Thang Long Cup

In order to celebrate 1000th anniversary of Ha Noi, VFF is going to organize two friendly cups in Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City. It was informed by VFF general secretary Tran Quoc Tuan when he was interviewed by a journalist of Thanh Nien News yesterday.


Thang Long Cup (Ha Noi): September 20-24
Four national teams from Australia, North Korea, Kuwait and Vietnam.

Ho Chi Minh Cup (Ho Chi Minh City):
Four Olympic teams from Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and Iran.

Duong Hong Son's wishes

If God gave Vietnam's goalkeeper Duong Hong Son, who was MVP of AFF Cup 2008, two wishes, I bet he would want two new rules in football:
1. No free-kick in opponent's half.
2. No cross higher than 2 meters.















2007: Vietnam v Japan: 1-4
2 goals from crosses, 1 from free-kick. He looked so poor and nervous.




2008: Thailand v Vietnam: 2-0
He just watched the first goal from free-kick. And the second one...well, what else can I say?



2009: Ha Noi T&T v Hai Phong: 0-1
'You blocked my view, idiot!' screamed Duong Hong Son.




2009: Ha Noi T&T v Khanh Hoa: 2-3
You want to score into Duong Hong Son's goal? Just pump the ball in!

V-League 2010 Round 21: Ha Noi T&T made big step toward first title

Binh Duong v Ha Noi T&T: 0-2 (Cao Sy Cuong, Ngoc Duy)
The Super Sunday game was not good as expected. A dive of Vo Duy Nam earned Ha Noi T&T an early goal from penalty. The second goal came from a terrible mistake of Binh Duong defender. Although Binh Duong controlled the ball throughout the game, they were unable to break the heavy defense of visitors. Ha Noi T&T got a crucial but unconvincing victory.

Da Nang v Ninh Binh: 1-1 (Merlo - Ngoc Huy)
HAGL v Navibank Sai Gon: 0-1 (Opara)
Hoa Phat v Hai Phong: 4-3 (Isaac, Timothy Anjembe (3) - Lazaro (2), Victor)
Thanh Hoa v Khanh Hoa: 3-2 (Xuan Hop, Bao Khanh, Mauro - Agostinho, Nogues)
DT Long An v Nam Dinh: 1-0 (Antonio)
SLNA v Dong Thap: 2-0 (Quang Tinh, Trong Hoang)

Rank	Team	P	W	D	L	Points	GF	AGF	GA	GD	YC	RC
1	Hà Nội T&T	21	13	1	7	40	31	11	19	12	41	1
2	TĐCS Đồng Tháp	21	10	5	6	35	36	10	24	12	51	1
3	Becamex Bình Dương	21	11	2	8	35	42	20	27	15	33	3
4	Khatoco Khánh Hoà	21	10	3	8	33	32	11	38	-6	53	3
5	XM Hải Phòng	21	10	3	8	33	34	19	32	2	66	2
6	SHB Đà Nẵng	21	10	2	9	32	31	8	35	-4	47	0
7	Hòa Phát Hà Nội	21	9	4	8	31	37	12	37	0	51	1
8	XM The Vissai NB	21	8	6	7	30	30	11	29	1	48	2
9	Sông Lam Nghệ An	21	7	8	6	29	29	11	24	5	51	3
10	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	21	8	5	8	29	26	11	22	4	48	2
11	Đồng Tâm Long An	21	8	4	9	28	25	9	28	-3	47	4
12	Lam Sơn Thanh Hóa	21	7	6	8	27	28	10	34	-6	39	3
13	Navibank Sài Gòn	21	4	6	11	18	20	10	34	-14	48	3
14	Megastar Nam Định	21	3	3	15	12	18	8	36	-18	53	6

SHB Da Nang won U17 championship

Song Lam Nghe An boys, who has won U17 National Championship 7 times in row, has finally said goodbye to the familiar cup when they lost 0-1 to the new champions SHB Da Nang in the final on July 24. (Pic: vff.org.vn)

SHB Da Nang U17 won the cup

SLNA's Manh Hung won Best Player Award

AFF U19 Championship 2010 (Updated)

Squad list:
Vietnam U19
Thailand U19
Australia U19
South Korea U19

Results:

July 24
Australia U19 v South Korea U19: 1-0
Vietnam U19 v Thailand U19: 1-1

July 26
Australia U19 v Thailand U19: 1-1
Vietnam U19 v South Korea U19: 1-1

July 28
Vietnam U19 v Australia U19: 1-4
Thailand U19 v South Korea U19: 0-0

What are Bahraini thinking ?

Da Nang's AFC Cup quarter-final opponent Al Riffa wants both two legs to be played in Bahrain because they can't find travel route to Vietnam. LOL. Of course, the AFC has rejected this unreasonable request.

Al Riffa must play in Vietnam: AFC

I remember Syrian club Al Karamah traveled between Syria and Vietnam 2 times in a week last year without complaining. And Da Nang, are they supposed to return to Vietnam after playing the first leg? Al Riffa can ask them for a lift. LOL

Dutch striker Sergio van Dijk will play for Indonesia

Watch out!! Indonesia is likely to have a Netherlands-born striker for next AFF Cup at the end of this year. Sergio van Dijk, whose mother is Indonesian, is completing necessary formalities that will allow him to play for Indonesia. He is currently playing for Adelaide United in Australia.

Dutchman van Dijk nears Indonesia call-up

Enough football for this summer

It seems that World Cup 2010 is still taking its toll on V-League. After a busy summer with the world's biggest competition, Vietnamese football fans have forgotten domestic games which are played on their own land. Last round of V-League saw only 32,500 spectators turn up for 7 games, averagely 4,643 per game.

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V-League 2010 round 20: Title race hots up

Nigeria international Abdul Razak Ekpoki
scored a double for SLNA

Both two leading clubs Ha Noi T&T and Binh Duong lost while Dong Thap, Khanh Hoa and Hai Phong earned 3 points to make the title race very interesting. Meanwhile, SLNA's Razak scored 2 goals to end the long run of 28 unbeaten games of Da Nang at Chi Lang Stadium.

Dong Thap v Hoa Phat: 4-1 (Nguyen Van Ngan, Aganun (2), Ajala - Dinh Thanh Trung)
Da Nang v SLNA: 2-3 (Phan Thanh Hung, Jagne - Ekpoki (2), Nguyen Hoang Helio)
Nam Dinh v HAGL: 1-2 (Collante - Evaldo, Van Truong)
Ha Noi T&T v Hai Phong: 1-2 (Cao Sy Cuong - Duc Thang, John Wole)
Khanh Hoa v DT Long An: 2-1 (Quang Hai, Agostinho - Tshamala Kabanga)
Ninh Binh v Binh Duong: 2-1 (Gustavo (2) - Philani)
Navibank Sai Gon v Thanh Hoa: 0-0

1) Ha Noi T&T 37 pts
2) Dong Thap 35 pts
3) Binh Duong 35 pts
4) Hai Phong 33 pts
5) Khanh Hoa 33 pts