Justice and impeachment of coach Huu Thang

(Baonghean.vn) - Stopping before Indonesia, the team that FIFA has just lifted the ban on since May 2016, a team that the Indonesian Football Federation is only allowed to call up 2 players/club also makes us have to look back at ourselves. Let's analyze with BNA from a different perspective, why Huu Thang had to "hang up his racket" before his old teacher..

It was not until the press conference, when Mr. Alfred Riedl himself advised VFF not to fire Huu Thang after being “knocked out” by him, that we realized that the Austrian coach had acted extremely humanely both on the field and in real life. When the Vietnamese team was playing with one less player, instead of attacking destructively, the Indonesian team only needed a result that was just enough to advance to the final.

Stopping before Indonesia, a team that FIFA has just lifted the embargo on since May 2016, a team that the Indonesian Football Federation is only allowed to call up 2 players/club also makes us have to look back at ourselves.

1.Naturalized player: We talk too much about young midfielder Xuan Truong, evaluating him as the best passer in Southeast Asia, that is true but not enough. When facing Lilipaly, the naturalized Dutch player realized that playing as a central midfielder who only "attacks without defending" is not enough.

In our opinion, the player born in 1990 in Arnhem (Netherlands) who used to play for Telstar Club (Netherlands 2nd division) is the best midfielder in AFC Cup 2016, a complete attacker and defender with sharp passes. Lilipaly is completely worthy of being the "Iniesta of Indonesia National Team".

Lilipaly, the Dutch player naturalized in Indonesia, is the best midfielder in the tournament.

If VFF continues to ignore the naturalized foreign talents who have proven their class in the V-League, they will be at a disadvantage in regional confrontations like this. If the opposition to Lilipaly is center back Le Van Phu (Hai Phong) or the striker Hoang Vu SamSon... then perhaps Alfred Riedl, not Huu Thang, will have to say goodbye.

2.Option B: Hardly any football tournament champion has won a gold medal with only one tactical plan. But the fact that we focused on playing 4-1-4-1 during the entire preparation for the AFC Cup 2016 and then went bankrupt due to a lack of personnel was a mistake. Obviously, when we switched to 4-4-2, we played well, but in the 5 matches of the AFC Cup 2016, of which 3 were won, 1 lost, 1 drawn, all 3 wins were very difficult.

Coach Alfred Riedl is still "a few heads" taller than Huu Thang.

The lack of reserve players in the central midfield position but having an abundance of wingers must have been a big lesson for the national team's coaching staff. Perhaps after leaving My Dinh Stadium and lying in the hotel with his hands on his forehead, Huu Thang realized the advice of a senior coach: "Winning as many friendly matches as you want is useless, sometimes losing just one tournament match is the end."

3. Prepare for the match. The fact that Trong Hoang played recklessly in the first leg and Nguyen Manh reacted childishly to the Indonesian player's foul play in the second leg and received a red card was a mistake in the coaching staff's preparation. The fact that Minh Tuan, a midfielder who experts said would play at 200% of his strength if he were allowed to play, was acceptable. Simply put, that is the coach's right to judge, specifically this is Huu Thang.

But continuing to use Dinh Dong, who was frozen throughout the first leg, Huu Thang was wrong to “defend” his student. In a 5 vs 2 situation, the opposing team’s players were still far away, an experienced player could still control the ball, and it would be safer to use his head to clear the line. But Dinh Dong, in a tense state of mind, headed the ball into the goal…

The brightest point of the team under coach Huu Thang that Vietnamese fans highly appreciated and expressed satisfaction with was the fighting spirit. The whole team threw themselves into the game, playing with dedication until the last moment. If Dinh Dong and Nguyen Manh were “sinners”, Trong Hoang and Minh Tuan…were like warriors.

But spirit alone is not enough, football still needs victory. Remember, it has been 20 years since we have enjoyed the joy of being champions.

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