* Having won La Liga four rounds early, Barca traveled to Real Valladolid's field with a relaxed mentality and left some key players on the bench. Real Valladolid were "thirsty" for a win to avoid relegation, so they entered the match quite confidently. In the second minute, center-back Christensen scored an own goal, giving Real Valladolid a free goal. Just 20 minutes later, Larin successfully converted a penalty to help the home team double the gap.
Despite conceding 2 goals, Barca still controlled the game with a 70% rate, firing 20 shots. However, the away team still had to pick the ball out of the net for the third time in the 73rd minute and the scorer was Plata. In the final minutes of the match, Barca scored an honorary goal thanks to Lewandowski in the 84th minute. This defeat did not affect Barca because coach Xavi and his team had completed their goal. Meanwhile, Real Valladolid climbed to 18th place on the rankings with 38 points, 4 points above the "red light" group.
* Spanish press reported that Cristiano Ronaldo felt tired at Al-Nassr despite only signing the contract for a few months. Sport said that Ronaldo wanted to return to Europe to play for one of two destinations: Bayern Munich and Newcastle. Newcastle is considered the only environment that welcomes Ronaldo. Recently, Newcastle succeeded in conquering the Champions League ticket - the basis for inviting Ronaldo.
* A media unit in Vietnam has successfully purchased the broadcasting rights for the 2023 Women's World Cup finals. This unit will choose one or several television stations in Vietnam as partners. Thus, Vietnamese fans can watch live coverage of the Vietnamese women's team competing in the World Cup from July 20 to August 20. According to the scheduled schedule, the Vietnamese women's team will face the US (8:00 a.m. on July 22), Portugal (2:30 p.m. on July 27) and the Netherlands (2:00 p.m. on August 1) in the group stage.
* The La Liga Organizing Committee and the Technical Referee Committee have fired six VAR referees who officiated the recent match between Valencia and Real Madrid. According to Spanish media, the reason for the dismissal of these referees is that they did not provide enough images to the main referee, leading to Vinicius' red card. The main referee was only shown images of Vinicius slapping Hugo Duro in the face, while Duro had previously choked Vinicius, making him angry.
* When asked about the possibility of leaving Man City, coach Pep Guardiola said: "Right now, I'm not thinking about leaving Man City. But who knows about the future." The Spanish coach added: "I want to continue next season at Man City. Of course my future depends on the team's results. I want everything to go that way. But I also don't know how I will feel if I win or lose the two upcoming finals in the FA Cup and Champions League."
* According to the announcement from Arsenal, the team has successfully extended the contract with midfielder Bukayo Saka. The English midfielder will be with the "Gunners" until June 2027 with a salary of about 315,000 pounds/week. This is the highest salary among the players currently on the Arsenal payroll.
* According to Spanish press, defender Jules Kounde has expressed his intention to leave to Barcelona's board of directors. The French player feels uncomfortable playing against his strengths (right-back instead of center-back). Coach Xavi still maintains his stance on using him, so Barcelona agrees to sell. However, the Catalan giant wants to receive 80 million euros for this deal.
* According to journalist Guillem Balague, coach Lopetugui is extremely disappointed because the Wolves board announced that they will not be able to buy the players proposed by this coach. The reason is that the team is entangled with the financial fair play law. If a solution is not found, Lopetegui will leave the team.
HOAI PHUONG ( synthesis )
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