Dutch newspaper calls Van Hau 'Doan Van Bale'

Right in the title of the article, the Dutch sports news site called the left-back of Vietnam U23 "Doan Van Bale". The author also advised the player born in 1999: "If I were him, I would go to PSV".

"Doan Van Hau was born in the coastal province of Thai Binh, about 110 kilometers southeast of Hanoi. His family was one of the poorest in the commune. If he had not become a football player, he would probably have helped his family with farming. Now, he is the pride of the whole village," the Dutch news site described at the beginning of the article.

Although he admitted that he did not closely follow the 2018 U23 Asian Cup finals and Van Hau's progress since the 2017 U20 World Cup, the author still has a lot of information about Van Hau, such as he was invited to join the Thai Binh province gifted team in 2011 and won the national championship with the U11 team. "He was discovered by scouts from Hanoi FC and moved to the capital after winning the title in the U11 team. Since then, Van Hau has been making continuous progress,"Football zonedescribe.

Van Hau's records in the colors of Hanoi FC and the Vietnam national team were also listed by the Dutch news site: "Van Hau won the national U19 championship twice. At the age of 18, he was promoted to the first team of Hanoi FC. Currently, Van Hau is the second youngest person to debut for the Vietnam national team, at 18 years and 140 days. He was in the typical squad of the U20 World Cup 2017, the tournament where Vietnam was in the same group with France, a championship candidate."

Van Hau has been compared to Paolo Maldini and Philipp Lahm, world football icons in the left-back position, butFootball zoneThe news that the Thai Binh-born player resembles Gareth Bale the most. This newspaper recounts Van Hau's impressive moment in the final group stage match against Syria.

"Ahmad Ashkar had the ball near the corner in stoppage time, but had no chance to touch the ball. Van Hau had an accurate tackle from behind, and was able to control the ball before it rolled out of bounds. Vietnam could have organized a counter-attack from this situation."

With what has been shown,Football zonebelieves Van Hau has a bright future, even capable of playing abroad. This newspaper quoted Erick Bui, the person in charge of the page.Goal Vietnam: "We have never had such a player before. He is quick, strong and confident, both in defence and attack. He has scored some goals from long range. No other player in Vietnam today has the same qualities as Van Hau."

The author of the article also agrees with Erick Bui's opinion that Van Hau should think about playing in the Dutch championship, Eredivisie. "That is the ideal place for young players to develop themselves. However, Van Hau is probably not really ready at the moment. He must gradually improve his ability, and play more regularly in the new season," he commented.

Football zoneis the sixth largest sports news site in the Netherlands. It has around two million visitors per day.