Coach Truong Viet Hoang’s kiss

Before the match against Saigon FC in phase II, the story of Hai Phong’s championship defeat in 2016 was told. Because, coach Truong Viet Hoang is the script between the past and the present.

Hai Phong under the hands of Mr. Hoang is a group without a big star but who plays closely and closely. They came in first after the first leg, full of opportunities at the end of the season. But then back-to-back mistakes in the final rounds saw Hanoi T&T, the predecessor of the Hanoi club, be handed the championship. Although he used to be on top for 20 rounds and sometimes made a difference of 14 points, Hai Phong finished second due to poor secondary stats.

Leaving the championship with all the advantages in hand is the experience that Mr. Hoang called “pain, disappointment, sorrow” and “the greatest regret” in his farewell letter to the football team at the end of the season. prior to. After five years at the helm of Hai Phong, he decided to come to Viettel to find a new challenge.

Their reunion and a team called “Descendants of the Cong” could be considered the right person, at the right time.. Truong Viet Hoang is talented, but Hai Phong is increasingly lacking in ambition as the following seasons gradually say goodbye to the best players and no longer want to fight for the top positions. Meanwhile, Viettel has money, real power, but throughout the 2019 season, the first season to play V-League, he struggles to find a pilot. They started the campaign with the Korean coaching staff, but they failed and had to reuse the kit that had raised the club, but in general it remained unsolved.

Coach Truong Viet Hoang, a former national championship player with The Cong, is “The Chosen One.” In the golden generation of military football, Hoang, as well as other former Cong players, have always had the desire to see the glory of more than two decades ago. And it is the same sadness of the soldier who contributed to the Viettel championship this season.

Even if Viettel did not win the championship, what Mr. Hoang did for the capital team was very remarkable. He sets up a solid defensive game and addresses defensive flaws that existed since last season. V-League 2019, Viettel owns two national midfielders, but conceded 40 goals after 26 matches. This is a difficult number to accept in a competitive team championship. Bui Tien Dung’s performance, especially Que Ngoc Hai, was truly outrageous, to the point that fans wondered why he played so well for the team and Viettel played as a second division midfielder.

This season, there is no more lax in defending Viettel. Led by coach Truong Viet Hoang, they became the best defensive team of the tournament when they only conceded 16 goals. The history of the V-League has often seen teams with the best defenders take the throne. In the last seven rounds of phase II, Viettel won six games, drew one (against Hanoi, the draw was very important) and conceded only once. Coach Truong’s style of play turns this team into a crude “tank”, confused with the winning motto “only one is enough.” Stage II, all five of Viettel’s six victories were scored 1-0 and the season included eight games.

The way Mr. Hoang applied Viettel shows absolute efficiency, even causing inhibition to the opponent. Hanoi club coach Chu Dinh Nghiem, after a draw like losing to Viettel in phase II, was angry and said that “Viettel tried to cut it, slow down the game, just want to win a point. But no matter what someone tells Mr. Hoang, the favorable results are enough. As the famous coach José Mourinho once said: “If you win one match 10-0, you destroy that match, but if you win ten matches 1-0, you destroy the entire tournament.” .

As for the Viettel championship, those who love beautiful, small and pure football, the representative representative of the Hanoi club, may feel unconvinced. But that’s not a problem with coach Truong Viet Hoang. He was traumatized enough with Hai Phong to understand that certainty had to come first. And the V-League race is very tough, it’s impossible to keep kicking a few games and then lose your breath at the decisive moment. With the power of Viettel, they can completely win some big games, but then what? For a person who has experienced “pain, sadness”, Mr. Hoang will appreciate even more the value of “happiness”, such as the kiss he gave his wife yesterday in Thong Nhat’s courtyard.

Now, in addition to the melancholy volley against Thailand or the one that collapsed before the threshold of glory in 2016, coach Truong Viet Hoang will be remembered as a national champion both as a player and as a player. Coach.

Kim hoa