam’s national U18 football team. — Photo vov.vn HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s national U18 football team left for Japan on Monday for an intensive training camp ahead of the AFF U18 Championship. Việt Nam will play three friendly matches during the camp, including fixtures against student teams from Kanagawa University on July 17, Sanno University on July 21 and Nihon Kougakuin University on July 24. The squad will then return to Việt Nam on July 26 to make their final preparations for the upcoming AFF U18 Championship 2019 in HCM City and Bình Dương Province from August 6-19. Việt Nam are in Group B with Malaysia, Thailand, Camobida, Singapore and Australia. Group A consists of Myanmar, Indonesia, Laos, Timor Leste, the Philippines and Brunei. — VNS … [Read more...] about U18 team to train in Japan

The capital city club was contacted by the 35-year-old Quaresma’s agent Oscar Soler Sola last week for playing in the V. League 1, a representative of Hanoi FC told VnExpress. Sola said Quaresma’s contract with his current club, Turkey’s Besiktas JK, will expire in June 2020 and if a reasonable and proper offer is made, the winger will move to Hanoi FC. Despite the fact that signing someone like Quaresma would definitely help the club in the tough run ahead, signing him now is not a part of Hanoi FC’s transfer plan, the club’s representative said. The V. League 1 2018 champion has just finished signing two new foreign players, Iranian defender Sajjad Moshkelpour and French striker Papa Ibou Kebe, in order to fill two positions they lack for at the moment. In Quaresma’s position, Hanoi FC already has many wingers like Nguyen Thanh Luong, Nguyen Van Quyet, Do Hung Dung and Nguyen Quang Hai. Moreover, the transfer window for V. League 1’s second … [Read more...] about Hanoi FC decline to recruit Euro 2016 Portuguese star

  SAD FACE: Luis Suarez (right) can’t hide his tears. Photo AFP by Paul Kennedy I’m going to start off with a bombshell. Get something off my chest I’ve been wanting to say for some time. Deep breath. Here we go… I like Luis Suarez. There, I’ve said it. Granted his best days are very nearly behind him, and as football players go he is about as trustworthy as a bored and restless serpent in the Garden of Eden, but there’s something about little Luis that I just kind of like. On the pitch he’s an animal. And a bitey one at that. But when he plays for your team, as Luis did at Liverpool from 2011 to 2014, he becomes your very own pantomime villain. Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz, to give him his full name, has not had the best of summers. In fact as a footballer, it’s probably been his worst. And the Uruguayan's downfall can all be traced back to one moment. It was in Barcelona, on the night the Catalans thrashed … [Read more...] about Instant karma’s gonna get you

Penalty shootoutNguyen Anh Duc successfully takes the first penalty for Vietnam.Charlison Benschop also scores the penalty for Curacao.Nguyen Cong Phuong misses the second shot for Vietnam. His shot is too high.Elson Hooi scores the second penalty for Curacao.Nguyen Trong Hoang scores the third penalty for Vietnam.Antoina scores the third penalty for Curacao.Que Ngoc Hai scores the fourth penalty for Vietnam.Bacuna scores the fourth penalty for Curacao.Doan Van Hau scores the fifth penalty for Vietnam.Marina scores the fifth penalty for Vietnam. … [Read more...] about Vietnam lose Kings’ Cup to Curacao after penalty shootout

After beating Thailand 1-0 in an intense match on Wednesday, Vietnam proceeded to the final of King's Cup 2019. Facing Curacao in the final is a challenge and also a chance for Vietnam players to prove themselves in front of a stronger opponent. Curacao consist players who are trained in Europe, including two playing in English Premier League, Leandro Bacuna and Cuco Martina. Coach Park Hang-seo has stressed in the pre-match conference that winning the King's Cup title is not the priority of Vietnam, as he will not risk putting injured key players onto the field. … [Read more...] about King’s Cup final: Vietnam 1-1 Curacao