There needs to be more severe punishment for Sam Ngoc Duc.

Born in 1992, Sam Ngoc Duc is a player who grew up from the VST training center of the Van brothers in Nghe An. As one of the "standard" products of the first course, summoned to Hanoi to be a source for the first team, Sam Ngoc Duc performed well, had perfect personal technique, and was a full-back with a solid body who quickly asserted his position in the new environment.

Since V.League 2013, Ngoc Duc began to appear in the first team of the Capital team. However, at that time, the Capital team had experienced seniors like Hong Tien or Van Bien, so the player from Quy Hop did not have many opportunities.

Early bloom, short fade

V.League 2016 was the time to witness the remarkable growth of Sam Ngoc Duc. Except for some injuries or penalty cards, the default left-back position was reserved for this player. Ngoc Duc's impressive performance contributed greatly to helping Hanoi FC win the historic treble at the end of the season.

But the way he always plays to "eat the opponent's feet" has caused this player's career to decline. It was thought that according to the law of development, 2017 should have been the year of take-off in the career of the defender from Nghe An, but unfortunately, an instinctive and uncontrolled situation in round 14 when facing Hai Phong caused Ngoc Duc to lose the entire season.

Sam Ngoc Duc was suspended for 8 matches and fined 30 million VND after a tackle that killed Nguyen Anh Hung. Photo: Internet

After an extremely brutal tackle on Anh Hung (Hai Phong), the VFF Disciplinary Board had no choice but to suspend Ngoc Duc for 8 matches and fine him 30 million VND. In addition, this player must also be responsible for all medical expenses and recovery of Nguyen Anh Hung's injury.

After a long suspension, Ngoc Duc has completely lost his form in both attack and defense, and his ball sense is no longer accurate. Therefore, his previous default left wing position has fallen into the hands of his two juniors Van Hau and Van Dung. With no other choice, this player had to "go South" to follow Cong Vinh's call to join Ho Chi Minh City Club.

After a year of bad luck, the former U23 Vietnam player at the 2013 SEA Games decided to leave Hanoi after his contract expired. In the history of Hanoi FC over the past decade, there has been almost no player who grew up from the training center and proactively asked to leave the club like this guy.

While playing for Ho Chi Minh City Club, in a match that had already been decided, Ngoc Duc "got angry" and jumped straight at his junior Van Duc of SLNA and was banned from playing for 3 matches and fined 15 million VND.

Although the team was short of players during the difficult period, coach Miura limited the use of players who were “not yet talented but already had many problems”. In the match against Quang Ninh (round 21), coming off the bench, Sam Ngoc Duc played “taking numbers” with violent moves.

As a challenge

In the 84th minute, when Ho Chi Minh City was still leading the away team 2-1, in a situation near the left touchline, Ngoc Duc dribbled the ball a little too far and decided to clear the ball with his straight leg and take down the Than Quang Ninh player who was rushing down to block. It looked no different from the Dutch midfielder De Jong kicking Xabi Alonso of Spain in the 2010 World Cup final.

For the second time this season, Ngoc Duc had to leave the field due to a red card after a violent tackle. Photo: VPF

After Ngoc Duc's "kung fu" kick, despite dodging in time, The Hung still had to lie on the ground. As for Ngoc Duc, as usual, he still showed his anger at the direct red card decision of the main referee Tran Van Lap. It is worth mentioning that The Hung was also a player who had just entered the field, and had not previously had any contact with Ngoc Duc, but this player still decided to "settle the score" with the opponent, in a situation where the ball happened far from the goal.

In just 2 consecutive seasons, Sam Ngoc Duc has had 3 times of tackling the opponent, his attitude after committing the foul was very unsightly, like challenging the referee and the audience. Not only the audience but also Coach Miura himself was not satisfied with his own player. While the teams, referees and tournament organizers are doing everything to build a beautiful image of Vietnam's football field, Ngoc Duc himself is going against it.

A very severe sentence is needed for this player!