Cong Phuong: If I weren't at HAGL, I wouldn't be... so confused.
Once again people suddenly feel sorry for Cong Phuong when he played excellently but HAGL still could not win.
Royal poinciana... blooms again
Cong Phuong's two goals against Ho Chi Minh City FC in round 22 of V-League helped the Nghe An striker currently playing for HAGL join the group of top scorers of V-League 2018 season with 10 goals.
But this is not the most noteworthy thing about Cong Phuong in the match where the home team played quite poorly at Thong Nhat Stadium. Because clearly, what the HAGL striker showed was completely different from HAGL's performance.
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| Cong Phuong "bloomed" again with 2 goals in round 22... |
Willing to move around, both distributing the ball to launch attacks, taking on the responsibility of scoring goals and sometimes dropping deep to support the defense, Cong Phuong's performance in the latest match at V-League surprised many people.
With what he showed in 90 minutes with Ho Chi Minh City Club, even though he was not a hero and brought victory to his team, but certainly if there is a title of best player of the round, it will be difficult to escape Cong Phuong's hands...
But so lonely
On a day when many key players were absent and they played very badly, HAGL could not have any joy at Thong Nhat Stadium, so the regret for Cong Phuong increased even more.
Watching Cong Phuong play, one can see a sense of... loneliness, because as mentioned, on a day when the whole team played below their ability, what the HAGL striker showed really made many people... feel sorry.
Because if there were Xuan Truong, Van Toan... HAGL at least wouldn't have had to struggle so much against a HCMC club that was struggling to escape relegation, and Cong Phuong would also have been less miserable when "playing" so many roles on the field.
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| ...but the excellent performance against Ho Chi Minh City Club made many people love Cong Phuong even more... |
Seeing what Cong Phuong has shown, and especially the current situation of the Mountain City team, many people feel even more... sorry for HAGL's number 1 striker this season. Because if he had had more support, Cong Phuong would not have been so lonely.
Cong Phuong is lonely in HAGL's attack and has lost too much energy for V-League, but the fact that he has to shoulder so many responsibilities from the club has prevented the striker that coach Park Hang Seo especially loves from being able to explode for the national team.
Asiad 18 is a proof, although he also contributed 2 goals, including an important goal in the round of 16 and helped the home team reach the quarterfinals, Cong Phuong is still not considered one of the best players in the historical achievement of Vietnam Olympic, also because... he was too exhausted in V-League.
This is not the first time many people feel sorry for Cong Phuong like this, but since being promoted to the first team to play in the V-League, the striker from Nghe An has been truly lonely at HAGL when he has to shoulder a series of responsibilities, but has received very little sharing from foreign players or familiar teammates.
And if Cong Phuong were in another team, instead of HAGL which has only hoped to stay in the league for the past 3-4 seasons, perhaps Vietnamese football would have had one of the best strikers in history instead of being so unstable!
