Chinese fans mock home team for fear of losing in King's Cup
Before the 2019 King's Cup, the Football Federation of Thailand invited the Chinese Premier League to participate. However, the Chinese side has flatly refused, saying that the Chinese and Thai regions have faced each other many times recently.
Instead, the Chinese Football Federation chose the Philippines and Tajikistan, ranked 124th and 120th respectively, to play a friendly match. This fact makes Chinese fans think that the team avoided the King's Cup because they were afraid of facing 3 teams including Thailand (114th), Vietnam (98th) and India (101st). Currently, the Chinese Open is ranked 74th in the world and 8th in Asia, with a place in the No. 1 seed group in the World Cup qualifying draw.
Thai newspaper wants to be in the same group as Vietnam in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers
Recently, Thailand's SMM Sport newspaper commented on the easiest group for the home team in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. Accordingly, the Golden Temple Sports site wants the home team to face China (seed No. 1), Vietnam (seed No. 2), Maldives (seed No. 4) and an unknown team competing in the first qualifying round.
"If this happens, Thailand has a great chance to enter the final qualifying round, because the opponents in groups 4 and 5 are all teams that the Thai team can overcome. Hopefully we will be lucky enough in the draw," said SMM Sport.
Mourinho shocked when he ran for Chelsea coach for the third time
Before the 2019-2020 season, Chelsea are actively looking for a new coach to replace Maurizio Sarri, who will return to coach Juventus. potential candidates include Frank Lampard, Max Allegri, Erik ten Hag, Nuno Espirito, Javi Garcia and the familiar name Jose Mourinho.
The Portuguese tactician is currently unemployed after his contract was terminated by MU at the end of last year. In the past, Mourinho was appointed Chelsea head coach twice, helping The Blues win 3 Premier League titles, 3 league cups and an FA Cup title.
Man Utd wants to kick De Gea out?
According to The Sun, to avoid De Gea leaving on a free transfer, Man Utd is ready to "show" the Spanish goalkeeper 20 million pounds to let him leave Old Trafford this summer, after a not-so-good performance recently.
The British press said the "Red Devils" are waiting for an offer from PSG after veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon announced his departure from the club shortly. The fee the French team has to pay to recruit De Gea is believed to be around 60-75 million pounds.
