Cong Phuong is praised despite Sint-Truiden's disastrous defeat
In the early morning of August 3, Cong Phuong became the first Vietnamese player to play in 4 different National Championship tournaments after entering the field in the Sint-Truiden loss 0-6 to Club Brugge.
In Sint-Truiden's post on the club's Facebook page, many fans praised the Vietnamese striker. Account Phylicia commented: "A humiliating defeat, the secondary point came from the Vietnamese striker". Another fan humorously said: "Some of my Vietnamese friends have declared that STVV will get points if Cong Phuong is on the field".
Thai newspaper: 'Quang Hai coming to La Liga is just a joke'
A few months ago, there was some information about Nguyen Quang Hai moving to La Liga to play football. However, it is quite surprising that up to now, Siam Sports has only mentioned this rumor.
"Vietnamese media once reported that Nguyen Quang Hai - a talented midfielder of the Vietnam National Team will go to La Liga to play football at Deportivo's invitation. However, up to now, when La Liga is about to open the 2019/20 season, there is still no sign that Quang Hai will go to Spain. This is just a joke, because he is still playing for Hanoi in the V.League," the Thai newspaper quoted.
Lionel Messi receives a heavy penalty
The South American Football Federation has just continued to issue additional penalties for Lionel Messi for his statement that the Copa America 2019 was arranged.
Specifically, the 32-year-old striker will be banned from playing for 3 months in the DTQG shirt, and will have to pay a fine of 50,000 USD. Thus, he will be absent from Argentina's upcoming 3 matches including the friendly matches with the Chile national team (September 5), Mexico (September 10) and Germany (October 10).
Cavani wants Neymar to stay at PSG
In response to rumors that Neymar could be bought by his former team Barcelona, striker Edinson Cavani suddenly spoke up to "pull up" his teammate and said that the Brazilian star could still contribute more to PSG, as well as improve himself here.
"I hope that what happened will help Neymar gain experience to develop a better personality. I believe he can still contribute a lot to PSG, even until his last day as a player of the team," Cavani told Le Parisien.
