Strange story V.League

It has been 19 years of professional football but Vietnam's football field still has some strange things. To explain, people can only say simply: Vietnamese football is like that!

1. While losing 0-1, in the second half, a rare incident occurred when striker Wander Luiz mistakenly wore the number 11 jersey of his teammate Anh Duc. Referee Do Thanh De had to ask both of them to go out to the field to change their shirts. Anh Duc had his shirt ready in the technical area so he changed faster, while Wander Luiz had to spend more than 2 minutes running into the locker room to find the number 10 jersey. Truly professional Vietnamese football style!

Referee Cong Khanh gave the "wrong person" a red card at the BTV Cup. Photo: Zing.vn

A few seasons ago, SLNA had a similar incident. That time, they went to Tam Ky to play against the home team Quang Nam, and a foreign player was shocked to report that the coaching staff had forgotten their jersey in Vinh. Fortunately, the matter was settled amicably, and the Tam Ky stadium organizers agreed to let the away team wear their home jerseys on the field.

2. The next strange thing is that "national goalkeeper" Bui Tien Dung insisted on leaving Thanh Hoa to play more to maintain his form and gain more experience. When he was one of the important factors, to help U22+2 Vietnam conquer the SEA Games gold medal taking place at the end of this year.

However, after 5 rounds of V.League, the goalkeeper born in 1977 is still stuck on the bench of Hanoi. Unfortunately, he made a mistake in the match of the 2020 U23 Asian qualifiers against U23 Indonesia. Meanwhile, colleagues like Van Toan and Van Bieu have both started in V.League 2019 and had impressive performances. Strange is the way Tien Dung chooses his "destination"!

3. In the match at Hang Day Stadium in the 4th round, the SLNA Supporters Association in Hanoi reserved the stadium, meaning they organized ticket sales themselves, avoiding being squeezed by ticket brokers. However, before the match started, somehow the ticket brokers on Trinh Hoai Duc Street still had tickets for gate 14 and offered them for 80,000 VND each. However, the people of Nghe An still happily accepted to buy them, while the tickets for stand A were only 50,000 VND, and sitting in the center was not attractive to the fans. It's strange! Sometimes because of love, people don't calculate.

4. HAGL's performance has been quite inconsistent, one of the reasons is that the team's budget has been tightened. Meanwhile, Mr. Duc has been struggling to pay Coach Park Hang-seo a salary of 22,000 USD/month. If last year, as Vice President of Finance of VFF, Mr. Duc's action could still be explained. Now, the fact that citizen Doan Nguyen Duc is struggling to pay the salary of the head coach of the national team while VFF keeps silent seems strange. Why, when this boss's business is in trouble, VFF does not proactively share the difficulties with Mr. Duc, something that only the VFF Standing Committee knows?

Referee Cong Khanh gave the "wrong person" a red card at the BTV Cup. Photo: Zing.vn

5. For a long time, becoming a football referee has not been easy. If you don't have a rope, you will still fail the exam. On the contrary, if you only know the owner of a coffee shop, attend a few training classes, and have a boss to support you, you will become the "king of the football field".

That's why referee Hoang Pham Cong Khanh refused to take on the duties at the Ho Chi Minh City Football Federation and the federation sent a letter to the Referee Board and the Referee Management Office to request to remove his name, but this king still went to the field to officiate V.League matches. This is a funny king, with the incident of giving the wrong card to the player in the 2013 BTV Cup between U23 Vietnam and the Bangu Atlestico team from Brazil.

The reason for this uproar is that according to the regulations, referees must register with a football federation to officiate. Without a “new home”, the Referee Board had to reluctantly “apply the law” to rescue referee Khanh.