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Domestic FootballAnthony Hudson and Thailand's Paradox: Beating Vietnam 2-0, Yet Facing Death ThreatsI remember that August night, sitting in front of the screen with a dog-eared...
Domestic FootballVFF finalises 10th-term presidential nominations: 57 new votes and a compressed transition window before the 2027 Asian CupA Vietnamese Football Federation presidential congress is usually read throug...
Domestic FootballVietnam: A Thin Attack Is the Symptom, the Root Sits in Chance CreationTwo in the morning in Hamburg. I rewind a recording of a Vietnam match and...
Domestic FootballThe V.League Transfer Window: Contracts, Wage Bills and the Crack Beneath the Regional CrownOn a late December afternoon, in the office of a V.League club about two...
Domestic Football85 Percent With No Methodology: The Southeast Asian Fan Ranking and Its Data GapOn October 15, a social media account named ASEAN Football published a rankin...
Domestic FootballVietnam's Stands Lead Southeast Asia: The Verification Problem Behind ASEAN Football's 85% FigureOn October 15, the ASEAN Football account published a ranking. The graphic wa...
Domestic FootballV-League Transfers: Money, Squad Depth and an Unsolved EquationOn the final night of the transfer window, I sat in a small café in Osaka,...
Domestic FootballFour Absences Before Malaysia: When Vietnam's Squad Thins Out at the Worst Possible TimeThe morning after the 4-2 win over Pakistan, there was no sound of a ball...
International FootballBangladesh's 2-9 Defeat: When the Development Gap Between ASEAN and South Asia SurfacesWhen the final whistle sounded at Gelora Bung Karno, the scoreboard still...
International FootballMalaysia win 6-0 and still eliminated: When football defies the logic of goalsThere are football nights in Asia that require no shot to make you sit down a...
Domestic FootballIndonesia 0-0 Malaysia: Thom Haye's Red Card and the Goal-Difference Equation in Group AIn the 35th minute, Bung Karno Stadium dropped into a different rhythm. Thom...
Domestic FootballVietnam's strongest lineup against Pakistan and the tournament naming crackOn the afternoon of October 1, 2026, a digital radio channel in Vietnam...
Domestic FootballThe Strongest Lineup, and What Kim Sang-sik Is Really Trying to FixThere is a sound I only hear in matches that have already lost their trophy:...
Domestic FootballVietnam and the No-Striker Problem: The Void Left by Gia Hung and Xuan SonIn two days, Vietnam lost both of its primary strikers. Pham Gia Hung left th...
International FootballIndonesia vs Bangladesh: When Goal Difference Becomes a Death SentenceGelora Bung Karno Stadium will be packed on October 1, 2026. But what makes t...
International FootballThe Stitch on Patrik's Elbow and the Louder Alarm Bell Coming from Vietnam's BenchIn the 52nd minute, in a passage of play that seemed to offer nothing, Le Gia...
International FootballIndonesia's 16-cap average and the silence before the Malaysia derbyOn 27 September, in the press room at PTIK Stadium in Jakarta, the Indonesia...
Domestic FootballThai Fans Split Over Vietnam Without Xuan Son: Golden Chance or Trap?Less than 24 hours after news that Nguyen Xuan Son suffered a serious injury...
Domestic FootballXuan Son tears calf, out 1-2 months: Vietnam rebuild their attack before ThailandMinute 60. Xuan Son went down inside the centre circle. There had been no...
Domestic FootballXuan Son Off at Minute 60: Why Kim Sang Sik's Problem Isn't Just About One StrikerAt minute 60 of the opening match against the Philippines, Nguyen Xuan Son di...
Domestic FootballV-League 2026/27: A Symphony of New Hopes on Old AshesAs the opening whistle of the 2026/27 V-League season sounds, I am reminded o...
