Vietnam national team will undergo a notable test when hosting Bangladesh in an international friendly match on March 26 at Hang Day Stadium. The highlight of the visiting team is the participation of midfielder Hamza Choudhury, a player who previously won the FA Cup with Leicester City.

Special Contribution/Song Ci On the evening of March 8th, Beijing Guoan's away match against Wuhan Three Towns became the final game of the first round of the Chinese Super League. Despite several players being injured, Guoan secured a 2-0 victory with goals from Fabio and Zhang Yuning, achieving an opening win for the 2026 league season.

Written by Han Bing Last weekend, the first round of the new Super League season concluded, with foreign players stealing the spotlight. Shanghai Shenhua's expensive acquisitions, Ladong and Gay, and Chengdu's free signing "Mbappé" Silva each scored twice, securing three points for their teams. Meanwhile, the familiar face Achimpon of Yingbo contributed with a goal and an assist. Additionally, four new foreign players scored in their debut Super League matches. In the first round's eight matches, 28 goals were scored, with 17 foreign players contributing 20 goals, accounting for 71%.

Hamza Choudhury, a player who has played for Leicester City, is included in the preliminary list of the Bangladesh national team for a friendly match against the Vietnamese national team on March 26 at Hang Day Stadium.

The exciting developments of the LPBank V-League 2025/2026 show that "any team can beat any other" is indeed true. While not yet a general trend nor entirely unusual, these are the intriguing surprises the tournament brings to viewers.

Journalist Chen Yong reports: Due to Beijing Guoan and Shanghai Haigang contributing an exciting fast-paced transition battle in this season's Super Cup, the biggest expectation for the 2026 Super League season is to witness such rapid offensive and defensive scenes in the league as well.

Gabriel (JJ Gabriel), a 15-year-old Manchester United youth forward, has excelled in the Premier League U18 this season, ranking first on the scorer list with 18 goals. Many fans have called for his promotion to the first team, but a debut this season is impossible. Moreover, the Red Devils have not even allowed him to play in U21-level matches.

This season, 9 out of the 16 CSL teams have hired foreign head coaches. Among them, three have been retained due to success: Muscat, Slutsky, Ramos; three are newcomers: Montgomery, Mora, John Aloisi; and three have switched clubs: Jordi, Milan, Ross Aloisi.

Journalist Chen Yong reports: In the first round of the Chinese Super League, aside from foreign players, the performance of national team players, including those who recently won the U23 Asian Cup runner-up, also garnered attention. From the matches, U23 national team players shone brightly, continuing hope.

Report by Lu Mi After the first round of the Super League, seven local coaches led their teams onto the field. Among them, two matches were direct confrontations between local coaches, while three others featured local coaches facing foreign coaches. The performance in the first round shows a clear differentiation among local coaches: naturally, there were wins and losses in internal matches, but they collectively suffered defeats against foreign coaches, revealing gaps in experience, lineup arrangement, and in-game adjustments.