* After losing 0-7 to the Netherlands, to commend the determined fighting spirit of the Vietnamese women's team, the leaders of the Vietnam Football Federation decided to reward the entire team with 500 million VND. Thus, after 3 matches at the 2023 Women's World Cup, coach Mai Duc Chung and his team received a total bonus of 1.8 billion VND. "You don't get rewarded just by winning matches. The most important thing is that the efforts of each individual, each player and the entire team are widely recognized. After this tournament, we still have tournaments ahead to lay the foundation for big goals in the future. Hopefully, we will still be able to participate in the 2027 Women's World Cup," said President of the Vietnam Football Federation Tran Quoc Tuan.

President of Vietnam Football Federation Tran Quoc Tuan shares with the Vietnam women's team after the 2023 Women's World Cup journey. Photo: VFF

* According to the schedule, Inter Miami will visit Chicago Fire in MLS on October 5. There are still more than 2 months until kick-off but tickets to the match at Soldier Field (capacity 61,500) are already sold out. According to The Athletic, Chicago Fire hopes to earn between 7 and 10 million USD in revenue when hosting Messi's team. This is more revenue than all of their home matches combined this season.

* Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano confirmed that goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has decided to hang up his gloves at the age of 45. An official announcement could be made in the next few days. Last season, Buffon played for Parma but did not leave much of an impression. During his career, Buffon played 975 senior matches for Parma (2 periods 1995-2001 and 2021-2023), Juventus (2001-2018, 2019-2021) and PSG (2018-2019). Meanwhile, he played 176 matches for the Italian national team, with his most notable achievement being the 2006 World Cup championship.

* The 7-0 victory over the Vietnamese women's team helped the Netherlands advance to the top of Group E of the 2023 Women's World Cup. They also set a record for the biggest win in history in major tournaments including the World Cup and EURO. At the World Cup, the Netherlands first participated in 2015, and they only scored 2 goals in the entire group stage. At the 2019 Women's World Cup in France, the Netherlands showed more explosive performance when they reached the final. But on that journey, their biggest win was only 3-1 against Cameroon. The Netherlands had not scored 3 or more goals in any match in the World Cup finals before entering the clash with Vietnam. Meanwhile, at EURO, their biggest win was only 4-1.

* Coach Erik ten Hag has made some necessary additions to the MU squad for next season, with Mason Mount, Andre Onana and Rasmus Hojlund. However, according to sources, from now until the end of the summer transfer window in 2023, MU will add 2 more new contracts. More specifically, after completing the Rasmus Hojlund deal with Atalanta, the Red Devils immediately turned their attention to midfielder Sofyan Amrabat of Fiorentina. The Serie A representative is asking for around 30 million euros for his former student in Utrecht and MU can complete the deal by paying that fee. In addition, MU is said to be targeting a goalkeeper as a backup for Andre Onana.

* According to The Secret Scout, Man City are considering alternative options for target Josko Gvardiol if Leipzig insist on keeping the price. The German club are asking for £86m for Gvardiol, while Man City are also meeting this figure, with a prepayment of £77m, and the remaining £9m in add-ons. Leipzig are refusing because they think the £9m is very difficult to achieve. Josko Gvardiol is Pep Guardiola's number 1 target for Man City's defence next season and will let Laporte go if he is signed successfully. The Etihad team will try to negotiate further this week, if not, they will change direction.

Man City will not buy Josko Gvardiol at any cost. Photo: Getty

* According to reputable sources from Matteo Moretto and Jordi Cardero, PSG paid a huge salary of 20 million euros/season in a 5-year contract agreement with Ousmane Dembele. The French winger could not resist the attractive offer from PSG as well as their project. However, Barca said that the agent was behind Dembele's decision, because just 2 days ago he was still talking about his dream of winning the Champions League with the Catalan team. Dembele accompanied Barca in the match against AC Milan (at 10am this morning) but he is not expected to play because he will leave the team later. Information said, PSG will send a plane to pick Dembele up and take him back to Paris, right after this match.

* According to sources from Liverpool, center-back Harry Maguire is one of Everton's targets to strengthen their defense. Everton may pay around £30 million to MU to bring Maguire to Goodison Park. However, this deal may not be easy for Everton because MU seems to want a price of around £50 million.

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